Audio Production Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 316 audio production schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 284 audio production 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 97% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 66.8% of the 316 audio production schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 11.1% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Black (7%), yellow (6.3%) and blue (5.7%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on audio production school websites.

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

1. Arizona State University: grey 34% and white 4.5%
2. University of Central Florida: white 46% and black 1.6%
3. The University of Texas at Austin: white 9% and grey 4.4%

Font

The largest number, nearly 48.7%, of audio production school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on audio production school websites include Verdana (21.8%) and Helvetica (6.3%).

The largest audio production school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Arizona State University: Arial
2. University of Central Florida: Arial
3. The University of Texas at Austin: Bitstream Vera Sans

Social Presence

Exactly 199 audio production schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 215 YouTube channel subscribers. The audio production schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Full Sail University: 2,427 subscribers
2. Auburn University: 2,016 subscribers
3. The Art Institute of Atlanta: 1,885 subscribers

Exactly 244 audio production schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 2,421 Twitter account followers. The audio production schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Indiana University - Bloomington: 27,945 followers
2. Arizona State University: 24,295 followers
3. Auburn University: 17,795 followers

Web Metrics

Although all audio production schools have websites, only about 22% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 78.6% of audio production school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The audio production schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Northwest Missouri State University: 6,291 broken links
2. Harrisburg Area Community College - Harrisburg: 4,597 broken links
3. Vincennes University: 3,603 broken links

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

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

The audio production school websites with the greatest number of HTML and CSS validation errors include:

1. Mt. San Jacinto Community College District: 74 HTML validation errors; 841 CSS validation errors
2. Ridgewater College: 0 HTML validation errors; 846 CSS validation errors
3. Palm Beach Atlantic University - West Palm Beach: 354 HTML validation errors; 155 CSS validation errors