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2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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” 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

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

#1

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kirkwood Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kirkwood Community College is $10,939 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students.

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#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students 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 yearly cost to attend Southeast Technical College is $14,633 for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students.

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#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 #3 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized school located in Sioux City, Iowa that handed out 7 associates’s prepress/desktop publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

Western Iowa Tech Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Prepress/Desktop Publishing & Digital Imaging Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $7,201 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Prepress/Desktop Publishing students per year to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas City Kansas Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. 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. It costs about $15,582 for plains states region associate degree prepress/desktop publishing students per year to attend Kansas City Kansas Community College.

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#5

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 #5 on our 2022 Best Value Prepress/Desktop Publishing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region 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.

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.

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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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