Music Therapy Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 59 music therapy schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 57 music therapy 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 100% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 55.9% of the 59 music therapy schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 15.3% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Yellow (6.8%), black (5.1%) and blue (5.1%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on music therapy school websites.

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

1. Arizona State University: grey 34% and white 4.5%
2. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities: white 28% and grey 3.2%
3. Michigan State University: grey 3% and blue 1.8%

Font

The largest number, nearly 37.3%, of music therapy school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on music therapy school websites include Verdana (27.1%) and Helvetica (11.9%).

The largest music therapy school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Arizona State University: Arial
2. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities: Helvetica
3. Michigan State University: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 52 music therapy schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 237 YouTube channel subscribers. The music therapy schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Arizona State University: 1,796 subscribers
2. University of Kansas: 1,615 subscribers
3. Berklee College of Music: 1,402 subscribers

Exactly 53 music therapy schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 2,953 Twitter account followers. The music therapy schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Arizona State University: 24,295 followers
2. University of Miami: 15,911 followers
3. Ohio University - Main Campus: 14,704 followers

Web Metrics

Although all music therapy schools have websites, only about 17% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 83.1% of music therapy school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The music therapy schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Immaculata University: 866 broken links
2. University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire: 806 broken links
3. Marywood University: 383 broken links

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

1. Florida State University: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Montclair State University: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Appalachian State University: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

The music therapy school websites with the greatest number of HTML and CSS validation errors include:

1. University of Louisville: 0 HTML validation errors; 282 CSS validation errors
2. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities: 0 HTML validation errors; 223 CSS validation errors
3. Georgia College & State University: 217 HTML validation errors; 2 CSS validation errors