Nursing Schools in Pennsylvania Site Evaluation

There are a total of 126 nursing schools in Pennsylvania state. With 45,185 students, Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus is the largest nursing school in the state of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus is a social media - savvy school with not only a website, but also a Facebook page, Twitter account and YouTube channel. Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus has 230,697 "likes" on Facebook, 7,211 followers on Twitter and 2,357 subscribers on YouTube.

Visual Preferences

Color

Exactly 83 of the 126 nursing schools with websites use white as the primary color on their websites. Another color used as the predominant color on Pennsylvania nursing school websites is grey (12.7%).

The colors used on the websites for the largest nursing schools in Pennsylvania are as follows:

1. Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus: blue 65%
2. Temple University: white 12.7% and grey 10.5%
3. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus: purple 17.3% and grey 14.3%

Font

In Pennsylvania, the most popular font style on nursing school websites is Arial. Approximately 39.7% of nursing schools in Pennsylvania use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on nursing school websites include Verdana (26.2%) and Tahoma (10.3%).

The largest Pennsylvania nursing schools' websites use the following fonts:

1. Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus: Arial
2. Temple University: Verdana
3. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus: Verdana

Social Presence

Exactly 92 nursing schools in Pennsylvania have Facebook pages. On average, each of these schools has 5,391 "likes" on their Facebook pages. The Pennsylvania nursing schools with the greatest number of "likes" are:

1. Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus: 230,697 "likes"
2. University of Pennsylvania: 24,256 "likes"
3. Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus: 15,350 "likes"

Exactly 64 nursing schools in Pennsylvania have Youtube channels. On average, each of these schools has 130 Youtube channel subscribers. The Pennsylvania nursing schools with the greatest number of Youtube channel subscribers are:

1. Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus: 2,357 subscribers
2. University of Pennsylvania: 2,012 subscribers
3. Villanova University: 622 subscribers

The Pennsylvania nursing schools whose websites have been bookmarked the most number of times on Delicious are:

1. Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus: 417 Delicious bookmarks
2. University of Pennsylvania: 221 Delicious bookmarks
3. University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus: 154 Delicious bookmarks

Web Metrics

Of all of the Pennsylvania nursing school websites, the one that receives the greatest number of unique visitors belongs to Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus. This is indicated by the fact that Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus's site has a Compete Rank of 1,406, the highest Compete Rank of nursing school websites in Pennsylvania.

And the Pennsylvania nursing school website that is considered the most authoritative by SEOMoz belongs to University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It has a SEOMoz Page Authority rank of 87.1.

It is interesting to compare this data with the statistics for the largest nursing schools in Pennsylvania:

School	Compete Rank	SEOMoz Page Authority
Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus	1,406	84.9
Temple University	8,152	81.2
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus	4,825	87.1