Tyler Junior College 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

Tyler Junior College does not publish a total cost for this program. No paramedic program total or itemized cost list found on the program's own pages 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 Texas

About 8,410 paramedics work in Texas. The middle half earn between $47,740 and $63,510 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). The federal survey publishes no figure for this area, so these are statewide numbers.

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Program Facts

Credential

AAS

Length

Data coming soon

Schedule

Hybrid, one day a week (Summer 2024 cohort)

Accreditation

CoAEMSP, Accredited (CAAHEP), stated for the EMS program

Leads to

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