Forensic Psychology Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 24 forensic psychology schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 22 forensic psychology 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 86% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 75% of the 24 forensic psychology schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 8.3% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Yellow (4.2%), green (4.2%) and blue (4.2%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on forensic psychology school websites.

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

1. Walden University: white 34% and yellow 1.2%
2. Missouri State University - Springfield: white 49% and grey 3.4%
3. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice: white 30% and yellow 3.3%

Font

The largest number, nearly 41.7%, of forensic psychology school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on forensic psychology school websites include Georgia (12.5%) and Verdana (12.5%).

The largest forensic psychology school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Walden University: Georgia
2. Missouri State University - Springfield: Arial
3. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 14 forensic psychology schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 115 YouTube channel subscribers. The forensic psychology schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Missouri State University - Springfield: 669 subscribers
2. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice: 170 subscribers
3. Walden University: 162 subscribers

Exactly 19 forensic psychology schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 1,181 Twitter account followers. The forensic psychology schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Missouri State University - Springfield: 4,626 followers
2. University of Denver: 4,625 followers
3. Walden University: 2,449 followers

Web Metrics

Although all forensic psychology schools have websites, only about 34% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 66.7% of forensic psychology school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The forensic psychology schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. University of New Haven: 1,665 broken links
2. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice: 757 broken links
3. Tiffin University: 337 broken links

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

1. Saint Ambrose University: 0 HTML validation errors; 2 CSS validation errors
2. Marymount University: 17 HTML validation errors; 2 CSS validation errors
3. Florida Institute of Technology: 1 HTML validation errors; 22 CSS validation errors

The forensic psychology school websites with the greatest number of HTML and CSS validation errors include:

1. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Washington DC: 52 HTML validation errors; 194 CSS validation errors
2. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago: 47 HTML validation errors; 194 CSS validation errors
3. Walden University: 221 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors