Washington college websites: botability rankings

Botability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 42 public and 19 private college and university websites in Washington, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 61
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Washington college and university sites. All education sites

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

B 88

Average botability score of 36 fully scanned Washington public college sites

8th

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average botability score

36 of 42

Washington 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 Washington botability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 36 fully scanned Washington public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Washington average
  • All education average
View the data table
Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 591
60 to 692
70 to 790
80 to 899
90 to 10024

Washington by botability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Washington: 36 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Washington
  2. All education sites
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
View the data table
GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
Washington67% (24)25% (9)8% (3)
All education sites71% (1,899)25% (660)5% (128)

Top 3 Washington public college sites by botability score

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

Bellingham Technical College

A 100 botability

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

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

Eastern Washington University

A 100 botability

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

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

Edmonds College

A 100 botability

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

Most common botability failures among Washington public college sites

Share of the 36 fully scanned Washington 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. Link text53%
  2. Sitemap in robots.txt42%
  3. Sitemap status8%
  4. Sitemap XML8%
  5. Canonical6%
View the data table
CheckShare failingSites failing
Link text53%19
Sitemap in robots.txt42%15
Sitemap status8%3
Sitemap XML8%3
Canonical6%2

What each check means

  • Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
  • 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.
  • Canonical. Each page declares a preferred URL so search engines show the right link. Search rankings split across duplicate pages.

Every education site with one problem

Washington public 4-year institutions by botability score

42 sites, 36 fully scanned, average botability score 88 (B). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 btc.edu
Bellingham Technical College U.S. rank 1 		10 of 10 checks pass A
1 ewu.edu
Eastern Washington University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 edmonds.edu
Edmonds College U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 everettcc.edu
Everett Community College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 highline.edu
Highline College U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 lwtech.edu
Lake Washington Institute of Technology U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 pierce.ctc.edu
Pierce College District U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 shoreline.edu
Shoreline Community College U.S. rank 1 		7 of 7 checks pass A
1 uwb.edu
University of Washington-Bothell Campus U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 wwcc.edu
Walla Walla Community College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
2 bigbend.edu
Big Bend Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 cwu.edu
Central Washington University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 clark.edu
Clark College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 cptc.edu
Clover Park Technical College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 columbiabasin.edu
Columbia Basin College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 ghc.edu
Grays Harbor College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 greenriver.edu
Green River College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 lowercolumbia.edu
Lower Columbia College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 olympic.edu
Olympic College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 rtc.edu
Renton Technical College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 tacomacc.edu
Tacoma Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 wsu.edu
Washington State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 wvc.edu
Wenatchee Valley College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 wwu.edu
Western Washington University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 cascadia.edu
Cascadia College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 northseattle.edu
North Seattle College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 nwic.edu
Northwest Indian College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 seattlecentral.edu
Seattle Central College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 skagit.edu
Skagit Valley College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 southseattle.edu
South Seattle College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 scc.spokane.edu
Spokane Community College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 sfcc.spokane.edu
Spokane Falls Community College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 tacoma.uw.edu
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 centralia.edu
Centralia College U.S. rank 14 		6 of 9 checks pass D
5 spscc.edu
South Puget Sound Community College U.S. rank 15 		7 of 11 checks pass D
6 washington.edu
University of Washington-Seattle Campus U.S. rank 19 		6 of 11 checks pass F
batestech.edu
Bates Technical College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
bellevuecollege.edu
Bellevue 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 -
pencol.edu
Peninsula 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 -
evergreen.edu
The Evergreen State 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 -
whatcom.edu
Whatcom Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
yvcc.edu
Yakima Valley College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -

Washington private nonprofit institutions by botability score

19 sites, 19 fully scanned, average botability score 90 (A). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 theseattleschool.edu
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 wallawalla.edu
Walla Walla University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 whitworth.edu
Whitworth University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
2 cityu.edu
City University of Seattle U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 cornish.edu
Cornish College of the Arts U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 heritage.edu
Heritage University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 northwestu.edu
Northwest University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 plu.edu
Pacific Lutheran University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 pnwu.edu
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 perrytech.edu
Perry Technical Institute U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 stmartin.edu
Saint Martin's University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 sieam.edu
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 seattleu.edu
Seattle University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 pugetsound.edu
University of Puget Sound U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 gonzaga.edu
Gonzaga University U.S. rank 3 		8 of 9 checks pass B
3 pnwcc.edu
Pacific Northwest Christian College U.S. rank 3 		8 of 9 checks pass B
4 bastyr.edu
Bastyr University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 nwswb.edu
Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 whitman.edu
Whitman College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B

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 10/25/2026 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.

Plans Demo