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Brown University

This report is based on an automated assessment of 25 webpages on 6th November 2026.

How we sample pages

Accessibility

  • 13th place in QS World University Rankings 2025
  • 13th place in QS World University Rankings 2027
  • 122nd place in US Higher Education
Gold award: in the top 7% of ranked websitesBronze award: in the top 20% of ranked websites

WCAG Levels

These measure compliance against the WCAG 2.2 standard. What does this mean?

Recommendations

Accessibility recommendations
PriorityRecommendationProgress
Ensure pages don't scroll in two dimensions on small screens

WCAG 2.1 AA 1.4.10

20.8%
Tag all PDFs

WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1

0%
Ensure PDFs have a title

WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.2

0%
Ensure content is not too difficult to understand

WCAG 2.0 AAA 3.1.5

14.2%
Ensure controls clearly indicate when they are selected

WCAG 2.2 AAA 2.4.13

97.9%

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