Showing Vermont college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in Vermont are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
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No average: fewer than 5 Vermont public college sites were fully scanned (3)
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Not ranked among states and territories
3 of 4
Vermont public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Vermont readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 3 fully scanned Vermont public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 3 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Vermont average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 1 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 2 |
Vermont by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Vermont: 3 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
View the data table
| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 67% (2) | 0% (0) | 33% (1) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 Vermont public college sites by readability score
#1 in Vermont · U.S. education rank 1
Community College of Vermont
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability A
#1 in Vermont · U.S. education rank 1
University of Vermont
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security D
- Usability D
- Readability A
#2 in Vermont · U.S. education rank 12
Vermont State University
F 0 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability F
What each check means
- Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. Users struggle to understand your content.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites that are hard to read: 1,110 of 2,535 fully scanned education sites (44%), with every site listed.
Vermont public 4-year institutions by readability score
3 sites, 2 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
uvm.edu
University of Vermont U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
vermontstate.edu
Vermont State University U.S. rank 12 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
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vsc.edu
Vermont State Colleges-Office of the Chancellor |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - |
Vermont public 2-year institutions by readability score
1 sites, 1 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ccv.edu
Community College of Vermont U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
Vermont private nonprofit institutions by readability score
8 sites, 8 fully scanned, average readability score 50 (F). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bennington.edu
Bennington College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
champlain.edu
Champlain College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
smcvt.edu
Saint Michael's College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
sit.edu
SIT Graduate Institute U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
landmark.edu
Landmark College U.S. rank 6 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
norwich.edu
Norwich University U.S. rank 24 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
sterlingcollege.edu
Sterling College U.S. rank 44 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
vermontlaw.edu
Vermont Law and Graduate School U.S. rank 24 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
About readability
Write content at a reading level most users can understand.
Why it's important
Plain language helps people understand services and procedures the first time, reducing calls, errors and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade readability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
Standards
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this ranking
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 10/28/2026 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 1 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.