Web Development Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 290 web development schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 197 web development 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 62.1% of the 290 web development schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 23.8% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Yellow (3.4%), blue (3.1%) and black (3.1%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on web development school websites.

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

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: grey 49%
2. University of Maryland - University College: white 14% and blue 3.6%
3. American River College: white 22% and grey 4.3%

Font

The largest number, nearly 46.6%, of web development school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on web development school websites include Verdana (23.8%) and Helvetica (7.9%).

The largest web development school's websites use the following fonts:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: Arial
2. University of Maryland - University College: Verdana
3. American River College: Times New Roman

Social Presence

Exactly 129 web development schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 290 YouTube channel subscribers. The web development schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Carnegie Mellon University: 16,128 subscribers
2. University of Phoenix - Nashville Campus: 2,942 subscribers
3. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 2,942 subscribers

Exactly 160 web development schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 1,182 Twitter account followers. The web development schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Phoenix - Online Campus: 26,204 followers
2. Johns Hopkins University: 14,870 followers
3. Full Sail University: 10,108 followers

Web Metrics

Although all web development schools have websites, only about 20% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 80.2% of web development school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The web development schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Vincennes University: 3,603 broken links
2. Lansing Community College: 796 broken links
3. Clarkson University: 567 broken links

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

1. Foothill College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Gwinnett Technical College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Oakland Community College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

The web development 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. ECPI College of Technology: 11 HTML validation errors; 588 CSS validation errors
3. Milwaukee Area Technical College: 519 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors