Colorado Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 110 colleges in Colorado. Of these, 60 have a Facebook page, 42 have a Twitter account and 42 have a YouTube channel.

Visual Preferences

Color

Exactly 68 of the 110 Colorado school websites use white as the primary color on their websites. The most commonly paired colors with white for school websites in Colorado are white (72.7%) and grey (62.7%).

Aside from white, other colors used as the predominant color on Colorado school websites include black (13.6%), grey (11.8%) and yellow (3.6%).

The colors used on the largest schools' websites in Colorado are as follows:

1. University of Colorado Boulder: black 10.8% and white 7.5%
2. Colorado Technical University - Online: white 36% and grey 7.5%
3. Colorado State University - Fort Collins: white 45% and grey 3.3%

Font

The font of choice used on the largest number of Colorado school websites is Arial. Approximately 44.5% of Colorado schools use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other popular fonts used on Colorado school websites are Verdana (20%) and Bitstream Vera Sans (8.2%).

The following fonts are used on the websites for the largest Colorado schools:

1. University of Colorado Boulder: Arial
2. Colorado Technical University - Online: Lucida Sans Unicode
3. Colorado State University - Fort Collins: Verdana

Social Presence

As mentioned above, 54.5% of Colorado schools have Facebook pages. On average, these schools update their Facebook status 4 times a week. And the average number of "likes" Colorado schools have is 3,009. The Colorado schools with the greatest number of Facebook "likes" are:

1. United States Air Force Academy: 44,359 "likes"
2. Colorado State University - Fort Collins: 31,315 "likes"
3. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs: 11,251 "likes"

In addition, 38.2% of Colorado schools have Twitter accounts. On average, these schools tweet updates 4 times a week. And, on average, Colorado schools have 642 Twitter followers. The Colorado schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Denver: 4,625 followers
2. Colorado State University - Fort Collins: 3,808 followers
3. United States Air Force Academy: 2,940 followers

And 38.2% of Colorado schools have YouTube channels. On average, these schools have 55 posted videos. And, on average, Colorado schools have 50 subscribers to their YouTube channels. The Colorado schools with the greatest number of subscribers are:

1. Colorado State University - Fort Collins: 274 subscribers
2. United States Air Force Academy: 203 subscribers
3. Red Rocks Community College: 192 subscribers

Web Metrics

The volume of traffic on Colorado school websites is average in comparison to traffic on school websites around the nation. The schools websites with the highest Alexa Rank in Colorado are:

1. University of Phoenix - Southern Colorado Campus: Alexa Rank of 2,441
2. University of Phoenix - Colorado Campus: Alexa Rank of 2,441
3. Colorado State University - Fort Collins: Alexa Rank of 8,194

The Colorado school websites with the lowest Alexa Rank are:

1. Cheeks International Academy of Beauty Culture - Fort Collins: Alexa Rank of 24,074,992
2. Intellitec College - Grand Junction: Alexa Rank of 23,948,378
3. The Salon Professional Academy - Grand Junction: Alexa Rank of 23,435,961