Health Information Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 451 health information schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 307 health information 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 64.3% of the 451 health information schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 17.7% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Blue (6.2%), black (4%) and yellow (3.5%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on health information school websites.

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

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: grey 49%
2. Miami Dade College: white 10% and blue 2.9%
3. Houston Community College: white 36% and grey 4.3%

Font

The largest number, nearly 44.1%, of health information school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on health information school websites include Verdana (23.5%) and Bitstream Vera Sans (7.3%).

The largest health information school's websites use the following fonts:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: Arial
2. Miami Dade College: Arial
3. Houston Community College: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 180 health information schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 65 YouTube channel subscribers. The health information schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 2,942 subscribers
2. St Petersburg College: 578 subscribers
3. DeVry University - Illinois: 521 subscribers

Exactly 211 health information schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 662 Twitter account followers. The health information schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 26,204 followers
2. University of Akron Main Campus: 5,682 followers
3. DeVry University - Illinois: 5,286 followers

Web Metrics

Although all health information 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% of health information school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The health information schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Tarrant County College District: 14,140 broken links
2. Harrisburg Area Community College - Harrisburg: 4,597 broken links
3. Vincennes University: 3,603 broken links

It is also interesting to evaluate the number of HTML and CSS validation errors on health information school websites to get a sense of the quality of these sites. The health information 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. Miami Dade College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Seminole State College of Florida: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

The health information 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. Lake - Sumter Community College: 62 HTML validation errors; 864 CSS validation errors
3. Ridgewater College: 0 HTML validation errors; 846 CSS validation errors