Showing West Virginia college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in West Virginia are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
F 47
Average readability score of 16 fully scanned West Virginia public college sites
24th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average readability score
16 of 21
West virginia public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 5, so they're listed without grades
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How West Virginia readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 16 fully scanned West Virginia public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 15 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- West Virginia average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 8 |
| 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 | 7 |
West Virginia by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. West Virginia: 16 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 44% (7) | 0% (0) | 50% (8) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 West Virginia public college sites by readability score
#1 in West Virginia · U.S. education rank 1
BridgeValley Community & Technical College
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in West Virginia · U.S. education rank 1
Concord University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability A
#1 in West Virginia · U.S. education rank 1
Fairmont State University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability F
- Readability A
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.
West Virginia public 4-year institutions by readability score
13 sites, 9 fully scanned, average readability score 63 (D). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
concord.edu
Concord University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
fairmontstate.edu
Fairmont State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
marshall.edu
Marshall University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
wvsom.edu
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
wvstateu.edu
West Virginia State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
bluefieldstate.edu
Bluefield State University U.S. rank 40 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
shepherd.edu
Shepherd University U.S. rank 210 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
westliberty.edu
West Liberty University U.S. rank 26 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
glenville.edu
Glenville State University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - | |
|
potomacstatecollege.edu
Potomac State College of West Virginia University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - | |
|
wvu.edu
West Virginia University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - | |
| 3 |
wvup.edu
West Virginia University at Parkersburg U.S. rank 211 |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 | - |
|
wvutech.edu
West Virginia University Institute of Technology |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - |
West Virginia public 2-year institutions by readability score
8 sites, 7 fully scanned, average readability score 29 (F). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bridgevalley.edu
BridgeValley Community & Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
mctc.edu
Mountwest Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
blueridgectc.edu
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College U.S. rank 206 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
easternwv.edu
Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College U.S. rank 52 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
pierpont.edu
Pierpont Community and Technical College U.S. rank 118 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
southernwv.edu
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College U.S. rank 70 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
wvncc.edu
West Virginia Northern Community College U.S. rank 80 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
newriver.edu
New River Community and Technical College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 | - |
West Virginia private nonprofit institutions by readability score
9 sites, 6 fully scanned, average readability score 75 (C). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
dewv.edu
Davis & Elkins College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
ucwv.edu
University of Charleston U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
wvwc.edu
West Virginia Wesleyan College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
catholiciu.edu
Catholic International University U.S. rank 42 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
abc.edu
Appalachian Bible College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 | - | |
|
bethanywv.edu
Bethany College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 | - | |
| 3 |
future.edu
Future Generations University U.S. rank 129 |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 | - |
|
hjc.edu
Huntington Junior College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 | - | |
| 3 |
wheeling.edu
Wheeling University U.S. rank 151 |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 | - |
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 10/27/2026 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 5 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.