Oregon Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 82 colleges in Oregon. Of these, 54 have a Facebook page, 34 have a Twitter account and 42 have a YouTube channel.

Visual Preferences

Color

Exactly 52 of the 82 Oregon school websites use white as the primary color on their websites. The most commonly paired colors with white for school websites in Oregon are white (67.1%) and grey (53.7%).

Aside from white, other colors used as the predominant color on Oregon school websites include grey (12.2%), yellow (11%) and blue (4.9%).

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

1. Portland Community College: purple 4.6% and grey 2.8%
2. Portland State University: grey 6%
3. University of Oregon: yellow 13%

Font

The font of choice used on the largest number of Oregon school websites is Arial. Approximately 45.1% of Oregon schools use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other popular fonts used on Oregon school websites are Verdana (25.6%) and Helvetica (8.5%).

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

1. Portland Community College: Times New Roman
2. Portland State University: Georgia
3. University of Oregon: Bitstream Vera Sans

Social Presence

As mentioned above, 65.9% of Oregon schools have Facebook pages. On average, these schools update their Facebook status 3 times a week. And the average number of "likes" Oregon schools have is 6,001. The Oregon schools with the greatest number of Facebook "likes" are:

1. University of Oregon: 154,015 "likes"
2. Oregon State University: 81,687 "likes"
3. Portland State University: 8,892 "likes"

In addition, 51.2% of Oregon schools have Twitter accounts. On average, these schools tweet updates 4 times a week. And, on average, Oregon schools have 825 Twitter followers. The Oregon schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Oregon: 8,019 followers
2. Oregon State University: 5,935 followers
3. Portland State University: 3,171 followers

And 41.5% of Oregon schools have YouTube channels. On average, these schools have 124 posted videos. And, on average, Oregon schools have 226 subscribers to their YouTube channels. The Oregon schools with the greatest number of subscribers are:

1. Oregon State University: 2,420 subscribers
2. University of Oregon: 2,253 subscribers
3. Columbia Gorge Community College: 1,360 subscribers

Web Metrics

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

1. University of Phoenix - Oregon Campus: Alexa Rank of 2,441
2. University of Oregon: Alexa Rank of 14,270
3. Oregon State University: Alexa Rank of 14,712

The Oregon school websites with the lowest Alexa Rank are:

1. Sage School of Massage & Healing Arts: Alexa Rank of 18,741,394
2. Springfield College of Beauty: Alexa Rank of 18,475,770
3. Northwest College of Hair Design: Alexa Rank of 15,693,939