4 accredited schools across the Virginia Beach metro area trained 94 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.
This public two-year college in Norfolk City graduated 39 EMT students in 2023–24, the 3rd-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $4,818 ($10,116 out of state).
This public two-year college in Gloucester County graduated 34 EMT students in 2023–24, the 4th-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $4,758 ($10,056 out of state).
This public two-year college in Hampton City graduated 15 EMT students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $4,818 ($10,116 out of state).
Private for-profit four-year institution in Virginia Beach that reported 6 EMT graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $17,424.
4 accredited schools in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area graduated 94 EMT students in 2023–24. The largest was Tidewater Community College with 39.
Emergency Medical Technicians in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro earn a median $45,900 a year ($22.07/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $45,420 statewide and $44,470 nationally.
EMT courses commonly run one academic semester or an accelerated few weeks, plus clinical or field ride-along hours.