Vermont Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 26 colleges in Vermont. Of these, 26 have a Facebook page, 16 have a Twitter account and 20 have a YouTube channel.

Visual Preferences

Color

Exactly 15 of the 26 Vermont school websites use white as the primary color on their websites. The most commonly paired colors with white for school websites in Vermont are white (61.5%) and grey (46.2%).

Aside from white, other colors used as the predominant color on Vermont school websites include yellow (15.4%), blue (7.7%) and green (7.7%).

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

1. University of Vermont: white 25% and grey 3.9%
2. Community College of Vermont: yellow 9%
3. Norwich University: black 18.3% and grey 8.2%

Font

The font of choice used on the largest number of Vermont school websites is Verdana. Approximately 30.8% of Vermont schools use Verdana as the primary font on their websites. Other popular fonts used on Vermont school websites are Arial (26.9%) and Helvetica (15.4%).

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

1. University of Vermont: Arial
2. Community College of Vermont: Arial
3. Norwich University: Verdana

Social Presence

As mentioned above, 100% of Vermont schools have Facebook pages. On average, these schools update their Facebook status 4 times a week. And the average number of "likes" Vermont schools have is 2,162. The Vermont schools with the greatest number of Facebook "likes" are:

1. University of Vermont: 8,427 "likes"
2. Middlebury College: 7,883 "likes"
3. School for International Training: 4,645 "likes"

In addition, 76.9% of Vermont schools have Twitter accounts. On average, these schools tweet updates 7 times a week. And, on average, Vermont schools have 681 Twitter followers. The Vermont schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Vermont: 3,212 followers
2. Middlebury College: 2,867 followers
3. Vermont Law School: 1,314 followers

And 61.5% of Vermont schools have YouTube channels. On average, these schools have 50 posted videos. And, on average, Vermont schools have 114 subscribers to their YouTube channels. The Vermont schools with the greatest number of subscribers are:

1. Middlebury College: 785 subscribers
2. School for International Training: 250 subscribers
3. Norwich University: 156 subscribers

Web Metrics

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

1. University of Vermont: Alexa Rank of 28,476
2. Middlebury College: Alexa Rank of 58,192
3. Saint Michael's College: Alexa Rank of 182,271

The Vermont school websites with the lowest Alexa Rank are:

1. Burlington College: Alexa Rank of 2,784,363
2. College of St Joseph: Alexa Rank of 2,569,053
3. Southern Vermont College: Alexa Rank of 1,991,976