Dallas, TX research universities: security rankings

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

  • Sites: 5
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

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

B 80

Average security score of 5 fully scanned Dallas, TX research university sites

6th

of 8 metro areas, ranked by average security score

5 of 5

Dallas, tx research university sites fully scanned

B 85

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

How Dallas, TX security scores are distributed

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

Distribution of 5 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.

  • Dallas, TX average
  • All education average
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How Dallas, TX security scores are distributed
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 892
90 to 1000

Dallas, TX research universities by security grade, compared with all education sites

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

  1. Dallas, TXB to C (70 to 89): 100% (5 sites)
  2. All education sitesA (90 to 100): 19% (505 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 79% (2,113 sites)D to F (below 70): 3% (69 sites)
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
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Dallas, TX research universities by security grade, compared with all education sites
GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
Dallas, TX0% (0)100% (5)0% (0)
All education sites19% (505)79% (2,113)3% (69)

Top 3 Dallas, TX research university sites by security score

#1 in Dallas, TX · U.S. education rank 3

Texas Christian University

B 87 security

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

#1 in Dallas, TX · U.S. education rank 3

University of North Texas

B 87 security

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

#2 in Dallas, TX · U.S. education rank 5

The University of Texas at Arlington

C 77 security

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

Most common security failures among Dallas, TX research university sites

Share of the 5 fully scanned Dallas, TX 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-Options80% (4 of 5 sites)
  2. Errors in the console80% (4 of 5 sites)
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Most common security failures among Dallas, TX research university sites
CheckShare failingSites failing
X-Content-Type-Options80%4
Errors in the console80%4

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.

Research universities in Dallas, TX by security score

Research universities in Dallas, TX ranked by security score
Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 tcu.edu
Texas Christian University U.S. rank 3
7 of 8 checks pass B
1 unt.edu
University of North Texas U.S. rank 3
7 of 8 checks pass B
2 uta.edu
The University of Texas at Arlington U.S. rank 5
7 of 9 checks pass C
3 smu.edu
Southern Methodist University U.S. rank 6
6 of 8 checks pass C
3 utdallas.edu
The University of Texas at Dallas 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 10/25/2026 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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