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2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

11 Ranked Colleges
364 Degrees Awarded
$9,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

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 For Those Getting Aid” 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 364 prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students with aid.

Top 11 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design (With Aid)

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $5,272 for associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students with aid per year to attend Houston Community College.

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#2

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salt Lake Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Salt Lake Community College is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 17 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salt Lake Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,963 for associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students with aid per year to attend Salt Lake Community College.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified associates’s prepress/desktop publishing students in 2019-2020.

NWTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend NWTC is $10,340 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid.

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#4

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Belleville, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified associates’s prepress/desktop publishing students in 2019-2020.

SWIC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Illinois College is $7,098 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid.

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#5

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Clover Park Technical College landed the #5 spot on the list. Lakewood, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

CPTC also took the #7 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Clover Park Technical College is $7,904 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid.

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#6

Whatcom Community College

Bellingham, Washington
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Whatcom Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Bellingham, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Whatcom Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Whatcom Community College is $7,683 for associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students with aid.

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#7

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
#8 in overall quality

Kirkwood Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Kirkwood Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,939 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid per year to attend Kirkwood Community College.

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#10 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Western Iowa Tech Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $7,201 for associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students with aid per year to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College.

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#9

Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, Iowa
#11 in overall quality

Hawkeye Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid 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 #11 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hawkeye Community College is $11,495 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid.

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#10

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
#6 in overall quality

Southeast Technical College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #10. Southeast Tech is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 8 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeast Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southeast Technical College is $14,633 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid.

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#9 in overall quality

Kansas City Kansas Community College ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Kansas City Kansas Community College is located in Kansas City, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to qualified students.

Kansas City Kansas Community College also took the #9 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Kansas City Kansas Community College is $15,582 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid.

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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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