Administrative Assistant Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 1,353 administrative assistant schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 1,015 administrative assistant schools have some social media presence, having accounts on at least one of the three major social media outlets, Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. Of the schools that have a social media presence, the greatest number, almost 95% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 71.3% of the 1,353 administrative assistant schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 9% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Blue (5.3%), black (4.7%) and yellow (4.5%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on administrative assistant school websites.

The colors used on the websites of the largest administrative assistant schools in the nation, are as follows:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: grey 49%
2. Miami Dade College: white 10% and blue 2.9%
3. Houston Community College: white 36% and grey 4.3%

Font

The largest number, nearly 39.6%, of administrative assistant school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on administrative assistant school websites include Verdana (26%) and Tahoma (7.7%).

The largest administrative assistant school's websites use the following fonts:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: Arial
2. Miami Dade College: Arial
3. Houston Community College: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 548 administrative assistant schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 53 YouTube channel subscribers. The administrative assistant schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 2,942 subscribers
2. TechSkills - Charlotte: 1,646 subscribers
3. Columbia Gorge Community College: 1,360 subscribers

Exactly 664 administrative assistant schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 483 Twitter account followers. The administrative assistant schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 26,204 followers
2. Boston College: 15,524 followers
3. University of Toledo: 5,830 followers

Web Metrics

Although all administrative assistant schools have websites, only about 33% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 67.8% of administrative assistant school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The administrative assistant schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Minnesota West Community and Technical College: 26,086 broken links
2. Tarrant County College District: 14,140 broken links
3. Blue Ridge Community College: 6,741 broken links

It is also interesting to evaluate the number of HTML and CSS validation errors on administrative assistant school websites to get a sense of the quality of these sites. The administrative assistant school websites with the cleanest websites, i.e., least number of HTML and CSS validation errors are:

1. Pima Community College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Foothill College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

The administrative assistant school websites with the greatest number of HTML and CSS validation errors include:

1. Chippewa Valley Technical College: 121 HTML validation errors; 942 CSS validation errors
2. Bergen Community College: 178 HTML validation errors; 869 CSS validation errors
3. Gainesville State College: 73 HTML validation errors; 893 CSS validation errors