Computer Forensics Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 7 computer forensics schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 7 computer forensics 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 100% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 57.1% of the 7 computer forensics schools use black as the primary color on their websites. Another 28.6% use white as the primary color on their websites. Green (14.3%) is another color commonly used as the primary color on computer forensics school websites.

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

1. Florida State University: black 3.7% and white 3.1%
2. Catawba Valley Community College: black 12.9% and white 9.4%
3. University of Northwestern Ohio: white 13% and grey 5.7%

Font

The largest number, nearly 42.9%, of computer forensics school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on computer forensics school websites include Tahoma (14.3%) and Times New Roman (14.3%).

The largest computer forensics school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Florida State University: Arial
2. Catawba Valley Community College: Arial
3. University of Northwestern Ohio: Sans

Social Presence

Exactly 5 computer forensics schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 93 YouTube channel subscribers. The computer forensics schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Florida State University: 297 subscribers
2. University of Northwestern Ohio: 141 subscribers
3. Catawba Valley Community College: 14 subscribers

Exactly 3 computer forensics schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 973 Twitter account followers. The computer forensics schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Florida State University: 2,251 followers
2. Southwestern Community College: 604 followers
3. University of Northwestern Ohio: 65 followers

Web Metrics

Although all computer forensics schools have websites, only about 0% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 100% of computer forensics school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The computer forensics schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Southwestern Community College: 557 broken links
2. Catawba Valley Community College: 440 broken links
3. University of Northwestern Ohio: 174 broken links

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

1. Florida State University: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Southwestern College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Catawba Valley Community College: 5 HTML validation errors; 4 CSS validation errors

The computer forensics school websites with the greatest number of HTML and CSS validation errors include:

1. Southwestern Community College: 8 HTML validation errors; 204 CSS validation errors
2. Tri - State Business Institute: 43 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Stanly Community College: 4 HTML validation errors; 12 CSS validation errors