EMT and Paramedic Classes in the Tampa area

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area

Programs

2 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$43,540

EMTs and paramedics, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$1,527

of 2 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS

EMT and Paramedic Classes in the Tampa area at a glance

Open to the public: 6 programs: 5 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 1 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Tampa: 2 within 10 miles; nearest 5.2 miles, farthest 22.6 miles
Listed program cost: 2 of 6 list one: $1,527 to $4,000 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
Program length: 1 college lists a length: 5 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 2 listed programs give weeks: 1 to 16 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 770 EMT and paramedic awards at the 5 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 2 of 6 on Florida's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $43,540 median for EMTs and paramedics ($20.93 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $34,520 to $47,760; 1,040 employed in the metro area; Florida median $39,870 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Hillsborough Community College	Tampa	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	425	5.2
Crisis Center Apprenticeship Crisis Center of Tampa BayWIOA list	Tampa	WIOA list only	$4,000	Not reported		7.8
Aparicio-Levy Technical College	Tampa	Certificate	$1,527	5 months	114	12.4
St Petersburg College	St. Petersburg	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	70	14.6
Pinellas Technical College-St. PetersburgWIOA list	Saint Petersburg	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	34	16.7
Pasco-Hernando State College	New Port Richey	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	127	22.6

WIOA in Florida: 2,364 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 48 of them EMT and paramedic.
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