Showing Rhode Island college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in Rhode Island are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
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No average: fewer than 5 Rhode Island public college sites were fully scanned (3)
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Not ranked among states and territories
3 of 3
Rhode island public college sites fully scanned
B 85
Average security score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Rhode Island security scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 3 fully scanned Rhode Island public college 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.
- Rhode Island 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 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 3 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
Rhode Island by security grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Rhode Island: 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 0% (0) | 100% (3) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 19% (505) | 79% (2,113) | 3% (69) |
Top 3 Rhode Island public college sites by security score
#1 in Rhode Island · U.S. education rank 3
Community College of Rhode Island
B 87 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability A
#1 in Rhode Island · U.S. education rank 3
Rhode Island College
B 87 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Rhode Island · U.S. education rank 3
University of Rhode Island
B 87 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability D
- Security B
- Usability D
- 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.
Rhode Island public 4-year institutions by security score
2 sites, 2 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ric.edu
Rhode Island College U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
web.uri.edu
University of Rhode Island U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
Rhode Island public 2-year institutions by security score
1 sites, 1 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ccri.edu
Community College of Rhode Island U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
Rhode Island private nonprofit institutions by security score
11 sites, 11 fully scanned, average security score 85 (B). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
risd.edu
Rhode Island School of Design U.S. rank 1 |
8 of 8 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
bryant.edu
Bryant University U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
collegeunbound.edu
College Unbound U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
neit.edu
New England Institute of Technology U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
providence.edu
Providence College U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
rwu.edu
Roger Williams University U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
law.rwu.edu
Roger Williams University School of Law U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
salve.edu
Salve Regina University U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
brown.edu
Brown University U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
| 3 |
jwu.edu
Johnson & Wales University U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
| 3 |
online.jwu.edu
Johnson & Wales University-Online 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 10/27/2026 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.