ferris.edu Domain Owner Whois and Analysis

DOMAIN OWNER WHOIS

ⓘ The owner's whois contact information is public.

• Organization

Ferris State University

• Address

Telecommunications - University Center 805 Campus Drive, # 106

• City

Big Rapids

• Zip Code

49307

• State

• Country

USA

SEO SCORE

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OVERVIEW

• Domain Owner

Ferris State University See more

• Category

Education

• Online since

January 11, 1994 Explore Wayback Machine

• Age

30 years, 3 months, 17 days

• Alexa Rank

#64.611, ferris.edu is in the world's top 100.000 websites!

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TECHNICAL SEO & SECURITY

❌ SSL Certificate

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❌ Title Tag

Ferris State University: Michigan College Campuses in Big Rapids MI, Grand Rapids MI, Off Campus Locations Across Michigan
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❌ Meta Description

Ferris State University has Michigan College Campuses in Big Rapids MI, Grand Rapids MI, and Off Campus Locations Across Michigan. Ferris State University is organized into several academic colleges: Health Professions, Arts and Science, Business, Education and Human Services, Engineering Technology, Pharmacy, the Michigan College of Optometry and more. Apply online today.
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✅ URL Parameters

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SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

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They are the main concepts covered by ferris.edu.

Each concept has a confidence score. The higher it is, the more important the topic is relative to the page.

Topics

Ferris State University Confidence: 95%

Ferris State University (FSU, Ferris) is an American public university with its main campus in Big Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1884 as the Big Rapids Industrial School by Woodbridge Nathan Ferris, an educator from Tioga County, New York, who later served as governor of the State of Michigan and finally in the US Senate where he remained until his death in 1928. The school was noteworthy at its time for accepting female students beginning with its first graduating class. It is also the only public university in Michigan to be founded by an individual.

Big Rapids, Michigan Confidence: 88%

Big Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,601 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Mecosta County. The city is located within Big Rapids Township, but is politically independent. Big Rapids is home of the main campus of Ferris State University, a four-year public university, well known for its College of Pharmacy and the Michigan College of Optometry, as well as its NCAA Division I hockey team, the Bulldogs.

Michigan Confidence: 81%

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area (the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River). Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit.

Grand Rapids, Michigan Confidence: 79%

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan, and the largest city in West Michigan. It is on the Grand River about east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 1,005,648, and the combined statistical area of Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland had a population of 1,321,557. Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County, Michigan.

Michigan College of Optometry Confidence: 78%

The Michigan College of Optometry is a college affiliated with Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan that specializes in optometry. It is the only college of optometry in Michigan.

WEBSITE SPEED

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Page Loading Time

1.6s

This domain loads at the median speed of 1.6 seconds.

Speed Percentile

57%

ferris.edu is faster than approximately 57 percent of the web. Your website page speed needs to be as fast as you can make it, without compromising the customer experience.

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TRAFFIC

ⓘ This website is ranked #64.611 by Alexa.

This rank is traffic based. The lower the rank is, the better the domain is ranked.

Daily visitors by country

United States of America (90.4%)
India (4.0%)
Others (5.6%)

Traffic country ranks

Country	Rank
United States of America	#10.304
India	#132.075

LAYOUT

ⓘ Doctype HTML5

ⓘ Responsive website, mobile-friendly.

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Main colors used

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14% #d01040
12% #ffffff
6% #704010
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6% #e04030
5% #e03040
3% #d08090
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3% #404040
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2% #fff0f0

Text/code ratio

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Text / Code Ratio 7.35%

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<H2> 4
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2^nd level heading
@ferrisstate (2)
Parent ınformation
News & events

❌ Alt attributes

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LINKS

ⓘ There is a total of 154 links on the homepage of this website.

ⓘ Internal links : 100

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Anchor	Type	URL
Blackboard/Canvas	text	/blackboard-to-canvas.htm
Maps & Directories	text	/htmls/ferrisfaq/index.htm
FLITE Library	text	/library/
Current Student	text	/htmls/current/homepage.htm
Prospective Student	text	/admissions/homepage.htm
Faculty/Staff Member	text	/htmls/staff/homepage.htm
Alumni	text	/htmls/alumni/homepage.htm
Donor	text	/giving/homepage.htm
Emeriti	text	/htmls/alumni/emeriti/homepage.htm
Parent	text	/parents/homepage.htm
Visitor	text	/htmls/visitors/homepage.htm
	image	/
	image	/
Apply	text	/admissions/application/homepage.htm
Visit	text	/admissions/schedule_visit.htm
Academics	text	/htmls/academics/homepage.htm
Academics Home	text	/htmls/academics/homepage.htm
Academic Affairs	text	/htmls/administration/academicaffairs/index.htm
Academic Calendars	text	/htmls/academics/calendars/homepage.htm
Academic Colleges	text	/htmls/colleges/homepage.htm
Advising Guide	text	/htmls/academics/advising/index.htm
ASC/TutorTrac	text	/htmls/colleges/university/asc/tutor-trac.htm
Exam Schedule	text	/htmls/academics/final-exam-schedule.htm
Ferris Catalog	text	/htmls/fsucatlg/homepage.htm
Ferris Online	text	/htmls/online/index.htm
Ferris Statewide	text	/htmls/statewide/index.htm
General Education	text	/htmls/academics/general-education/index.htm
Graduate Studies	text	/htmls/administration/academicaffairs/graduateprograms/index.htm
Honors Program	text	/htmls/academics/honored/index.htm
International Education	text	/international/index.htm
Library	text	/library/
Retention and Student Success	text	/htmls/colleges/university/index.htm
Structured Learning Assistance (SLA)	text	/htmls/academics/sla/homepage.htm
Transfer and Secondary School Partnerships	text	/htmls/colleges/university/transfer/index.htm
Tutoring	text	/htmls/colleges/university/asc/index.htm
Writing Center	text	/arts-sciences/departments/languages-and-literature/writing-center/index.htm
Admissions & Aid	text	/admissions/homepage.htm
Admissions Home	text	/admissions/homepage.htm
Apply Now	text	/admissions/application/homepage.htm
Financial Aid/Scholarships	text	/admissions/financialaid/index.html
Honors Admissions	text	/htmls/academics/honored/future/application.htm
Information for Local Students	text	/local-students/index.htm
International Admissions	text	/international/admissions/index.htm
Online Student Admissions	text	/htmls/online/apply/index.htm
Payments Online	text	/admissions/ebill.html
Statewide Admissions	text	/htmls/statewide/apply/index.htm
Transfer Students Admission	text	/admissions/transfer/index.html
Tuition Rates	text	/htmls/administration/businessoffice/tuition-rates.htm
Visit Ferris	text	/admissions/schedule_visit.htm
Student Life	text	/htmls/current/homepage.htm

