Associates Degree Printing Technology
Type: Associates
in Applied Science
College: Technology
Career Pathway: Arts and Communications, Engineering/Manufacturing and Industrial
Technology
Offered through the Printing and Imaging Technology Management Department, the Printing Technology associates degree program addresses small business management, job planning, estimating, and marketing. Embracing the rapidly changing business environment, the Ferris digital printing technology degree program prepares the future printing technician for the rigors of changing technology and printing processes. Today's printing technology major must be knowledgeable about all traditional printing methods as well as new advancements in digital printing, and digital graphics technology to remain competitive. Ferris students prepared themselves with an college associates degree in printing and digital imaging technology.
Nearly one-third of the nearly three-quarters of a million people employed by the printing technology industry are over age 55. That means excellent opportunities are available to printing technology majors who love to solve problems and work in a fast-paced environment on some of the most technologically advanced digital printing systems in the world. Many career opportunities and pathways are available to college graduates with an associates degree in printing technology.
Aas degree printing technology provides many employment oppurtunities including:
Printing Technology Sales
Digital Printing Marketing
Accounting for Graphic Imaging Systems
Printing Technology Information Systems
Digital Printing Production Management.
More than 80 percent of the digital printing technology companies in the United States employ less than 50 employees. This allows graduates of Ferris State University's Printing and Digital Graphic Imaging Technology degree program excellent opportunities to stay close to the printing technology, people and business operations involved in digital graphics printing technology. While most Printing and Digital Graphic Imaging Technology graduates continue their studies by gaining a bachelor of science degree in either Printing Management or New Media Printing and Publishing from Ferris, those who don't will find many great job opportunities in the printing industry with an average starting hourly wage of $12.00.
Admission to the College of Technology is open to high school
graduates who demonstrate academic preparedness, maturity and
seriousness of purpose with backgrounds appropriate to their chosen
program of studies. Among first-time students in our technical
programs, the average high school GPA is 2.8, and the average ACT
composite score is 20.
Students wanting to enroll in any of the programs in the Printing and
Imaging Technology Management Department at Ferris may begin in either
fall or winter semester. Applicants must be serious-minded students who
have completed high school or other college courses with a minimum 2.0
GPA. Students with the highest ACT scores are admitted first.
The Printing and Digital Graphic Imaging Technology program at Ferris terminates with an associate in applied science degree but leads to a bachelor of science degree in Printing Management or New Media Printing and Publishing. Graduation requires a minimum 2.0 GPA in core classes, in the major and overall. Students must complete all general education requirements as outlined on the General Education website.
Printing and
Imaging Technology Management
Ferris State University
915 Campus Drive/SWN 312
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Phone: 231-591-2845
Email printingandnewmedia@ferris.edu
About Ferris State University: College classes, including our college printing classes, calendar printing classes and printing technology degree courses, are taught at all levels by professional teachers, not graduate assistants. College students that major in Graphic Imaging Technology at Ferris State University, study in more than 170 different college educational programs - including doctorate degrees, masters degrees, bachelors degree and associate degree programs.
Seven of the Ferris State Michigan colleges are based in Big Rapids, Michigan - Allied Health Sciences, Arts and Sciences, College of Business, Education and Human Services, Optometry, Pharmacy and Technology. The Ferris State College of Professional and Technological studies, and Kendall College of Art and Design are based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. College courses in Printing Technology are sometimes offered at several Michigan College campus sites through the Ferris State University Center for Extended Learning.
Approximately 220 student organizations are active on our
Michigan college campus, encompassing everything from Printing
Technology, the Accounting Club, Chess Club to Men's and Women's Rugby;
Bulldog Radio to the Juggling Club; and the Dead Poet's Society to the
Paintball Club.
A wide range of student organizations and academic support
groups cater to Printing Technology students, social, athletic,
political, academic, performing arts, and additional interests. Ferris
State University continues to be a top technical and professional
academic institution, providing accredited college education to make
its Printing Technology degree and college students that major in
Digital Print Technology are immediately employable upon graduation.
Ferris State Michigan
Campus Locations
Through our regional college campus locations across lower Michigan, Ferris State University and The University Center for Extended Learning in Traverse City are here to serve your educational needs.
Tel: 800 4-FERRIS
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