5 accredited schools across the Tampa metro area trained 770 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.
425 EMT credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public four-year institution, the most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $1,925 ($7,721 out of state).
127 EMT credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public four-year institution. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $2,297 ($9,272 out of state).
Public career school in Tampa that reported 114 EMT graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $1,861 for a program of about 5 months.
70 EMT credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public four-year institution. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $1,943 ($7,774 out of state).
34 EMT credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public career school.
5 accredited schools in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area graduated 770 EMT students in 2023–24. The largest was Hillsborough Community College with 425.
Among schools that published a program price, Aparicio-Levy Technical College in Tampa listed the lowest total: $1,861 for tuition, books and supplies.
Emergency Medical Technicians in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro earn a median $43,540 a year ($20.93/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.