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.
D 66
Average usability score of 16 fully scanned West Virginia public college sites
9th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average usability score
16 of 21
West virginia public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 5, so they're listed without grades
D 68
Average usability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How West Virginia usability 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 16 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 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 2 |
| 40 to 49 | 3 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 2 |
| 70 to 79 | 2 |
| 80 to 89 | 7 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
West Virginia by usability 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 | 0% (0) | 56% (9) | 44% (7) |
| All education sites | 11% (289) | 42% (1,124) | 47% (1,274) |
Top 3 West Virginia public college sites by usability score
#1 in West Virginia · U.S. education rank 4
Bluefield State University
B 87 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
#1 in West Virginia · U.S. education rank 4
Mountwest Community and Technical College
B 87 usability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability A
#1 in West Virginia · U.S. education rank 4
West Liberty University
B 87 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
What each check means
- Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
- First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.
- Time to First Byte (TTFB). The server sends the first byte of content within 0.8 seconds. Slow server delays everything on your page.
- Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites missing Open Graph tags: 1,859 of 2,687 fully scanned education sites (69%), with every site listed.
West Virginia public 4-year institutions by usability score
13 sites, 9 fully scanned, average usability score 62 (D). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bluefieldstate.edu
Bluefield State University U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
westliberty.edu
West Liberty University U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
marshall.edu
Marshall University U.S. rank 5 |
13 of 15 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
concord.edu
Concord University U.S. rank 10 |
12 of 15 checks pass | B |
| 4 |
wvstateu.edu
West Virginia State University U.S. rank 20 |
10 of 16 checks pass | D |
| 5 |
wvsom.edu
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine U.S. rank 27 |
7 of 16 checks pass | F |
| 6 |
fairmontstate.edu
Fairmont State University U.S. rank 29 |
6 of 15 checks pass | F |
| 6 |
shepherd.edu
Shepherd University U.S. rank 29 |
6 of 15 checks pass | F |
| 7 |
wvup.edu
West Virginia University at Parkersburg U.S. rank 33 |
5 of 15 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 | - | |
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wvu.edu
West Virginia University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - | |
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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 usability score
8 sites, 7 fully scanned, average usability score 72 (C). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
mctc.edu
Mountwest Community and Technical College U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
wvncc.edu
West Virginia Northern Community College U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
pierpont.edu
Pierpont Community and Technical College U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
easternwv.edu
Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College U.S. rank 13 |
12 of 16 checks pass | C |
| 3 |
southernwv.edu
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College U.S. rank 13 |
12 of 16 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
blueridgectc.edu
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College U.S. rank 18 |
10 of 15 checks pass | D |
| 5 |
bridgevalley.edu
BridgeValley Community & Technical College U.S. rank 33 |
5 of 15 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 usability score
9 sites, 6 fully scanned, average usability score 79 (C). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
catholiciu.edu
Catholic International University U.S. rank 1 |
16 of 16 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
ucwv.edu
University of Charleston U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
dewv.edu
Davis & Elkins College U.S. rank 13 |
12 of 16 checks pass | C |
| 3 |
wvwc.edu
West Virginia Wesleyan College U.S. rank 13 |
12 of 16 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
future.edu
Future Generations University U.S. rank 15 |
10 of 14 checks pass | C |
| 5 |
wheeling.edu
Wheeling University U.S. rank 17 |
11 of 16 checks pass | D |
|
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 | - | |
|
hjc.edu
Huntington Junior College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 | - |
About usability
Optimize content structure so users quickly find what they need.
Why it's important
Well-written pages help people understand laws, services, and procedures without confusion, reducing calls and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your information.
Guidance
What we use to grade usability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Google Search Central
- Web Vitals / Core Web Vitals
- Open Graph
Standards
- Page title
- Page description
- Viewport meta tag
- www resolution
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
- First Contentful Paint (FCP)
- Interaction to Next Paint (INP)
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
- Time to First Byte (TTFB)
- Open Graph site name
- Open Graph type
- Open Graph title
- Open Graph description
- Open Graph URL
- Open Graph image
- Open Graph image alt
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.