Tennessee college websites: botability rankings

Botability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 26 public and 38 private college and university websites in Tennessee, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 64
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Tennessee college and university sites. All education sites

Public colleges and universities in Tennessee are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.

B 88

Average botability score of 20 fully scanned Tennessee public college sites

8th

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average botability score

20 of 26

Tennessee public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 6, so they're listed without grades

B 89

Average botability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites

How Tennessee botability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 20 fully scanned Tennessee public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Tennessee average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 590
60 to 691
70 to 794
80 to 892
90 to 10013

Tennessee by botability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Tennessee: 20 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Tennessee
  2. All education sites
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
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GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
Tennessee65% (13)30% (6)5% (1)
All education sites71% (1,899)25% (660)5% (128)

Top 3 Tennessee public college sites by botability score

#1 in Tennessee · U.S. education rank 1

Nashville State Community College

A 100 botability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security C
  • Usability F
  • Readability A

#1 in Tennessee · U.S. education rank 1

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

A 100 botability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security C
  • Usability B
  • Readability F

#1 in Tennessee · U.S. education rank 1

The University of Tennessee Southern

A 100 botability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security B
  • Usability B
  • Readability A

Most common botability failures among Tennessee public college sites

Share of the 20 fully scanned Tennessee public college sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to the sites failing it, or to its standard when we have no list yet.

  1. Sitemap in robots.txt25%
  2. Sitemap status25%
  3. Sitemap XML25%
  4. Link text25%
  5. Robots valid15%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Sitemap in robots.txt25%5
Sitemap status25%5
Sitemap XML25%5
Link text25%5
Robots valid15%3

What each check means

  • Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. Search engines take longer to find your pages.
  • Sitemap status. The sitemap file loads and returns a successful response. Search engines cannot find all your pages.
  • Sitemap XML. The sitemap file uses the required XML format. Search engines cannot read your sitemap.
  • Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
  • Robots valid. The site's robots.txt file is written correctly so search engines can follow it. Search engines ignore crawling rules they cannot read.

Every education site with one problem

Tennessee public 4-year institutions by botability score

12 sites, 11 fully scanned, average botability score 95 (A). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 uthsc.edu
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 utsouthern.edu
The University of Tennessee Southern U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 tennessee.edu
The University of Tennessee System Office U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 utc.edu
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 utk.edu
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 utm.edu
The University of Tennessee-Martin U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
2 apsu.edu
Austin Peay State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 etsu.edu
East Tennessee State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 mtsu.edu
Middle Tennessee State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 memphis.edu
University of Memphis U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 tntech.edu
Tennessee Technological University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
tnstate.edu
Tennessee State University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996 -

Tennessee public 2-year institutions by botability score

14 sites, 9 fully scanned, average botability score 80 (B). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 nscc.edu
Nashville State Community College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
2 dscc.edu
Dyersburg State Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 ws.edu
Walters State Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 tbr.edu
Tennessee Board of Regents U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 columbiastate.edu
Columbia State Community College U.S. rank 9 		7 of 9 checks pass C
4 southwest.tn.edu
Southwest Tennessee Community College U.S. rank 9 		7 of 9 checks pass C
5 northeaststate.edu
Northeast State Community College U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
5 roanestate.edu
Roane State Community College U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
6 jscc.edu
Jackson State Community College U.S. rank 15 		7 of 11 checks pass D
chattanoogastate.edu
Chattanooga State Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996 -
clevelandstatecc.edu
Cleveland State Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
mscc.edu
Motlow State Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996 -
pstcc.edu
Pellissippi State Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -
volstate.edu
Volunteer State Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996 -

Tennessee private nonprofit institutions by botability score

38 sites, 35 fully scanned, average botability score 90 (A). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 belmont.edu
Belmont University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 bryan.edu
Bryan College-Dayton U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 fisk.edu
Fisk University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 king.edu
King University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 lmunet.edu
Lincoln Memorial University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 maryvillecollege.edu
Maryville College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 mtsa.edu
Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia Inc U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 richmont.edu
Richmont Graduate University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 southern.edu
Southern Adventist University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 uu.edu
Union University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 visible.edu
Visible Music College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 williamsoncc.edu
Williamson Christian College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
2 abcnash.edu
American Baptist College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 baptistu.edu
Baptist Health Sciences University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 bethelu.edu
Bethel University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 johnsonu.edu
Johnson University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 lanecollege.edu
Lane College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 loc.edu
Le Moyne-Owen College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 leeuniversity.edu
Lee University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 lipscomb.edu
Lipscomb University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 midsouthchristian.edu
Mid-South Christian College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 ogs.edu
Omega Graduate School U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 rhodes.edu
Rhodes College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 tnwesleyan.edu
Tennessee Wesleyan University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 welch.edu
Welch College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt University U.S. rank 3 		8 of 9 checks pass B
4 cn.edu
Carson-Newman University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 fhu.edu
Freed-Hardeman University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 guptoncollege.edu
John A Gupton College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 memphisseminary.edu
Memphis Theological Seminary U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 ptseminary.edu
Pentecostal Theological Seminary U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 new.sewanee.edu
The University of the South U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 trevecca.edu
Trevecca Nazarene University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 mooretech.edu
William R Moore College of Technology U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
6 sco.edu
Southern College of Optometry U.S. rank 15 		7 of 11 checks pass D
cbu.edu
Christian Brothers University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996 -
milligan.edu
Milligan University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
tusculum.edu
Tusculum University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 -

About this data

ScanGov scans the homepage of each college and university site on our higher education list. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 10/27/2026 and 11/8/2026. Each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage loaded and sent us its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. We could not fully scan 6 sites. They did not respond, blocked the scanner, or sent no page content. They appear in the table without grades, with their scan status, and are left out of every figure. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale. Rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, with every county's raw results, is in the ScanGov data repository.

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