7 accredited schools across the Miami metro area trained 1,092 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.
Private for-profit four-year institution in Miami that reported 310 EMT graduates in 2023–24, the 2nd-most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $2,820 for a program of about 16 weeks.
273 EMT credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public four-year institution, the 4th-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $1,968 ($7,402 out of state).
This public four-year institution in Miami-Dade County graduated 271 EMT students in 2023–24, the 5th-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $1,987 ($7,947 out of state).
199 EMT credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public four-year institution. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,030 ($10,890 out of state).
Public two-year college in Davie that reported 26 EMT graduates in 2023–24.
11 EMT credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college.
2 EMT credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit four-year institution. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $18,240.
7 accredited schools in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area graduated 1,092 EMT students in 2023–24. The largest was American Medical Academy with 310.
Among schools that published a program price, American Medical Academy in Miami listed the lowest total: $2,820 for tuition, books and supplies.
Emergency Medical Technicians in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro earn a median $40,100 a year ($19.28/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $39,870 statewide and $44,470 nationally.
EMT courses commonly run one academic semester or an accelerated few weeks, plus clinical or field ride-along hours.