Showing Big Ten Conference member sites. All education sites
Members of the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I), from the NCAA membership directory. Conferences change membership every year; this list follows the directory's current academic year.
B 88
Average security score of 15 fully scanned Big Ten Conference member sites
6th
of 96 conferences, ranked by average security score
15 of 16
Big ten conference member sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
B 85
Average security score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Big Ten Conference security scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 15 fully scanned Big Ten Conference member sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 15 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Big Ten Conference 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 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 3 |
| 80 to 89 | 8 |
| 90 to 100 | 4 |
Big Ten Conference by security grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Big Ten Conference: 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Conference | 27% (4) | 73% (11) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 19% (505) | 79% (2,113) | 3% (69) |
Top 3 Big Ten Conference member sites by security score
#1 in Big Ten Conference · U.S. education rank 1
University of Iowa
A 100 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability A
#1 in Big Ten Conference · U.S. education rank 1
University of Maryland-College Park
A 100 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability F
#1 in Big Ten Conference · U.S. education rank 1
University of Minnesota-Crookston
A 100 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability D
- Readability F
What each check means
- X-Content-Type-Options. The site tells browsers not to guess the type of files it serves. Browsers might run dangerous files by mistake.
- Errors in the console. The page loads without JavaScript or network errors. Site may have hidden bugs that break features.
- Security.txt. The site has a security.txt file so researchers know how to report issues. Security researchers cannot report problems to you.
Big Ten Conference members by security score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
uiowa.edu
University of Iowa U.S. rank 1 |
8 of 8 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
umd.edu
University of Maryland-College Park U.S. rank 1 |
8 of 8 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
crk.umn.edu
University of Minnesota-Crookston U.S. rank 1 |
8 of 8 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
uoregon.edu
University of Oregon U.S. rank 1 |
8 of 8 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
msu.edu
Michigan State University U.S. rank 2 |
8 of 9 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
unl.edu
University of Nebraska-Lincoln U.S. rank 2 |
8 of 9 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
northwestern.edu
Northwestern University U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
osu.edu
Ohio State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
illinois.edu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
usc.edu
University of Southern California U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
washington.edu
University of Washington-Seattle Campus U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 4 |
psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
purdue.edu
Purdue University-Main Campus U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
ucla.edu
University of California-Los Angeles U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
|
umich.edu
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996 | - |
About security
Secure your site and protect users with proper security practices.
Why it's important
Strong defenses prevent hackers from stealing personal information and other confidential data.
Risks
- Hackers can steal private information from your site.
Guidance
What we use to grade security:
- CISA Website Security
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- CISA Cybersecurity Performance Goals
- RFC 9116
- OWASP Top 10
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
Standards
- Content security policy (CSP)
- HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
- security.txt
- X-Content-Type-Options
- Errors in the console
- Clickjacking mitigation
- Paste preventing inputs
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
- Sponsored top-level domain (sTLD)
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 11/7/2026. 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 1 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.