Showing Wisconsin research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in Wisconsin, public and private together.
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No average: fewer than 5 Wisconsin research university sites were fully scanned (3)
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Not ranked among states
3 of 3
Wisconsin research university sites fully scanned
B 85
Average security score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Wisconsin security scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 3 fully scanned Wisconsin research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 3 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Wisconsin average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 2 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
Wisconsin research universities by security grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Wisconsin research universities: 3 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
View the data table
| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 0% (0) | 100% (3) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 19% (505) | 79% (2,113) | 3% (69) |
Top 3 Wisconsin research university sites by security score
#1 in Wisconsin · U.S. education rank 3
Marquette University
B 87 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability A
#1 in Wisconsin · U.S. education rank 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B 87 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability D
- Readability F
#2 in Wisconsin · U.S. education rank 6
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
C 75 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability B
- Security C
- Usability C
- Readability A
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 Wisconsin by security score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
marquette.edu
Marquette University U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
uwm.edu
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
About security
Secure your site and protect users with proper security practices.
Why it's important
Strong defenses prevent hackers from stealing personal information and other confidential data.
Risks
- Hackers can steal private information from your site.
Guidance
What we use to grade security:
- CISA Website Security
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- CISA Cybersecurity Performance Goals
- RFC 9116
- OWASP Top 10
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
Standards
- Content security policy (CSP)
- HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
- security.txt
- X-Content-Type-Options
- Errors in the console
- Clickjacking mitigation
- Paste preventing inputs
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
- Sponsored top-level domain (sTLD)
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this ranking
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.