New Hampshire Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 40 colleges in New Hampshire. Of these, 25 have a Facebook page, 11 have a Twitter account and 18 have a YouTube channel.

Visual Preferences

Color

Exactly 22 of the 40 New Hampshire school websites use white as the primary color on their websites. The most commonly paired colors with white for school websites in New Hampshire are grey (70%) and white (57.5%).

Aside from white, other colors used as the predominant color on New Hampshire school websites include black (12.5%), grey (7.5%) and blue (7.5%).

The colors used on the largest schools' websites in New Hampshire are as follows:

1. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus: purple 5% and blue 2.4%
2. Southern New Hampshire University: white 16% and grey 3.8%
3. Plymouth State University: black 10% and white 8.5%

Font

The font of choice used on the largest number of New Hampshire school websites is Arial. Approximately 30% of New Hampshire schools use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other popular fonts used on New Hampshire school websites are Verdana (27.5%) and Georgia (15%).

The following fonts are used on the websites for the largest New Hampshire schools:

1. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus: Georgia
2. Southern New Hampshire University: Tahoma
3. Plymouth State University: Georgia

Social Presence

As mentioned above, 62.5% of New Hampshire schools have Facebook pages. On average, these schools update their Facebook status 3 times a week. And the average number of "likes" New Hampshire schools have is 1,968. The New Hampshire schools with the greatest number of Facebook "likes" are:

1. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus: 9,983 "likes"
2. Dartmouth College: 9,434 "likes"
3. Southern New Hampshire University: 4,937 "likes"

In addition, 45% of New Hampshire schools have Twitter accounts. On average, these schools tweet updates 6 times a week. And, on average, New Hampshire schools have 868 Twitter followers. The New Hampshire schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Dartmouth College: 4,416 followers
2. University of New Hampshire School of Law: 2,756 followers
3. Saint Anselm College: 2,234 followers

And 27.5% of New Hampshire schools have YouTube channels. On average, these schools have 98 posted videos. And, on average, New Hampshire schools have 265 subscribers to their YouTube channels. The New Hampshire schools with the greatest number of subscribers are:

1. Dartmouth College: 2,685 subscribers
2. Southern New Hampshire University: 69 subscribers
3. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus: 47 subscribers

Web Metrics

The volume of traffic on New Hampshire school websites is light in comparison to traffic on school websites around the nation. The schools websites with the highest Alexa Rank in New Hampshire are:

1. Dartmouth College: Alexa Rank of 18,393
2. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus: Alexa Rank of 38,145
3. University of New Hampshire at Manchester: Alexa Rank of 38,145

The New Hampshire school websites with the lowest Alexa Rank are:

1. New Hampshire Institute for Therapeutic Arts: Alexa Rank of 23,267,017
2. Upper Valley Educators Institute: Alexa Rank of 22,328,181
3. Lebanon College: Alexa Rank of 17,580,129