US Colleges and Universities
higher-ed
Every active, degree-granting US college and university that takes part in federal student aid, as IPEDS reports it.
Median score
58
across 3553 sites
Middle half
51–64
spread around the median
Full range
16–78
lowest to highest
Gated
1283 of 3553
block AI crawlers outright
Middle of 14 cohorts. All cohorts 50 · best cohort 58.
Where this list came from
The source, and how we filtered it
| Source | IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, HD2024 (directory information), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (2024-fall) |
|---|---|
| License | A work of the United States federal government. Not subject to domestic copyright (17 U.S.C. § 105). |
| How we filtered it | Every institution in HD2024 that is active (CYACTIVE 1), degree-granting (DEGGRANT 1) and either takes part in Title IV federal student aid or is a branch of one that does (OPEFLAG 1 or 2): 3,954 institutions in the 50 states, DC and the territories. The address is the institution's own WEBADDR, trimmed and given a scheme. A path on a host only one institution reports is cut back to the site root; a path on a host several report (a chain of campuses on one domain) is kept, because it is what tells the campuses apart. Nothing is dropped for sharing a host: each institution keeps its row and the website is measured once. Rows are ordered by state and name, and carry no rank. See scripts/prepare-higher-ed-roster. |
| Instead of | The US News ranking, a copyrighted compilation we may read but not relicense, which ranks prestige rather than describing the population. |
| Built | 2026-10-11 |
The filtering is ours and is disclosed as ours. The source published a list; the decision about which rows of it belong in a cohort was a judgment call, and it is written down so somebody can disagree with it.
Distribution
Where the 3553 sites land
| Grade | Share of the cohort | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adequate | 1489 | 41.9% | |
| Weak | 1714 | 48.2% | |
| Not ready | 325 | 9.1% | |
| Strong | 25 | 0.7% |
By dimension
What the cohort earns, dimension by dimension
The mean share of each dimension’s available points that this cohort earned. Low here means the whole sector is weak on it, not that one site dragged an average down. The per-site spread is in the dataset.
| Dimension | Mean share earned | Mean |
|---|---|---|
| #1 · Reach
These parameters determine the fundamental ease of access that AI has to your site information. |
75% | |
| #2 · Read
AI generally turns off JavaScript. Does your site information survive without it? |
52% | |
| #3 · Understand
Does a machine know who and what you are? |
30% | |
| #4 · Act
Sitemaps, redirects, 404s, licensing terms, and not wasting the crawl budget. |
76% |
How much of each site we read
The cap is 32 URLs and it is a ceiling, not a promise. A portal whose every link points at a different host yields one page; a university yields the full sample. The median here is 32, the range 1–32, published so that "we sampled 32 URLs per site" cannot become a claim the data does not support.
214 sites in this cohort served a certificate we could not verify. They were read anyway and scored normally, because reporting no response for a site every browser loads would describe our TLS stack rather than the site, and each one carries the finding in its row.
Where this cohort fails
6 tests almost nobody in this cohort passes
Universal — nobody passes these
| Test | What it asks | Failing | Of | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT-3 | If you have a public API, is it described in a standard file? | 3 | 2 | |
| EXT-12 | Do you tell search engines the moment a page changes? | 3553 | 0 | |
| EXT-15 | Can an AI agent find out how to sign in to your site? | 3 | 0 | |
| EXT-16 | Do you publish a card or a skills list for the agents you run? | 3553 | 0 | |
| EXT-17 | Do you list your agents in your domain's DNS records? | 3345 | 0 | |
| EXT-7 | If you run real question-and-answer pages, are they marked as such? | 231 | 0 |
Near-universal — 95% and above
| Test | What it asks | Failing | Of | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXT-11 | Have you marked the part of a page that answers a spoken question? | 3553 | 0 | |
| EXT-2 | Do you list your APIs and agent tools where agents look for them? | 401 | 0 | |
| EXT-14 | Does your site offer its actions to AI browsers as tools? | 3449 | 0 | |
| EXT-18 | Do you tell AI shoppers how they can pay? | 208 | 0 | |
| RED-10 | Do you offer a plain-text (Markdown) copy of your pages? | 3132 | 2 | |
| PST-2 | Have you posted a Content Signals statement about what AI may do with your content? | 3553 | 0 | |
| RED-12 | If a machine asks for Markdown, does your site give it? | 3553 | 2 | |
| RED-5 | Do your PDFs and images have their own rules for search and quoting? | 3019 | 1 | |
| UND-5 | Does the author label in your page code point to that person? | 2984 | 1 |
Common — 90 to 95%
Coral bars mark tests worth 2 points or more, the failures that actually move a score.
Every site
Every 3,954, named, with a report for each
Whether or not it has been scanned. Rows with no website on record, sites that were unreachable and sites that turned us away stay in the table with the reason on them, and none of them enters an average: dropping them would shrink the population to the part that was easy to measure. A few points between two neighbors is noise. The box filters every row in the cohort, not only the page you are on; click a header to sort the rows on this page by name or by score.
