New York, NY-NJ research universities: security rankings

Security scores, grades, and the most common failures for 15 New York, NY-NJ research university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 15
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

R1 and R2 universities in the New York, NY-NJ metropolitan area, public and private together. Metro boundaries follow the Census definition, so a page can cross state lines.

A 90

Average security score of 10 fully scanned New York, NY-NJ research university sites

2nd

of 8 metro areas, ranked by average security score

10 of 15

New york, ny-nj research university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 5, so they're listed without grades

B 85

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

How New York, NY-NJ security scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 10 fully scanned New York, NY-NJ research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

Distribution of 10 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.

  • New York, NY-NJ average
  • All education average
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How New York, NY-NJ 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 791
80 to 896
90 to 1003

New York, NY-NJ research universities by security grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. New York, NY-NJ research universities: 10 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. New York, NY-NJA (90 to 100): 30% (3 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 70% (7 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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New York, NY-NJ 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)
New York, NY-NJ30% (3)70% (7)0% (0)
All education sites19% (505)79% (2,113)3% (69)

Top 3 New York, NY-NJ research university sites by security score

#1 in New York, NY-NJ · U.S. education rank 1

Fordham University

A 100 security

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

#1 in New York, NY-NJ · U.S. education rank 1

New Jersey Institute of Technology

A 100 security

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

#1 in New York, NY-NJ · U.S. education rank 1

Teachers College at Columbia University

A 100 security

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

Most common security failures among New York, NY-NJ research university sites

Share of the 10 fully scanned New York, NY-NJ 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-Options40% (4 of 10 sites)
  2. Errors in the console40% (4 of 10 sites)
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Most common security failures among New York, NY-NJ research university sites
CheckShare failingSites failing
X-Content-Type-Options40%4
Errors in the console40%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 New York, NY-NJ by security score

Research universities in New York, NY-NJ ranked by security score
Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 fordham.edu
Fordham University U.S. rank 1
8 of 8 checks pass A
1 njit.edu
New Jersey Institute of Technology U.S. rank 1
8 of 8 checks pass A
1 tc.columbia.edu
Teachers College at Columbia University U.S. rank 1
8 of 8 checks pass A
2 shu.edu
Seton Hall University U.S. rank 2
8 of 9 checks pass B
3 liu.edu
Long Island University U.S. rank 3
7 of 8 checks pass B
3 montclair.edu
Montclair State University U.S. rank 3
7 of 8 checks pass B
3 newark.rutgers.edu
Rutgers University-Newark U.S. rank 3
7 of 8 checks pass B
3 stevens.edu
Stevens Institute of Technology U.S. rank 3
7 of 8 checks pass B
4 nyu.edu
New York University U.S. rank 4
6 of 7 checks pass B
5 stonybrook.edu
Stony Brook University U.S. rank 6
6 of 8 checks pass C
columbia.edu
Columbia University in the City of New York
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 -
ccny.cuny.edu
CUNY City College
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 -
gc.cuny.edu
CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
newbrunswick.rutgers.edu
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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 -
newschool.edu
The New School
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 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. We could not fully scan 5 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.

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