Court Reporter Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 79 court reporter schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 59 court reporter 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 92% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 72.2% of the 79 court reporter schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 12.7% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Yellow (6.3%), blue (6.3%) and black (1.3%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on court reporter school websites.

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

1. Miami Dade College: white 10% and blue 2.9%
2. Cuyahoga Community College District: white 17% and black 3.8%
3. El Paso Community College: grey 21%

Font

The largest number, nearly 38%, of court reporter school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on court reporter school websites include Verdana (27.8%) and Tahoma (13.9%).

The largest court reporter school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Miami Dade College: Arial
2. Cuyahoga Community College District: Verdana
3. El Paso Community College: Tahoma

Social Presence

Exactly 39 court reporter schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 26 YouTube channel subscribers. The court reporter schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. University of Mississippi Main Campus: 370 subscribers
2. Cypress College: 69 subscribers
3. Del Mar College: 67 subscribers

Exactly 43 court reporter schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 509 Twitter account followers. The court reporter schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Mississippi Main Campus: 5,047 followers
2. Cypress College: 1,346 followers
3. San Antonio College: 1,290 followers

Web Metrics

Although all court reporter schools have websites, only about 30% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 70.5% of court reporter school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The court reporter schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Harrisburg Area Community College - Harrisburg: 4,597 broken links
2. James H Faulkner State Community College: 392 broken links
3. College of Marin: 321 broken links

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

1. Miami Dade College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. John A Logan College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Oakland Community College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

The court reporter school websites with the greatest number of HTML and CSS validation errors include:

1. Charles A. Jones Career and Education Center: 285 HTML validation errors; 15 CSS validation errors
2. Community College of Allegheny County: 258 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Tulsa Technology Center - Peoria Campus: 67 HTML validation errors; 97 CSS validation errors