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2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$10,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design is the 625th most popular major in the country with 898 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 79 prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 63 prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Kirkwood Community College is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to qualified students.

Kirkwood Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Kirkwood Community College is $8,067 for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is located in Sioux City, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to qualified students.

Western Iowa Tech Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College is $5,665 for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawkeye Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Waterloo, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hawkeye Community College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hawkeye Community College is $9,084 for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 8 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students whose families make $0-$30k list, Southeast Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Tech is $12,596 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas City Kansas Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Kansas City, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Kansas City Kansas Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kansas City Kansas Community College is $15,255 for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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