State Rankings

Rankings for web accessibility errors in Higher Education for each state and territory in the US. Errors include detectable errors and contrast errors found by the WAVE engine. The sample attempts to include every Higher Ed institution inside the US with .edu domain.

Rankings were determined by calculating the median of each institution’s average detectable errors per page.

State Errors Per Page is the total number of errors across all institutions in the state divided by the total number of pages scanned from that state. 

Rankings by State (Public and Private)

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State	Ranking	Number of Institutions	Median Errors Per Page	State Errors Per Page
American Samoa	1	1	1.18	1.18
Virgin Islands	2	1	4.88	4.88
Wyoming	3	7	7.78	13.16
Alaska	4	8	8.66	8.66
Alabama	5	57	9.13	13.98
Northern Mariana Islands	6	1	9.26	9.26
Louisiana	7	53	10.73	19.71
Montana	8	22	11.12	12.88
Nevada	9	12	11.51	17.94
Arizona	10	58	12.35	21.62
Idaho	11	13	12.7	12.02
Kansas	12	58	12.82	16.68
Minnesota	13	79	13.01	18.99
Wisconsin	14	64	13.03	19.01
North Carolina	15	134	13.24	17.57
Hawaii	16	9	13.33	11.29
Tennessee	17	109	13.6	18.3
Maryland	18	50	13.61	19.85
Iowa	19	56	13.82	17.88
New York	20	243	14.13	22.26
Arkansas	21	53	14.27	18.55
Oklahoma	22	71	14.71	18.36
South Carolina	23	59	14.88	26.18
Mississippi	24	35	15	23.69
Michigan	25	100	15.33	23.24
Texas	26	204	15.55	22.96
Georgia	27	99	15.57	20.14
Delaware	28	9	15.57	15.83
Oregon	29	49	16.53	24.94
New Jersey	30	68	16.81	22.32
Ohio	31	148	16.98	27.02
Colorado	32	61	17.06	27.81
Virginia	33	93	17.3	24.69
Pennsylvania	34	193	17.49	24.42
Indiana	35	61	17.7	20.79
California	36	438	17.71	26.4
Massachusetts	37	115	17.85
District of Columbia	38	16	18.02	21.64
Kentucky	39	45	18.05	27.37
Nebraska	40	36	18.57	19.4
West Virginia	41	46	18.71	27.33
Washington	42	73	18.89	22.34
Vermont	43	22	19.03	31.96
Connecticut	44	36	19.64	28.33
Illinois	45	171	19.8	28.15
Missouri	46	93	19.98	26.72
Rhode Island	47	13	20.53	21.58
New Hampshire	48	26	20.63	28.72
North Dakota	49	19	20.88	22.12
Utah	50	33	22.13	34.08
South Dakota	51	18	22.3	36.07
New Mexico	52	24	23.08	35.53
Puerto Rico	53	56	24.61	26.39
Florida	54	179	24.68	32.84
Marshall Islands	55	1	25.11	25.11
Maine	56	30	25.12	29.08
Guam	57	3	31.6	26.9
Palau	58	1	70.79	70.79

Rankings by State (Public institutions only)

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State	Ranking	Number of Institutions	Median Errors Per Page	Errors Per Page
American Samoa	1	1	1.18	1.18
New York	2	61	4.49	15.39
Virgin Islands	3	1	4.88	4.88
Nevada	4	8	5.45	16.55
Wisconsin	5	33	5.76	10.87
Louisiana	6	33	7.24	14.4
Wyoming	7	7	7.78	13.16
Idaho	8	7	8.64	11.69
Alaska	9	4	8.66	8.39
Iowa	10	18	8.96	13
Alabama	11	37	9.21	15.64
Northern Mariana Islands	12	1	9.26	9.26
Michigan	13	46	9.83	16.47
Indiana	14	14	10.68	12.65
Oregon	15	22	10.69	17.43
Arizona	16	23	10.82	10.94
Kansas	17	33	10.83	12.45
Montana	18	16	11.42	12.73
Tennessee	19	50	11.48	13.28
California	20	160	11.53	19.38
Georgia	21	49	11.61	14.87
Virginia	22	36	11.66	18.01
Maryland	23	31	11.83	21.04
North Carolina	24	74	11.86	15.56
Texas	25	101	12.12	17.84
South Carolina	26	29	12.53	25.56
Kentucky	27	8	12.63	15.17
Nebraska	28	16	12.99	15.23
Colorado	29	32	13.39	23.88
New Jersey	30	30	13.4	19.71
Arkansas	31	36	13.87	17.22
Illinois	32	54	14.42	22.04
Minnesota	33	38	14.78	19.51
Oklahoma	34	52	14.81	16.8
Mississippi	35	23	15	25.72
West Virginia	36	26	15.71	30.19
Ohio	37	46	15.72	19.57
New Mexico	38	19	15.78	32.78
Florida	39	61	16.49	24.01
Hawaii	40	1	17.07	17.07
Pennsylvania	41	44	17.17	24.06
Vermont	42	7	17.52	35.56
Delaware	43	3	17.54	18.36
North Dakota	44	14	17.94	19.4
Washington	45	38	18.61	20.42
Massachusetts	46	27	19.22	34.91
Maine	47	11	19.57	18.71
Rhode Island	48	3	19.83	21.14
District Of Columbia	49	1	19.9	19.9
Missouri	50	27	20.44	19.66
Utah	51	15	22.13	26.96
Guam	52	2	22.53	22.68
Marshall Islands	53	1	25.11	25.11
South Dakota	54	10	25.58	46.02
Puerto Rico	55	12	27.15	28.56
Connecticut	56	16	28.94	33.69
New Hampshire	57	12	30.24	34.58
Palau	58	1	70.79	70.79