2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in Washington

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in Washington” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 898 people earned their degree in prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design, making the major the 625th most popular in the United States.

Across Washington, there were 34 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 32 prepress/desktop publishing and digital imaging design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,441 and $15,677 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in Washington” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in Washington” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in Washington

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design in Washington

#1

Whatcom Community College

Bellingham, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$7,683 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Whatcom Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in Washington list. Located in Bellingham, Washington, this small public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified associates’s prepress/desktop publishing students in 2019-2020.

Whatcom Community College also made our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $7,683 for Washington Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students per year to attend Whatcom Community College.

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#2

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$7,904 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Clover Park Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lakewood, Washington, and it awarded 12 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

CPTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $7,904 for Washington Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students per year to attend Clover Park Technical 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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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