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2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This medium-sized school is located in Sioux City, Iowa, and it awarded 7 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

Western Iowa Tech Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $5,287 for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College.

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#2

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood 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 $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and it awarded 7 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 $30-$48k list, Kirkwood Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kirkwood Community College is $8,831 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawkeye Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Hawkeye Community College is located in Waterloo, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to qualified students.

Hawkeye Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Hawkeye Community College is $9,083 for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
#1 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #4 spot on the list. Southeast Technical College is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 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 $30-$48k 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 estimated yearly cost for Southeast Tech is $12,707 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas City Kansas Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. 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 made our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Kansas City Kansas Community College is $15,501 for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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  • *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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