New Jersey research universities: security rankings

Security scores, grades, and the most common failures for 9 New Jersey research university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 9
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

R1 and R2 universities in New Jersey, public and private together.

B 89

Average security score of 8 fully scanned New Jersey research university sites

4th

of 17 states, ranked by average security score

8 of 9

New jersey research university 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 New Jersey security scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 8 fully scanned New Jersey research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

Distribution of 8 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.

  • New Jersey average
  • All education average
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How New Jersey 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 790
80 to 897
90 to 1001

New Jersey research universities by security grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. New Jersey research universities: 8 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. New JerseyA (90 to 100): 13% (1 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 88% (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 Jersey 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 Jersey13% (1)88% (7)0% (0)
All education sites19% (505)79% (2,113)3% (69)

Top 3 New Jersey research university sites by security score

#1 in New Jersey · U.S. education rank 1

New Jersey Institute of Technology

A 100 security

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

#2 in New Jersey · U.S. education rank 2

Princeton University

B 88 security

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

#2 in New Jersey · U.S. education rank 2

Seton Hall University

B 88 security

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

Most common security failures among New Jersey research university sites

Share of the 8 fully scanned New Jersey 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-Options50% (4 of 8 sites)
  2. Errors in the console38% (3 of 8 sites)
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Most common security failures among New Jersey research university sites
CheckShare failingSites failing
X-Content-Type-Options50%4
Errors in the console38%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 New Jersey by security score

Research universities in New Jersey ranked by security score
Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 njit.edu
New Jersey Institute of Technology U.S. rank 1
8 of 8 checks pass A
2 princeton.edu
Princeton University U.S. rank 2
8 of 9 checks pass B
2 shu.edu
Seton Hall University U.S. rank 2
8 of 9 checks pass B
3 montclair.edu
Montclair State University U.S. rank 3
7 of 8 checks pass B
3 rowan.edu
Rowan University U.S. rank 3
7 of 8 checks pass B
3 camden.rutgers.edu
Rutgers University-Camden 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
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 -

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. 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.

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