Showing Vermont college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in Vermont are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
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No average: fewer than 5 Vermont public college sites were fully scanned (3)
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Not ranked among states and territories
3 of 4
Vermont public college 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 Vermont security scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 3 fully scanned Vermont 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.
- Vermont 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 | 1 |
| 70 to 79 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 1 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
Vermont by security grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Vermont: 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 0% (0) | 67% (2) | 33% (1) |
| All education sites | 19% (505) | 79% (2,113) | 3% (69) |
Top 3 Vermont public college sites by security score
#1 in Vermont · U.S. education rank 3
Vermont State University
B 87 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability F
#2 in Vermont · U.S. education rank 6
Community College of Vermont
C 75 security
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability A
#3 in Vermont · U.S. education rank 7
University of Vermont
D 66 security
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security D
- 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.
- Security.txt. The site has a security.txt file so researchers know how to report issues. Security researchers cannot report problems to you.
Vermont public 4-year institutions by security score
3 sites, 2 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
vermontstate.edu
Vermont State University U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
uvm.edu
University of Vermont U.S. rank 7 |
6 of 9 checks pass | D |
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vsc.edu
Vermont State Colleges-Office of the Chancellor |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - |
Vermont public 2-year institutions by security score
1 sites, 1 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ccv.edu
Community College of Vermont U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
Vermont private nonprofit institutions by security score
8 sites, 8 fully scanned, average security score 84 (B). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bennington.edu
Bennington College U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
champlain.edu
Champlain College U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
landmark.edu
Landmark College U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
norwich.edu
Norwich University U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
sit.edu
SIT Graduate Institute U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
vermontlaw.edu
Vermont Law and Graduate School U.S. rank 3 |
7 of 8 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
smcvt.edu
Saint Michael's College U.S. rank 6 |
6 of 8 checks pass | C |
| 2 |
sterlingcollege.edu
Sterling College 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. 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.