Showing 301–400 of 3,954 · page 4 of 40
| Site | Score | Gated | Pages read | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clovis Community College, California cloviscollege.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 489201; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Coalinga College westhillscollege.comIPEDS UnitID 125462; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 2 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once | 64 | No | 8 | |
| Coast Community College District Office cccd.eduIPEDS UnitID 112376; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; IPEDS reports this as a branch of another institution or an administrative office, such as a system office | 49 | No | 32 | |
| Coastline Community College coastline.eduIPEDS UnitID 112385; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 70 | No | 1 | |
| College of Alameda alameda.eduIPEDS UnitID 108667; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 71 | No | 32 | |
| College of Marin marin.eduIPEDS UnitID 118347; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 58 | No | 32 | |
| College of San Mateo collegeofsanmateo.eduIPEDS UnitID 122791; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 32 | |
| College of the Canyons canyons.eduIPEDS UnitID 111461; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 39 | Gated | 32 | |
| College of the Desert collegeofthedesert.eduIPEDS UnitID 113573; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 61 | No | 20 | |
| College of the Redwoods redwoods.eduIPEDS UnitID 121707; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 66 | No | 32 | |
| College of the Sequoias cos.eduIPEDS UnitID 123217; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 47 | No | 1 | |
| College of the Siskiyous siskiyous.eduIPEDS UnitID 123484; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 67 | No | 32 | |
| Columbia College, California gocolumbia.eduIPEDS UnitID 112561; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 61 | No | 31 | |
| Compton College compton.eduIPEDS UnitID 112686; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 31 | |
| Concorde Career College-Garden Grove concorde.eduIPEDS UnitID 123679; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 15 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Concorde Career College-North Hollywood concorde.eduIPEDS UnitID 124937; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 15 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Concorde Career College-San Bernardino concorde.eduIPEDS UnitID 124706; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 15 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Concorde Career College-San Diego concorde.eduIPEDS UnitID 120661; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 15 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Concordia University-Irvine cui.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 112075; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Contra Costa College contracosta.eduIPEDS UnitID 112826; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 32 | |
| Contra Costa Community College District Office 4cd.eduIPEDS UnitID 112817; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; IPEDS reports this as a branch of another institution or an administrative office, such as a system office | 47 | No | 32 | |
| Contra Costa Medical Career College ccmcc.eduIPEDS UnitID 491950; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 41 | Gated | 32 | |
| Copper Mountain Community College cmccd.eduIPEDS UnitID 395362; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 60 | Gated | 32 | |
| Cosumnes River College crc.losrios.eduIPEDS UnitID 113096; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Crafton Hills College craftonhills.eduIPEDS UnitID 113111; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 32 | |
| Cuesta College cuesta.eduIPEDS UnitID 113193; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 32 | |
| Cuyamaca College cuyamaca.eduIPEDS UnitID 113218; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 53 | No | 32 | |
| Cypress College cypresscollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 113236; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 75 | No | 32 | |
| De Anza College deanza.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 113333; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Design Institute of San Diego disd.eduIPEDS UnitID 113582; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 62 | No | 32 | |
| DeVry University-California devry.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 482431; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 11 other institutions, measured once; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Diablo Valley College dvc.eduIPEDS UnitID 113634; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 73 | No | 32 | |
| Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology dspt.eduIPEDS UnitID 113704; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 68 | No | 32 | |
| Dominican University of California dominican.eduIPEDS UnitID 113698; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 72 | No | 32 | |
| Dongguk University Los Angeles dula.eduIPEDS UnitID 122117; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 53 | No | 32 | |
| East Los Angeles College elac.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 113856; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| El Camino Community College District elcamino.eduIPEDS UnitID 113980; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 63 | No | 32 | |
| Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine emperors.eduIPEDS UnitID 114114; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 43 | Gated | 32 | |
| Epic Bible College & Graduate School epic.eduIPEDS UnitID 124487; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 48 | No | 1 | |
| Evergreen Valley College evc.eduIPEDS UnitID 114266; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 67 | No | 32 | |
| Feather River Community College District frc.eduIPEDS UnitID 114433; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 31 | |
| FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising fidm.eduIPEDS UnitID 114354; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Fielding Graduate University fielding.eduIPEDS UnitID 114549; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 52 | Gated | 32 | |
| Five Branches University fivebranches.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 114585; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Folsom Lake College flc.losrios.eduIPEDS UnitID 444219; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Foothill College foothill.eduIPEDS UnitID 114716; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 64 | No | 32 | |
| Foothill-De Anza Community College District fhda.eduIPEDS UnitID 114831; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; IPEDS reports this as a branch of another institution or an administrative office, such as a system office | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Franciscan School of Theology fst.eduIPEDS UnitID 114734; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 52 | Gated | 32 | |
| Fremont University fremont.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 372073; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Fresno City College fresnocitycollege.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 114789; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Fresno Pacific University fresno.eduIPEDS UnitID 114813; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 66 | No | 32 | |
