Veterinary Assistant Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 226 veterinary assistant schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 164 veterinary 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% of the 226 veterinary assistant schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 8% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Black (7.5%), blue (6.2%) and yellow (3.1%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on veterinary assistant school websites.

The colors used on the websites of the largest veterinary 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. Michigan State University: grey 3% and blue 1.8%

Font

The largest number, nearly 43.8%, of veterinary assistant school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on veterinary assistant school websites include Verdana (27.9%) and Tahoma (5.8%).

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

1. Miami Dade College: Arial
2. Houston Community College: Arial
3. Michigan State University: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 96 veterinary assistant schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 96 YouTube channel subscribers. The veterinary assistant schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Purdue University - Main Campus: 2,760 subscribers
2. Michigan State University: 1,365 subscribers
3. St Petersburg College: 578 subscribers

Exactly 119 veterinary assistant schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 543 Twitter account followers. The veterinary assistant schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Michigan State University: 6,515 followers
2. University of Nebraska - Lincoln: 4,220 followers
3. Murray State University: 2,250 followers

Web Metrics

Although all veterinary assistant schools have websites, only about 31% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 69.5% of veterinary assistant school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The veterinary assistant schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Blue Ridge Community College: 6,741 broken links
2. Minnesota School of Business - Shakopee: 1,929 broken links
3. Minnesota School of Business - Rochester: 1,565 broken links

It is also interesting to evaluate the number of HTML and CSS validation errors on veterinary assistant school websites to get a sense of the quality of these sites. The veterinary assistant 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. Miami Dade College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

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

1. Bergen Community College: 178 HTML validation errors; 869 CSS validation errors
2. Ridgewater College: 0 HTML validation errors; 846 CSS validation errors
3. Chisholm Trail Technology Center: 117 HTML validation errors; 494 CSS validation errors