Atlanta, GA research universities: security rankings

Security scores, grades, and the most common failures for 5 Atlanta, GA research university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 5
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Atlanta, GA research university sites. All education sites

R1 and R2 universities in the Atlanta, GA metropolitan area, public and private together. Metro boundaries follow the Census definition, so a page can cross state lines.

B 83

Average security score of 5 fully scanned Atlanta, GA research university sites

5th

of 8 metro areas, ranked by average security score

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Atlanta, ga research university sites fully scanned

B 85

Average security score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites

How Atlanta, GA security scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 5 fully scanned Atlanta, GA research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Atlanta, GA average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 590
60 to 690
70 to 793
80 to 891
90 to 1001

Atlanta, GA research universities by security grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Atlanta, GA research universities: 5 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Atlanta, GA
  2. All education sites
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
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GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
Atlanta, GA20% (1)80% (4)0% (0)
All education sites19% (505)79% (2,113)3% (69)

Top 3 Atlanta, GA research university sites by security score

#1 in Atlanta, GA · U.S. education rank 1

Emory University

A 100 security

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security A
  • Usability B
  • Readability A

#2 in Atlanta, GA · U.S. education rank 3

Kennesaw State University

B 87 security

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security B
  • Usability F
  • Readability A

#3 in Atlanta, GA · U.S. education rank 5

Georgia State University

C 77 security

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability B
  • Security C
  • Usability C
  • Readability A

Most common security failures among Atlanta, GA research university sites

Share of the 5 fully scanned Atlanta, GA research university sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to its standard and how to fix it.

  1. X-Content-Type-Options60%
  2. Errors in the console60%
  3. Security.txt20%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
X-Content-Type-Options60%3
Errors in the console60%3
Security.txt20%1

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.

Research universities in Atlanta, GA by security score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 emory.edu
Emory University U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
2 kennesaw.edu
Kennesaw State University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 gsu.edu
Georgia State University U.S. rank 5 		7 of 9 checks pass C
4 cau.edu
Clark Atlanta University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 gatech.edu
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C

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 10/28/2026 and 11/8/2026. 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. 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.

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