Computer Programming Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 687 computer programming schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 496 computer programming 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 96% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 68.6% of the 687 computer programming schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 14.6% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Blue (4.8%), black (4.2%) and yellow (3.2%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on computer programming school websites.

The colors used on the websites of the largest computer programming 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. Miami Dade College: white 10% and blue 2.9%

Font

The largest number, nearly 43.2%, of computer programming school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on computer programming school websites include Verdana (30.1%) and Tahoma (5.5%).

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

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

Social Presence

Exactly 315 computer programming schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 107 YouTube channel subscribers. The computer programming schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 2,942 subscribers
2. University of Phoenix - Nashville Campus: 2,942 subscribers
3. Full Sail University: 2,427 subscribers

Exactly 366 computer programming schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 652 Twitter account followers. The computer programming schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 26,204 followers
2. Full Sail University: 10,108 followers
3. Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus: 7,211 followers

Web Metrics

Although all computer programming schools have websites, only about 22% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 78.1% of computer programming school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The computer programming schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Central Arizona College: 93,584 broken links
2. Tarrant County College District: 14,140 broken links
3. Independence Community College: 6,000 broken links

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

The computer programming 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. Bergen Community College: 178 HTML validation errors; 869 CSS validation errors
3. Spoon River College: 68 HTML validation errors; 871 CSS validation errors