2 accredited schools across the Daphne metro area trained 319 EMTs in 2023–24. Here’s how they compare on cost, length and size, plus what the job pays locally.
Updated October 2026 · Data: IPEDS 2023–24, BLS May 2025
Sorted by number of 2023–24 graduates (IPEDS), a proxy for program size and stability.
245 EMT credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit four-year institution, the most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $5,528.
This public two-year college in Baldwin County graduated 74 EMT students in 2023–24, the 5th-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,810 ($7,620 out of state).
2 accredited schools in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro area graduated 319 EMT students in 2023–24. The largest was Columbia Southern University with 245.
Emergency Medical Technicians in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metro earn a median $38,470 a year ($18.50/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $37,810 statewide and $44,470 nationally.
EMT courses commonly run one academic semester or an accelerated few weeks, plus clinical or field ride-along hours.