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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

This year’s “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Kirkwood Community College is a public institution located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Kirkwood Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $10,939 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid per year to attend Kirkwood Community College.

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#4 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Iowa Tech Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Sioux City, Iowa. It awarded 7 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Western Iowa Tech Community College, the school also landed 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 $7,201 for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students with aid.

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#3

Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawkeye Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified associates’s prepress/desktop publishing students in 2019-2020.

Hawkeye Community College also took 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 $11,495 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid.

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#4

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s prepress/desktop publishing students in 2019-2020.

Southeast Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,633 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid per year to attend Southeast Tech.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas City Kansas Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Kansas City Kansas Community College is a medium-sized school located in Kansas City, Kansas that handed out 5 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

Kansas City Kansas Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,582 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students with aid per year to attend Kansas City Kansas Community College.

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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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