Communications Schools in Oregon Site Evaluation

There are a total of 15 communications schools in Oregon state. With 27,901 students, Portland State University is the largest communications school in the state of Oregon.

Portland State University is a social media - savvy school with not only a website, but also a Facebook page, Twitter account and YouTube channel. Portland State University has 8,892 "likes" on Facebook, 3,171 followers on Twitter and 240 subscribers on YouTube.

Visual Preferences

Color

Exactly 9 of the 15 communications schools with websites use white as the primary color on their websites. Another color used as the predominant color on Oregon communications school websites is yellow (20%).

The colors used on the websites for the largest communications schools in Oregon are as follows:

1. Portland State University: grey 6%
2. University of Oregon: yellow 13%
3. Western Oregon University: white 14% and black 5.9%

Font

In Oregon, the most popular font style on communications school websites is Verdana. Approximately 20% of communications schools in Oregon use Verdana as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on communications school websites include Arial (20%) and Sans serif (13.3%).

The largest Oregon communications schools' websites use the following fonts:

1. Portland State University: Georgia
2. University of Oregon: Bitstream Vera Sans
3. Western Oregon University: Palatino

Social Presence

Exactly 14 communications schools in Oregon have Facebook pages. On average, each of these schools has 14,356 "likes" on their Facebook pages. The Oregon communications schools with the greatest number of "likes" are:

1. University of Oregon: 154,015 "likes"
2. Portland State University: 8,892 "likes"
3. University of Portland: 7,963 "likes"

Exactly 13 communications schools in Oregon have Youtube channels. On average, each of these schools has 238 Youtube channel subscribers. The Oregon communications schools with the greatest number of Youtube channel subscribers are:

1. University of Oregon: 2,253 subscribers
2. Portland State University: 240 subscribers
3. University of Portland: 147 subscribers

The Oregon communications schools whose websites have been bookmarked the most number of times on Delicious are:

1. University of Oregon: 174 Delicious bookmarks
2. Portland State University: 142 Delicious bookmarks
3. Southern Oregon University: 112 Delicious bookmarks

Web Metrics

Of all of the Oregon communications school websites, the one that receives the greatest number of unique visitors belongs to University of Oregon. This is indicated by the fact that University of Oregon's site has a Compete Rank of 6,453, the highest Compete Rank of communications school websites in Oregon.

And the Oregon communications school website that is considered the most authoritative by SEOMoz belongs to University of Oregon. It has a SEOMoz Page Authority rank of 83.9.

It is interesting to compare this data with the statistics for the largest communications schools in Oregon:

School	Compete Rank	SEOMoz Page Authority
Portland State University	13,858	76.9
University of Oregon	6,453	83.9
Western Oregon University	38,469	71.6