South Plains College, Reese Center Paramedic Program: Pass Rate, Jobs and Local Pay

How Graduates Do

CoAEMSP requires every accredited program to publish the same outcome measures, so they can be compared program to program. ²

Graduates who passed the National Registry (NREMT) paramedic cognitive exam, as the program reports it to CoAEMSP. Some programs report first-attempt results and some report passing within three attempts; each page says which when the program does. Job placement: graduates employed in EMS or a related field, or in the military or further education ("positive placement"), as the program reports it to CoAEMSP.

What It Costs

South Plains College does not publish a total cost for this program. The Fall 2024 packet lists only small course and licensing fees ($503) without tuition, so there is no program total Ask the program for its cost sheet; contact details are on its page.

For comparison only, not this program's price: the 11 Texas paramedic programs that publish a cost range from $2,442 to $9,641, with a median of $4,828.

Jobs and Pay in the Lubbock Area

About 170 paramedics work in the Lubbock area. The middle half earn between $47,590 and $59,850 a year; new graduates usually start toward the lower end. Texas expects about 580 openings a year statewide through 2034, from new positions, retirements and people changing jobs, with the number of jobs growing 21.7% (from 8,530 to 10,370).

Program Facts

Credential

Paramedic certificate (credit toward AAS)

Length

900 hours (512 didactic, 148 clinical, 240 field internship)

Starts

Every January

Accreditation

CoAEMSP, Accredited (CAAHEP, on CoAEMSP recommendation)

Leads to

NREMT paramedic certification exams (cognitive and psychomotor) and Texas DSHS certification