Radiology Technician Schools Site Evaluation

There are a total of 690 radiology technician schools in the US. While all of these schools have websites, 572 radiology technician 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 94% are on Facebook.

Visual Preferences

Color

Approximately 69.1% of the 690 radiology technician schools use white as the primary color on their websites. Another 8.8% use grey as the primary color on their websites. Blue (7.2%), black (5.2%) and yellow (3.9%) are other colors commonly used as the primary color on radiology technician school websites.

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

1. Miami Dade College: white 10% and blue 2.9%
2. Ohio State University - Main Campus: white 30% and grey 3.4%
3. Houston Community College: white 36% and grey 4.3%

Font

The largest number, nearly 41.4%, of radiology technician school websites use Arial as the primary font on their websites. Other fonts commonly used on radiology technician school websites include Verdana (26.8%) and Helvetica (7.1%).

The largest radiology technician school's websites use the following fonts:

1. Miami Dade College: Arial
2. Ohio State University - Main Campus: Helvetica
3. Houston Community College: Arial

Social Presence

Exactly 356 radiology technician schools have YouTube channels. These schools each have an average of 91 YouTube channel subscribers. The radiology technician schools with the greatest number of YouTube channel subscribers are:

1. Mayo School of Health Sciences: 3,951 subscribers
2. Emory University: 2,807 subscribers
3. University of Central Florida: 1,559 subscribers

Exactly 421 radiology technician schools have Twitter accounts. These schools each have an average of 937 Twitter account followers. The radiology technician schools with the greatest number of Twitter followers are:

1. Texas A & M University - College Station: 19,518 followers
2. Ohio State University - Main Campus: 18,232 followers
3. Howard University: 11,183 followers

Web Metrics

Although all radiology technician schools have websites, only about 26% of these schools actually appear to regularly maintain their sites. This can be deduced from the fact that 74.4% of radiology technician school websites have 3 or more broken links one click away from their homepage. The radiology technician schools with the most number of broken links are:

1. Central Arizona College: 93,584 broken links
2. Minnesota West Community and Technical College: 26,086 broken links
3. Tarrant County College District: 14,140 broken links

It is also interesting to evaluate the number of HTML and CSS validation errors on radiology technician school websites to get a sense of the quality of these sites. The radiology technician 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. Kaplan College - Vista: 0 HTML validation errors; 0 CSS validation errors

The radiology technician 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. Bergen Community College: 178 HTML validation errors; 869 CSS validation errors
3. Ridgewater College: 0 HTML validation errors; 846 CSS validation errors