Music Schools in West Virginia Site Evaluation

There are a total of 9 music schools in West Virginia state. With 28,898 students, West Virginia University is the largest music school in the state of West Virginia.

West Virginia University is a social media - savvy school with not only a website, but also a Facebook page, Twitter account and YouTube channel. West Virginia University has 148,161 "likes" on Facebook, 10,568 followers on Twitter and 1,555 subscribers on YouTube.

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Color

Exactly 6 of the 9 music schools with websites use white as the primary color on their websites. Another color used as the predominant color on West Virginia music school websites is red (11.1%).

The colors used on the websites for the largest music schools in West Virginia are as follows:

1. West Virginia University: blue 19% and white 6.6%
2. Marshall University: white 19% and grey 5.2%
3. Shepherd University: white 34% and blue 5.4%

Font

In West Virginia, the most popular font style on music school websites is Arial. Approximately 44.4% of music schools in West Virginia use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on music school websites include Tahoma (22.2%) and Bitstream Vera Sans (11.1%).

The largest West Virginia music schools' websites use the following fonts:

1. West Virginia University: Arial
2. Marshall University: Tahoma
3. Shepherd University: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 8 music schools in West Virginia have Facebook pages. On average, each of these schools has 23,341 "likes" on their Facebook pages. The West Virginia music schools with the greatest number of "likes" are:

1. West Virginia University: 148,161 "likes"
2. Marshall University: 22,571 "likes"
3. West Virginia Wesleyan College: 4,921 "likes"

Exactly 7 music schools in West Virginia have Youtube channels. On average, each of these schools has 276 Youtube channel subscribers. The West Virginia music schools with the greatest number of Youtube channel subscribers are:

1. West Virginia University: 1,555 subscribers
2. Marshall University: 284 subscribers
3. Glenville State College: 25 subscribers

The West Virginia music schools whose websites have been bookmarked the most number of times on Delicious are:

1. Marshall University: 289 Delicious bookmarks
2. West Virginia University: 81 Delicious bookmarks
3. West Virginia Wesleyan College: 14 Delicious bookmarks

Web Metrics

Of all of the West Virginia music school websites, the one that receives the greatest number of unique visitors belongs to West Virginia University. This is indicated by the fact that West Virginia University's site has a Compete Rank of 6,970, the highest Compete Rank of music school websites in West Virginia.

And the West Virginia music school website that is considered the most authoritative by SEOMoz belongs to West Virginia University. It has a SEOMoz Page Authority rank of 81.8.

It is interesting to compare this data with the statistics for the largest music schools in West Virginia:

School	Compete Rank	SEOMoz Page Authority
West Virginia University	6,970	81.8
Marshall University	22,968	73.1
Shepherd University	70,233	65.9