Computer Networking Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 1,113 computer networking schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 695 computer networking 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 94% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 69.9% of the 1,113 computer networking schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 12.7% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Blue (5.1%), black (4.9%) and yellow (3.5%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on computer networking school websites.

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

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: grey 49%
2. Kaplan University - Davenport Campus: white 56% and blue 1.1%
3. Houston Community College: white 36% and grey 4.3%

Font

The largest number, nearly 40.6%, of computer networking school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on computer networking school websites include Verdana (29.1%) and Tahoma (6.6%).

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

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: Arial
2. Kaplan University - Davenport Campus: Times New Roman
3. Houston Community College: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 390 computer networking schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 148 YouTube channel subscribers. The computer networking schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Carnegie Mellon University: 16,128 subscribers
2. University of Minnesota - Duluth: 4,518 subscribers
3. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 2,942 subscribers

Exactly 496 computer networking schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 813 Twitter account followers. The computer networking schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 26,204 followers
2. Texas A & M University - College Station: 19,518 followers
3. Johns Hopkins University: 14,870 followers

Web Metrics

Although all computer networking schools have websites, only about 26% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 74.6% of computer networking school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The computer networking schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Central Arizona College: 93,584 broken links
2. Minnesota West Community and Technical College: 26,086 broken links
3. College of Saint Mary: 23,650 broken links

It is also interesting to evaluate the number of HTML and CSS validation errors on computer networking school websites to get a sense of the quality of these sites. The computer networking 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. Foothill College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Gavilan College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

The computer networking 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. Mt. San Jacinto Community College District: 74 HTML validation errors; 841 CSS validation errors
3. Irvine Valley College: 0 HTML validation errors; 854 CSS validation errors