Medical Transcription Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 282 medical transcription schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 234 medical transcription 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 95% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 71.3% of the 282 medical transcription schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 8.5% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Blue (5.3%), black (5%) and yellow (4.6%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on medical transcription school websites.

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

1. Kaplan University - Davenport Campus: white 56% and blue 1.1%
2. Lone Star College System: black 81.8% and grey 0.8%
3. Columbus State Community College: white 32% and grey 4%

Font

The largest number, nearly 41.1%, of medical transcription school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on medical transcription school websites include Verdana (25.5%) and Tahoma (8.2%).

The largest medical transcription school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Kaplan University - Davenport Campus: Times New Roman
2. Lone Star College System: Arial
3. Columbus State Community College: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 141 medical transcription schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 49 YouTube channel subscribers. The medical transcription schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. TechSkills - Charlotte: 1,646 subscribers
2. Johnson County Community College: 734 subscribers
3. Kaplan University - Davenport Campus: 710 subscribers

Exactly 161 medical transcription schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 410 Twitter account followers. The medical transcription schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Davenport University: 3,695 followers
2. Tacoma Community College: 2,726 followers
3. Rasmussen College - Minnesota: 2,077 followers

Web Metrics

Although all medical transcription schools have websites, only about 29% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 71.8% of medical transcription school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The medical transcription schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Vincennes University: 3,603 broken links
2. South Arkansas Community College: 1,329 broken links
3. Schoolcraft College: 1,322 broken links

It is also interesting to evaluate the number of HTML and CSS validation errors on medical transcription school websites to get a sense of the quality of these sites. The medical transcription 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. Gwinnett Technical College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors
3. John A Logan College: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

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

1. Spoon River College: 68 HTML validation errors; 871 CSS validation errors
2. Ridgewater College: 0 HTML validation errors; 846 CSS validation errors
3. Hutchinson Community College: 30 HTML validation errors; 387 CSS validation errors