Phlebotomy Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 257 phlebotomy schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 194 phlebotomy 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 94% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 72.8% of the 257 phlebotomy schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 7.8% use blue as the primary color on their websites. Grey (7%), yellow (4.7%) and green (3.5%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on phlebotomy school websites.

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

1. Cuyahoga Community College District: white 17% and black 3.8%
2. Columbus State Community College: white 32% and grey 4%
3. Oakland Community College: white 48% and green 12.2%

Font

The largest number, nearly 38.9%, of phlebotomy school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on phlebotomy school websites include Verdana (28%) and Tahoma (6.2%).

The largest phlebotomy school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Cuyahoga Community College District: Verdana
2. Columbus State Community College: Arial
3. Oakland Community College: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 110 phlebotomy schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 27 YouTube channel subscribers. The phlebotomy schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Olympic College: 451 subscribers
2. Red Rocks Community College: 192 subscribers
3. Lansing Community College: 138 subscribers

Exactly 129 phlebotomy schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 366 Twitter account followers. The phlebotomy schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Davenport University: 3,695 followers
2. Ferris State University: 1,674 followers
3. Edmonds Community College: 1,597 followers

Web Metrics

Although all phlebotomy schools have websites, only about 34% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 66.1% of phlebotomy school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The phlebotomy schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Harrisburg Area Community College - Harrisburg: 4,597 broken links
2. Atlanta Technical College: 1,443 broken links
3. Schoolcraft College: 1,322 broken links

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

1. The College of Office Technology: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Ivy Tech Community College - Northwest: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Kaplan University - Hagerstown Campus: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

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

1. Chisholm Trail Technology Center: 117 HTML validation errors; 494 CSS validation errors
2. Alexandria Technical & Community College: 14 HTML validation errors; 516 CSS validation errors
3. Milwaukee Area Technical College: 519 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors