Texas college websites: security rankings

Security scores, grades, and the most common failures for 92 public and 59 private college and university websites in Texas, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 151
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Texas college and university sites. All education sites

Public colleges and universities in Texas are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.

B 85

Average security score of 86 fully scanned Texas public college sites

6th

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average security score

86 of 92

Texas public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 6, so they're listed without grades

B 85

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

How Texas security scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 86 fully scanned Texas public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Texas 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 698
70 to 7922
80 to 8940
90 to 10016

Texas by security grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Texas: 86 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Texas
  2. All education sites
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
View the data table
GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
Texas19% (16)72% (62)9% (8)
All education sites19% (505)79% (2,113)3% (69)

Top 3 Texas public college sites by security score

#1 in Texas · U.S. education rank 1

Alvin Community College

A 100 security

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

#1 in Texas · U.S. education rank 1

Cisco College

A 100 security

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security A
  • Usability D
  • Readability A

#1 in Texas · U.S. education rank 1

College of the Mainland

A 100 security

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

Most common security failures among Texas public college sites

Share of the 86 fully scanned Texas public college 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-Options56%
  2. Errors in the console55%
  3. Security.txt13%
  4. Sponsored top-level domain (sTLD)2%
View the data table
CheckShare failingSites failing
X-Content-Type-Options56%48
Errors in the console55%47
Security.txt13%11
Sponsored top-level domain (sTLD)2%2

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.
  • Security.txt. The site has a security.txt file so researchers know how to report issues. Security researchers cannot report problems to you.
  • Sponsored top-level domain (sTLD). The site uses a government-issued domain (.gov, .edu, or .mil). People cannot tell if your site is real government.

Texas public 4-year institutions by security score

62 sites, 57 fully scanned, average security score 85 (B). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 alvincollege.edu
Alvin Community College U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 com.edu
College of the Mainland U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 collin.edu
Collin County Community College District U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 hccs.edu
Houston Community College U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 midland.edu
Midland College U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 sanjac.edu
San Jacinto Community College U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 utmb.edu
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 utsystem.edu
The University of Texas System Office U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 uh.edu
University of Houston U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 wc.edu
Weatherford College U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 wtamu.edu
West Texas A & M University U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
2 shsu.edu
Sam Houston State University U.S. rank 2 		8 of 9 checks pass B
2 tamiu.edu
Texas A & M International University U.S. rank 2 		8 of 9 checks pass B
2 tamu.edu
Texas A&M University-College Station U.S. rank 2 		8 of 9 checks pass B
2 txst.edu
Texas State University U.S. rank 2 		8 of 9 checks pass B
2 utsa.edu
The University of Texas at San Antonio U.S. rank 2 		8 of 9 checks pass B
2 utrgv.edu
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley U.S. rank 2 		8 of 9 checks pass B
3 angelo.edu
Angelo State University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 gc.edu
Galveston College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 grayson.edu
Grayson College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 lamar.edu
Lamar University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 navarrocollege.edu
Navarro College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 southtexascollege.edu
South Texas College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 sfasu.edu
Stephen F Austin State University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 tarleton.edu
Tarleton State University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 tamucc.edu
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 tamus.edu
Texas A & M University-System Office U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 tamuct.edu
Texas A&M University-Central Texas U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 ttuhsc.edu
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 utep.edu
The University of Texas at El Paso U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 uttyler.edu
The University of Texas at Tyler U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 uth.edu
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 uthscsa.edu
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 tvcc.edu
Trinity Valley Community College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 uhcl.edu
University of Houston-Clear Lake U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 unt.edu
University of North Texas U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 untdallas.edu
University of North Texas at Dallas U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 utsouthwestern.edu
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
4 msutexas.edu
Midwestern State University U.S. rank 5 		7 of 9 checks pass C
4 sulross.edu
Sul Ross State University U.S. rank 5 		7 of 9 checks pass C
4 tamuk.edu
Texas A&M University-Kingsville U.S. rank 5 		7 of 9 checks pass C
4 tamusa.edu
Texas A&M University-San Antonio U.S. rank 5 		7 of 9 checks pass C
4 tamut.edu
Texas A&M University-Texarkana U.S. rank 5 		7 of 9 checks pass C
4 uta.edu
The University of Texas at Arlington U.S. rank 5 		7 of 9 checks pass C
5 austincc.edu
Austin Community College District U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 delmar.edu
Del Mar College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 lonestar.edu
Lone Star College System U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 ttu.edu
Texas Tech University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 twu.edu
Texas Woman's University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 utexas.edu
The University of Texas at Austin U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 utdallas.edu
The University of Texas at Dallas U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 uhd.edu
University of Houston-Downtown U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
6 tsu.edu
Texas Southern University U.S. rank 7 		6 of 9 checks pass D
6 texastech.edu
Texas Tech University System Administration U.S. rank 7 		6 of 9 checks pass D
6 utpb.edu
The University of Texas Permian Basin U.S. rank 7 		6 of 9 checks pass D
7 dallascollege.edu
U.S. rank 8 		5 of 8 checks pass D
7 alamo.edu
U.S. rank 8 		5 of 8 checks pass D
laredo.edu
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 404 -
brazosport.edu
Brazosport College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -
odessa.edu
Odessa College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 -
pvamu.edu
Prairie View A & M University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asks crawlers to wait longer than we can. Status 997 -
tjc.edu
Tyler Junior College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -

