Homeland Security Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 183 homeland security schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 135 homeland security 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 55.7% of the 183 homeland security schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 29.5% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Blue (4.4%), black (4.4%) and green (2.2%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on homeland security school websites.

The colors used on the websites of the largest homeland security 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. Michigan State University: grey 3% and blue 1.8%

Font

The largest number, nearly 57.9%, of homeland security school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on homeland security school websites include Verdana (20.2%) and Helvetica (5.5%).

The largest homeland security school's websites use the following fonts:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: Arial
2. Miami Dade College: Arial
3. Michigan State University: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 95 homeland security schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 169 YouTube channel subscribers. The homeland security schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 2,942 subscribers
2. Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus: 2,357 subscribers
3. Michigan State University: 1,365 subscribers

Exactly 109 homeland security schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 1,438 Twitter account followers. The homeland security schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 26,204 followers
2. Saint Leo University: 14,978 followers
3. George Washington University: 8,075 followers

Web Metrics

Although all homeland security schools have websites, only about 20% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 80.6% of homeland security school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The homeland security schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. University of New Haven: 1,665 broken links
2. Thomas Edison State College: 1,609 broken links
3. University of Central Missouri: 1,421 broken links

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

1. University of Connecticut: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Miami Dade College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Southwestern College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

The homeland security school websites with the greatest number of HTML and CSS validation errors include:

1. Hutchinson Community College: 30 HTML validation errors; 387 CSS validation errors
2. Edison State College: 16 HTML validation errors; 331 CSS validation errors
3. Madonna University: 26 HTML validation errors; 271 CSS validation errors