studentaid.gov
Last scanned Jun 22, 2026
studentaid.gov scored a strong 87 out of 100 in its WCAG 2.2 accessibility review completed on June 22, 2026. The review uncovered 8 distinct accessibility violations totalling 65 instances, including 1 critical, 56 serious, 8 moderate issues. The most pressing issues include touch targets too small (WCAG 2.5.8), 20 instances; SVG images missing alternative text (WCAG 1.1.1), 19 instances; and nested interactive controls causing focus issues (WCAG 4.1.2), 8 instances. The assessment covered 10 pages across 13 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. With 17 third-party requests from 8 vendors, the site may not meet GDPR and ePrivacy consent requirements.
WCAG AA
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Key Accessibility Issues
65 violations found across 8 rules — 1 critical, 56 serious, 8 moderate, 0 minor
Ensure touch target have sufficient size and space (mobile 320px)
WCAG 2.5.8 · 20 instances found
Ensures <svg> elements with an img, graphics-document or graphics-symbol role have an accessible text
WCAG 1.1.1 · 19 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures interactive controls are not nested as they are not always announced by screen readers or can cause focus problems for assistive technologies (mobile 320px)
WCAG 4.1.2 · 8 instances found
Page has multiple <h1> headings — there should be only one
WCAG 1.3.1 · 8 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures every ARIA button, link and menuitem has an accessible name (mobile 320px)
WCAG 4.1.2 · 4 instances found
Ensure links are distinguished from surrounding text in a way that does not rely on color
WCAG 1.4.1 · 3 instances found
Ensures the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds
WCAG 1.4.3 · 2 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them
WCAG 1.3.1 · 1 instance found
Cookie Consent & Compliance
studentaid.gov does not appear to use a consent management platform. With 17 third-party requests from 8 vendors and 26 cookies detected, the site may not be compliant with GDPR Article 6 and ePrivacy Directive Article 5(3) requirements for prior consent. Learn about cookie consent requirements.
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Third-Party Trackers
17 requests detected from 8 vendors — Akamai, Crazy Egg, Google, Google LLC, Medallia...
Third-Party Trackers
17 requests detected from 8 vendors — Akamai, Crazy Egg, Google, Google LLC, Medallia...
Analytics
9
Marketing
0
Necessary
2
Functional
0
Other
0
| Vendor | Category | Type | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akamai | Analytics | script | s.go-mpulse.net |
| Crazy Egg | Analytics | script | script.crazyegg.com |
| Analytics | script | region1.analytics.google.com | |
| Google LLC | Analytics | script | www.googletagmanager.com |
| Medallia | Analytics | script | resources.digital-cloud-gov.medallia.com |
| Tealium | Analytics | script | tags.tiqcdn.com |
| Essential | script | www.google.dk | |
| Salesforce | Essential | script | fsaocts.my.salesforce.com |
| UNPKG | Essential | script | unpkg.com |
| Google LLC | Necessary | script | fonts.googleapis.com |
| Google LLC | Necessary | script | fonts.gstatic.com |
| Other | script | region1.google-analytics.com | |
| Other | script | stats.g.doubleclick.net |
Cookies
26 cookies detected — 1 necessary, 4 analytics, 0 marketing
Cookies
26 cookies detected — 1 necessary, 4 analytics, 0 marketing
Total
26
Necessary
1
Functional
0
Analytics
4
Marketing
0
Unknown
21
| Name | Domain | Category | Provider | Expiry | Secure | HttpOnly | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _abck | .studentaid.gov | Analytics | Akamai | 363 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| _ga | .studentaid.gov | Analytics | Google Analytics | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| _ga_2TVXCHEG31 | .studentaid.gov | Analytics | Google Analytics | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| _ga_CSLL4ZEK4L | .studentaid.gov | Analytics | Google Analytics | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| XSRF-TOKEN | studentaid.gov | Necessary | CSRF Protection | Session | ✓ | — | 1st |
| 5182d1946f0c6eb33dd79bb7a763af46 | studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Session | ✓ | ✓ | 1st |
| akaalb_prod_dcc_app_alb | studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Session | ✓ | ✓ | 1st |
| akavpau_wr | studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Session | ✓ | ✓ | 1st |
| ak_bmsc | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Expired | — | ✓ | 1st |
| bm_sv | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Expired | ✓ | — | 1st |
| bm_sz | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| dp-user | studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Session | ✓ | — | 1st |
| dtCookie | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| dtPC | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| dtSa | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| route_session | studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Session | ✓ | ✓ | 1st |
| RT | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | 5 d | — | — | 1st |
| rxVisitor | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| rxvt | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| utag_main_ses_id | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| utag_main__pn | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| utag_main__se | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| utag_main__sn | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| utag_main__ss | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| utag_main__st | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| _ce.s | .studentaid.gov | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
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