Texas public 2-year institutions by security score

30 sites, 29 fully scanned, average security score 84 (B). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 cisco.edu
Cisco College U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 epcc.edu
El Paso Community College U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 fpctx.edu
Frank Phillips College U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 howardcollege.edu
Howard College U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 panola.edu
Panola College U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
2 ctcd.edu
Central Texas College U.S. rank 2 		8 of 9 checks pass B
3 hillcollege.edu
Hill College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 kilgore.edu
Kilgore College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 lit.edu
Lamar Institute of Technology U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 lsco.edu
Lamar State College-Orange U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 nctc.edu
North Central Texas College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 parisjc.edu
Paris Junior College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 tccd.edu
Tarrant County College District U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 texarkanacollege.edu
Texarkana College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 tstc.edu
Texas State Technical College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 victoriacollege.edu
Victoria College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 wtc.edu
Western Texas College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
4 coastalbend.edu
Coastal Bend College U.S. rank 4 		6 of 7 checks pass B
5 angelina.edu
Angelina College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 blinn.edu
Blinn College District U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 lee.edu
Lee College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 mclennan.edu
McLennan Community College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 ntcc.edu
Northeast Texas Community College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 rangercollege.edu
Ranger College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 southplainscollege.edu
South Plains College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 wcjc.edu
Wharton County Junior College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
6 lamarpa.edu
Lamar State College-Port Arthur U.S. rank 7 		6 of 9 checks pass D
6 tsc.edu
Texas Southmost College U.S. rank 7 		6 of 9 checks pass D
6 vernoncollege.edu
Vernon College U.S. rank 7 		6 of 9 checks pass D
clarendoncollege.edu
Clarendon College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -

Texas private nonprofit institutions by security score

59 sites, 55 fully scanned, average security score 85 (B). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 bgu.edu
Bakke Graduate University U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 bmats.edu
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 bcm.edu
Baylor College of Medicine U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 baylor.edu
Baylor University U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 brite.edu
Brite Divinity School U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 dallas.edu
Dallas Christian College U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 jacksonvillecollege.edu
Jacksonville College-Main Campus U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 lcu.edu
Lubbock Christian University U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 rice.edu
Rice University U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 stcl.edu
South Texas College of Law Houston U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 swbts.edu
The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
1 wileyc.edu
Wiley University U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
2 cbshouston.edu
College of Biblical Studies-Houston U.S. rank 2 		8 of 9 checks pass B
3 amberton.edu
Amberton University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 austincollege.edu
Austin College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 austinseminary.edu
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 cmctx.edu
Christ Mission College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 criswell.edu
Criswell College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 dts.edu
Dallas Theological Seminary U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 ssw.edu
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 gsot.edu
Grace School of Theology U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 htu.edu
Huston-Tillotson University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 jarvis.edu
Jarvis Christian University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 messengercollege.edu
Messenger College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 nelson.edu
Nelson University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 stedwards.edu
Saint Edward's University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 swau.edu
Southwestern Adventist University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 swcc.edu
Southwestern Christian College U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 stmarytx.edu
St. Mary's University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 txchiro.edu
Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 tcu.edu
Texas Christian University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 udallas.edu
University of Dallas U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 uiw.edu
University of the Incarnate Word U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
4 acu.edu
Abilene Christian University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 abu.edu
Arlington Baptist University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 concordia.edu
Concordia University Texas U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 dallasinstitute.edu
Dallas Institute of Funeral Service U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 hsutx.edu
Hardin-Simmons University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 hputx.edu
Howard Payne University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 letu.edu
LeTourneau University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 mcm.edu
McMurry University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 na.edu
North American University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 ost.edu
Oblate School of Theology U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 parker.edu
Parker University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 paulquinn.edu
Paul Quinn College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 schreiner.edu
Schreiner University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 smu.edu
Southern Methodist University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 southwestern.edu
Southwestern University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 texascollege.edu
Texas College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 tlu.edu
Texas Lutheran University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 tku.edu
The King's University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 stthom.edu
University of St Thomas U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
5 dbu.edu
Dallas Baptist University U.S. rank 7 		6 of 9 checks pass D
5 ollusa.edu
Our Lady of the Lake University U.S. rank 7 		6 of 9 checks pass D
5 wbu.edu
Wayland Baptist University U.S. rank 7 		6 of 9 checks pass D
bua.edu
Baptist University of the Americas 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
etbu.edu
East Texas Baptist University 		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 -
hc.edu
Houston Christian University 		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 -
txwes.edu
Texas Wesleyan University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -

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 10/25/2026 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 6 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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