Risk Management Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 106 risk management schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 100 risk 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 93% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 63.2% of the 106 risk management schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 17% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Blue (5.7%), yellow (4.7%) and green (3.8%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on risk management school websites.

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

1. Ohio State University - Main Campus: white 30% and grey 3.4%
2. University of Central Florida: white 46% and black 1.6%
3. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities: white 28% and grey 3.2%

Font

The largest number, nearly 46.2%, of risk management school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on risk management school websites include Verdana (20.8%) and Helvetica (8.5%).

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

1. Ohio State University - Main Campus: Helvetica
2. University of Central Florida: Arial
3. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities: Helvetica

Social Presence

Exactly 76 risk management schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 476 YouTube channel subscribers. The risk management schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Carnegie Mellon University: 16,128 subscribers
2. Columbia University in the City of New York: 4,146 subscribers
3. Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus: 2,357 subscribers

Exactly 89 risk management schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 3,101 Twitter account followers. The risk management schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Ohio State University - Main Campus: 18,232 followers
2. University of Wisconsin - Madison: 16,729 followers
3. Ohio University - Main Campus: 14,704 followers

Web Metrics

Although all risk management schools have websites, only about 11% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 89.6% of risk management school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The risk management schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. University of Central Missouri: 1,421 broken links
2. St. John's University - New York: 1,040 broken links
3. University of St Thomas: 959 broken links

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

1. University of Connecticut: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Florida State University: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Drake University: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

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

1. Ridgewater College: 0 HTML validation errors; 846 CSS validation errors
2. University of Nebraska - Lincoln: 0 HTML validation errors; 420 CSS validation errors
3. Georgia State University: 260 HTML validation errors; 51 CSS validation errors