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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design programs that also have a lower cost than 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

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

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

#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 #1 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to qualified students.

NWTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for NWTC is $10,340 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students.

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#2

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 32 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees 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. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $5,272 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students.

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#3

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Illinois College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate. Belleville, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students list, SWIC has also earned the #5 rank 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.

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#4

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the #4 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kirkwood Community College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Kirkwood Community College is $10,939 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students.

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#5

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #5 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.

Southeast Tech also took the #6 spot in our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,633 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students per year to attend Southeast Tech.

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#10 in overall quality

Western Iowa Tech Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate ranking. 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.

Western Iowa Tech Community College also made our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. The yearly cost to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College is $7,201 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students.

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#7

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington
#7 in overall quality

Clover Park Technical College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate ranking. CPTC is a small public school situated in Lakewood, Washington. It awarded 12 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

CPTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $7,904 for associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students per year to attend Clover Park Technical College.

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#9 in overall quality

Kansas City Kansas Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate ranking. Located in Kansas City, Kansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s prepress/desktop publishing students in 2019-2020.

Kansas City Kansas Community College also made our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend Kansas City Kansas Community College is $15,582 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students.

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#9

Whatcom Community College

Bellingham, Washington
#4 in overall quality

Whatcom Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate ranking. Whatcom Community College is located in Bellingham, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to qualified students.

Whatcom 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” list. The yearly cost to attend Whatcom Community College is $7,683 for associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students.

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#10

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

Salt Lake Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s prepress/desktop publishing students 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 per year to attend Salt Lake Community College.

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#11

Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, Iowa
#11 in overall quality

Hawkeye Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #11. Hawkeye Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Waterloo, Iowa. It awarded 12 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawkeye Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,495 for Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students per year to attend Hawkeye 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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