Property Management Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 464 property management schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 412 property management 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 97% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 67.7% of the 464 property management schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 10.3% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Blue (6.5%), yellow (5.2%) and black (4.1%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on property management school websites.

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

1. Arizona State University: grey 34% and white 4.5%
2. Miami Dade College: white 10% and blue 2.9%
3. Ohio State University - Main Campus: white 30% and grey 3.4%

Font

The largest number, nearly 41.4%, of property management school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on property management school websites include Verdana (27.6%) and Tahoma (6.5%).

The largest property management school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Arizona State University: Arial
2. Miami Dade College: Arial
3. Ohio State University - Main Campus: Helvetica

Social Presence

Exactly 261 property management schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 173 YouTube channel subscribers. The property management 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. University of Arizona: 1,805 subscribers

Exactly 327 property management schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 1,756 Twitter account followers. The property management schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Arizona State University: 24,295 followers
2. Texas A & M University - College Station: 19,518 followers
3. Ohio State University - Main Campus: 18,232 followers

Web Metrics

Although all property management schools have websites, only about 25% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 75.2% of property management school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The property management schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Central Arizona College: 93,584 broken links
2. Tarrant County College District: 14,140 broken links
3. Northwest Missouri State University: 6,291 broken links

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

1. Pima Community College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Foothill College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Gavilan College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

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

1. Mt. San Jacinto Community College District: 74 HTML validation errors; 841 CSS validation errors
2. Irvine Valley College: 0 HTML validation errors; 854 CSS validation errors
3. Old Dominion University: 0 HTML validation errors; 615 CSS validation errors