| Fuller Theological Seminary fuller.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 114840; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 406 | — | No | — | |
| Fullerton College fullcoll.eduIPEDS UnitID 114859; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 42 | Gated | 32 | |
| Galaxy Medical College galaxymedicalcollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 461254; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Gavilan College gavilan.eduIPEDS UnitID 114938; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Glendale Career College success.eduIPEDS UnitID 115010; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 1 other institution, measured once | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield success.eduIPEDS UnitID 497338; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 1 other institution, measured once | 56 | No | 32 | |
| Glendale Career College-North-West College-MFSON nw.eduIPEDS UnitID 499413; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 4 other institutions, measured once | 49 | No | 32 | |
| Glendale Community College, California glendale.eduIPEDS UnitID 115001; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 32 | |
| Gnomon gnomon.eduIPEDS UnitID 449384; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 52 | No | 32 | |
| Golden Gate University ggu.eduIPEDS UnitID 115083; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 57 | Gated | 32 | |
| Golden West College goldenwestcollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 115126; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 65 | No | 32 | |
| Grace Mission University gm.eduIPEDS UnitID 481058; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Graduate Theological Union gtu.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 115214; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Grossmont College grossmont.eduIPEDS UnitID 115296; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 56 | No | 30 | |
| Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District gcccd.eduIPEDS UnitID 115287; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; IPEDS reports this as a branch of another institution or an administrative office, such as a system office | 63 | No | 32 | |
| Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts gurnick.eduIPEDS UnitID 459213; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Hartnell College hartnell.eduIPEDS UnitID 115393; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 61 | No | 32 | |
| Harvey Mudd College hmc.eduIPEDS UnitID 115409; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 57 | No | 32 | |
| Haven University haven.eduIPEDS UnitID 111045; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 55 | No | 32 | |
| Healthcare Career College healthcarecareercollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 450960; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 59 | No | 32 | |
| High Desert Medical College hdmc.eduIPEDS UnitID 484002; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 46 | Gated | 32 | |
| High Tech High Graduate School of Education hthgse.eduIPEDS UnitID 485403; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 72 | No | 32 | |
| Homestead Schools homesteadschools.netIPEDS UnitID 457086; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 33 | Gated | 1 | |
| Hope International University hiu.eduIPEDS UnitID 120537; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 52 | No | 32 | |
| Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses humphreys.eduunreachableIPEDS UnitID 115773; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | — | No | — | |
| Hypnosis Motivation Institute hypnosis.eduIPEDS UnitID 368771; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 58 | No | 32 | |
| ICOHS College icohs.eduIPEDS UnitID 491659; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 54 | Gated | 32 | |
| Imperial Valley College imperial.eduIPEDS UnitID 115861; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 47 | Gated | 32 | |
| Institute for Business and Technology ibt.eduIPEDS UnitID 115931; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 44 | No | 32 | |
| Institute of Culinary Education ice.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 493080; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; the address IPEDS carries pointed at a page, not the site root; the root is scanned; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) | — | No | — | |
| Institute of Technology iot.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 431141; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Integrity College of Health ich.eduIPEDS UnitID 483373; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 43 | Gated | 32 | |
| InterCoast Colleges-West Covina intercoast.eduIPEDS UnitID 443571; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 55 | Gated | 32 | |
| Interior Designers Institute idi.eduIPEDS UnitID 116226; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 71 | No | 31 | |
| Irvine Valley College ivc.eduIPEDS UnitID 116439; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 62 | No | 32 | |
| John Paul the Great Catholic University jpcatholic.eduIPEDS UnitID 462354; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 45 | Gated | 32 | |
| Keck Graduate Institute kgi.eduIPEDS UnitID 440031; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 62 | No | 32 | |
| La Sierra University lasierra.eduIPEDS UnitID 117627; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 51 | No | 32 | |
| Laguna College of Art and Design lcad.eduIPEDS UnitID 117168; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 51 | Gated | 32 | |
| Lake Tahoe Community College ltcc.eduIPEDS UnitID 117195; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 52 | No | 32 | |
| Laney College laney.eduIPEDS UnitID 117247; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 65 | No | 32 | |
| Las Positas College laspositascollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 366401; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 58 | No | 32 | |
| Lassen Community College lassencollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 117274; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 69 | No | 32 | |
| Latin American Bible Institute labi.eduIPEDS UnitID 117283; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 54 | No | 30 | |
| Laurus College lauruscollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 454786; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 70 | No | 31 | |
| Lemoore College westhillscollege.comIPEDS UnitID 448594; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 2 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once | 64 | No | 8 | |
| Life Chiropractic College West lifewest.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 117520; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 | — | No | — | |
| Life Pacific University lifepacific.eduIPEDS UnitID 117104; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 49 | Gated | 32 | |
| Lionel University lionel.eduIPEDS UnitID 485519; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it | 56 | Gated | 32 |
Scores are for the population, not for ranking two named sites against each other. A few points between neighbors is noise. See what these numbers can and cannot support. Data: sites.csv · checks.csv · summary.json