Florida research universities: security rankings

Security scores, grades, and the most common failures for 11 Florida research university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

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

Showing Florida research university sites. All education sites

R1 and R2 universities in Florida, public and private together.

B 87

Average security score of 11 fully scanned Florida research university sites

5th

of 17 states, ranked by average security score

11 of 11

Florida research university sites fully scanned

B 85

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

How Florida security scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 11 fully scanned Florida research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Florida 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 791
80 to 899
90 to 1001

Florida research universities by security grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Florida research universities: 11 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Florida
  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)
Florida9% (1)91% (10)0% (0)
All education sites19% (505)79% (2,113)3% (69)

Top 3 Florida research university sites by security score

#1 in Florida · U.S. education rank 1

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

A 100 security

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

#2 in Florida · U.S. education rank 3

Florida Atlantic University

B 87 security

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

#2 in Florida · U.S. education rank 3

Florida Institute of Technology

B 87 security

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

Most common security failures among Florida research university sites

Share of the 11 fully scanned Florida 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-Options73%
  2. Errors in the console27%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
X-Content-Type-Options73%8
Errors in the console27%3

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 Florida by security score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 famu.edu
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
2 fau.edu
Florida Atlantic University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 fit.edu
Florida Institute of Technology U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 fiu.edu
Florida International University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 fsu.edu
Florida State University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 nova.edu
Nova Southeastern University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 ucf.edu
University of Central Florida U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 welcome.miami.edu
University of Miami U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 unf.edu
University of North Florida U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 usf.edu
University of South Florida U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 ufl.edu
University of Florida 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 11/7/2026. 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. 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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