ⓘ External links : 54

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Anchor	Type	URL
Text Only	text	https://transcoder.usablenet.com/tt/www.ferris.edu/homepage.htm
Calendar	text	http://calendar.ferris.edu/
Calendar	text	http://calendar.ferris.edu/viewmobile.html
MyFSU	text	http://myfsu.ferris.edu/
Request Info	text	https://forward.ferris.edu/request-info
Alphabetical Listing of Degrees	text	http://catalog.ferris.edu/programs
Degrees by Level	text	http://catalog.ferris.edu/degrees
Look Up Classes	text	https://banner.ferris.edu:9000/pls/gold/bwckschd.p_disp_dyn_sched
Sign up for Orientation - Big Rapids Campus	text	https://wwws.ferris.edu/admissions/orientation/
Bulldog Connect	text	https://ferris.presence.io
Athletics	text	https://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/landing/index
Athletics Home	text	https://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/landing/index
Athletics News	text	https://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/information/news
Merchandise	text	https://ferrisstategear.merchorders.com/
Radio and TV Broadcast Info	text	https://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/information/radio-tv
Sports Camps	text	https://ferrisstate.prestosports.com/camps/index.htm
Sports Schedule	text	https://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/composite
Video Highlights	text	https://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/video/index
Webcasts Audio and Video	text	https://ferrisstate.prestosports.com/audio-video/index
	image	https://wwws.ferris.edu/admissions/orientation/
	image	https://www.youvisit.com/tour/ferris?pl=v
@FerrisState	text	https://twitter.com/ferrisstate
@FerrisStVball	text	http://twitter.com/ferrisstvball
#GLIACVB	text	https://twitter.com/search?q=%23glıacvb
https://t.co/tykYcBDQu7	text	https://t.co/tykycbdqu7
@FerrisMBBALL	text	http://twitter.com/ferrismbball
#FerrisForward	text	https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ferrisforward
#FERR1S	text	https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ferr1s
https://t.co/vuZnrcigI9	text	https://t.co/vuznrcigı9
West Central Chamber Orchestra Fall Concert	text	http://ferris.mhsoftware.com/viewıtem.html?cal_item_id=9958
Native American Heritage Celebration	text	http://ferris.mhsoftware.com/viewıtem.html?cal_item_id=11525
Top Dawg Showcase	text	http://ferris.mhsoftware.com/viewıtem.html?cal_item_id=11552
"Setting Yourself Up for Success" with Phil Zeller	text	http://ferris.mhsoftware.com/viewıtem.html?cal_item_id=11397
President's Holiday Reception - Grand Rapids	text	http://ferris.mhsoftware.com/viewıtem.html?cal_item_id=11496
FSU Jazz Band Holiday Concert	text	http://ferris.mhsoftware.com/viewıtem.html?cal_item_id=11558
United Way Silent Auction	text	http://ferris.mhsoftware.com/viewıtem.html?cal_item_id=11550
President's Holiday Reception - Big Rapids	text	http://ferris.mhsoftware.com/viewıtem.html?cal_item_id=11495
Hypnotist Tom DeLuca	text	http://ferris.mhsoftware.com/viewıtem.html?cal_item_id=10865
FSU Band & Orchestra Holiday Concert: "Symphonic Santa Sunday"	text	http://ferris.mhsoftware.com/viewıtem.html?cal_item_id=11559
See the Full Calendar	text	http://calendar.ferris.edu/
See the Full Calendar	text	http://calendar.ferris.edu/viewmobile.html
Facebook icon	text	https://www.facebook.com/ferrisstate
Facebook	text	https://www.facebook.com/ferrisstate
Twitter icon	text	https://twitter.com/ferrisstate/
Twitter	text	https://twitter.com/ferrisstate/
Instagram icon	text	https://www.instagram.com/ferrisstateu/
Instagram	text	https://www.instagram.com/ferrisstateu/
LinkedIn icon	text	https://www.linkedin.com/edu/ferris-state-university-18605
LinkedIn	text	https://www.linkedin.com/edu/ferris-state-university-18605
YouTube icon	text	https://www.youtube.com/user/ferrisstatevideo

DOMAIN REGISTRAR

ⓘ Registration Date	01/11/1994 30 years, 3 months, 17 days ago
ⓘ Last Modified	09/26/2019 4 years, 7 months, 4 days ago
ⓘ Expiration Date	07/31/2020 Expired

SERVER DETAILS

ⓘ Service Provider (ISP)
Ferris State University
ⓘ IP Address
161.57.5.68
ⓘ Country
United States
ⓘ Region
Michigan , Big Rapids
ⓘ Latitude and Longitude
43.6927 : -85.4781

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