Physical Therapy Assistant Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 283 physical therapy assistant schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 245 physical therapy assistant 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 96% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 69.6% of the 283 physical therapy assistant schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 7.8% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Yellow (6.4%), blue (6.4%) and black (4.2%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on physical therapy assistant school websites.

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

1. Miami Dade College: white 10% and blue 2.9%
2. Houston Community College: white 36% and grey 4.3%
3. Northern Virginia Community College: white 11% and grey 4.6%

Font

The largest number, nearly 45.6%, of physical therapy assistant school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on physical therapy assistant school websites include Verdana (25.1%) and Helvetica (6.4%).

The largest physical therapy assistant school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Miami Dade College: Arial
2. Houston Community College: Arial
3. Northern Virginia Community College: Trebuchet

Social Presence

Exactly 146 physical therapy assistant schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 46 YouTube channel subscribers. The physical therapy assistant schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. St Petersburg College: 578 subscribers
2. Northern Virginia Community College: 487 subscribers
3. College of Southern Maryland: 482 subscribers

Exactly 175 physical therapy assistant schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 488 Twitter account followers. The physical therapy assistant schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. New York University: 6,713 followers
2. ICDC College: 3,846 followers
3. Arkansas State University - Main Campus: 2,793 followers

Web Metrics

Although all physical therapy assistant schools have websites, only about 23% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 77% of physical therapy assistant school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The physical therapy assistant schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Tarrant County College District: 14,140 broken links
2. Vincennes University: 3,603 broken links
3. Wytheville Community College: 3,132 broken links

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

1. Housatonic Community College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Norwalk Community College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Miami Dade College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

The physical therapy assistant school websites with the greatest number of HTML and CSS validation errors include:

1. Chippewa Valley Technical College: 121 HTML validation errors; 942 CSS validation errors
2. Chisholm Trail Technology Center: 117 HTML validation errors; 494 CSS validation errors
3. ECPI College of Technology: 11 HTML validation errors; 588 CSS validation errors