Lvn Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 982 lvn schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 725 lvn 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 68.5% of the 982 lvn schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 11.5% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Blue (6.1%), black (5%) and yellow (3.6%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on lvn school websites.

The colors used on the websites of the largest lvn 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. Lone Star College System: black 81.8% and grey 0.8%

Font

The largest number, nearly 36.6%, of lvn school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on lvn school websites include Verdana (26.2%) and Tahoma (8.8%).

The largest lvn school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Miami Dade College: Arial
2. Houston Community College: Arial
3. Lone Star College System: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 369 lvn schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 31 YouTube channel subscribers. The lvn schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Grand Rapids Community College: 1,166 subscribers
2. Johnson County Community College: 734 subscribers
3. College of Southern Maryland: 482 subscribers

Exactly 453 lvn schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 318 Twitter account followers. The lvn schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. University of Akron Main Campus: 5,682 followers
2. Davenport University: 3,695 followers
3. Rasmussen College - Minnesota: 2,077 followers

Web Metrics

Although all lvn schools have websites, only about 35% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 65.9% of lvn school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The lvn schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Minnesota West Community and Technical College: 26,086 broken links
2. Harrisburg Area Community College - Harrisburg: 4,597 broken links
3. Vincennes University: 3,603 broken links

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

1. Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
2. Gavilan College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. Miami Lakes Educational Center: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

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

1. Chippewa Valley Technical College: 121 HTML validation errors; 942 CSS validation errors
2. Spoon River College: 68 HTML validation errors; 871 CSS validation errors
3. Mt. San Jacinto Community College District: 74 HTML validation errors; 841 CSS validation errors