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EMT and paramedic programs in Arkansas on the federal training list, by published cost
31 programs in Arkansas’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for EMT / paramedic (29-2042, 29-2043). Published costs run from $0 to $21,089; 0 programs report no cost and sit at the end. Sorted by the cost each provider reported — “cheapest” here means the lowest published figure on the federal list on the snapshot date, not a verdict on quality, and never a price you are promised. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Published cost basis | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Provider · city | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0 | REMOVED - Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics | ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (ASUB) - BEEBE | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | $1,023 | Certificate of Proficiency Emergency Medical Tech. Basic | Univ of Arkansas Community College - Batesville (UACCB) | competency-based | 77 | 71% | 96% | $8,197 |
| 3 | $1,446 | Emergency Medical Technician | UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE - RICH MOUNTAIN (UACCRM) | 16 wk · 8 hrs | — | — | — | $6,221 |
| 4 | $1,527 | EMT Basic | UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE - HOPE/TEXARKANA(UAHT) | competency-based | 75 | 77% | 72% | $8,348 |
| 5 | $1,571 | Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) CP | ARKANSAS NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE (ANC) - BLYTHEVILLE | 17 wk · 8 hrs | 76 | 72% | 73% | $9,517 |
| 6 | $2,489 | Emergency Medical Technician (Basic) | UNIVERSITY of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) | competency-based | 39 | 82% | 60% | $9,063 |
| 7 | $3,373 | REMOVED - Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) CP | BLACK River Technical College (BRTC) | 16 wk · 9 hrs | 26 | 81% | 77% | $10,952 |
| 8 | $3,463 | Emergency Medical Technician - CP | SOUTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE (SAC) | 15 wk · 7 hrs | 123 | 76% | 79% | $10,926 |
| 9 | $3,545 | Emergency Medical Technology-AAS | SOUTHEAST Arkansas College (SEARK) | competency-based | 18 | 44% | 68% | $10,008 |
| 10 | $3,598 | Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) CP | BLACK River Technical College (BRTC) | 16 wk · 9 hrs | 42 | 95% | 86% | $10,696 |
| 11 | $3,907 | Emergency Medical Services: EMT | ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (ASUB) - BEEBE | competency-based | 88 | 77% | 77% | $11,486 |
| 12 | $6,002 | Technical Certificate Emergency Medical Technology Paramedic | Univ of Arkansas Community College - Batesville (UACCB) | competency-based | 66 | 47% | 100% | $15,072 |
| 13 | $6,634 | EMT Basic - CP | EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (EACC) | competency-based | 107 | 62% | 60% | $10,596 |
| 14 | $7,001 | Paramedic- TC | ARKANSAS NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE (ANC) - BLYTHEVILLE | competency-based | 15 | 73% | 65% | $19,510 |
| 15 | $7,500 | Emergency Medical Technology -AAS Paramedic | NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) | competency-based | 259 | 24% | 78% | $16,361 |
| 16 | $8,351 | Paramedic (Technical Certificate) | NORTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE - NAC (NORTH CAMPUS AND SOUTH CAMPUS) | competency-based | 29 | 59% | 86% | $11,653 |
| 17 | $8,440 | Paramedic - TC | UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE - HOPE/TEXARKANA(UAHT) | competency-based | 41 | 41% | 83% | $14,131 |
| 18 | $9,104 | REMOVED - Paramedic | UNIVERSITY of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) | competency-based | 9 | — | 89% | $8,668 |
| 19 | $9,116 | AAS Emergency Medical Technology/Paramedic | Univ of Arkansas Community College - Batesville (UACCB) | competency-based | 79 | 30% | 92% | $8,972 |
| 20 | $9,682 | Paramedic TC | BLACK River Technical College (BRTC) | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | $11,721 | Paramedic - AAS | UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE - HOPE/TEXARKANA(UAHT) | competency-based | 33 | 21% | 80% | $10,897 |
| 22 | $11,898 | AAS - Paramedic | ARKANSAS NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE (ANC) - BLYTHEVILLE | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | $12,515 | Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic TC | NATIONAL PARK COLLEGE (NPC) | 32 wk · 15 hrs | 34 | 97% | 91% | $17,211 |
| 24 | $12,661 | Emergency Medical Technology Paramedic | UNIVERSITY of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) | competency-based | 29 | 38% | 72% | $8,781 |
| 25 | $13,465 | Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics - AAS | ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (ASUB) - BEEBE | competency-based | 58 | 24% | 74% | $10,814 |
| 26 | $14,251 | Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic - TC | SOUTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE (SAC) | competency-based | 85 | 81% | 85% | $15,314 |
| 27 | $14,294 | Paramedic(EMT) (Associates of Applied Science) | NORTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE - NAC (NORTH CAMPUS AND SOUTH CAMPUS) | competency-based | 43 | 53% | 79% | $14,316 |
| 28 | $14,342 | Emergency Medical Sciences | UofA - PULASKI TECHNICAL COLLEGE | 42 wk · 16 hrs | 87 | 41% | 100% | $12,783 |
| 29 | $17,118 | Emergency Medical Technician - AAS | SOUTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE (SAC) | competency-based | 83 | 45% | 75% | $13,339 |
| 30 | $18,458 | Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic AAS | BLACK River Technical College (BRTC) | competency-based | 74 | 26% | 90% | $12,660 |
| 31 | $21,089 | Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics | Arkansas Tech University (ATU) | competency-based | 185 | 35% | 86% | $11,886 |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (961 programs for Arkansas in the index that day); the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111) where the provider reported it, otherwise Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135) — the basis is printed under each figure; books and supplies are added only when reported separately. “Completed” = Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121); “Employed Q2” = Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129); “Median earnings” = Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125) — one calendar quarter, not a year. A dash means the federal file prints −1: Values displayed as "-1" indicate data that have been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Your local job center decides eligibility — this shows what is on the list and what it cost and produced, not whether you will be approved.
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This page sorts EMT and paramedic programs in Arkansas by the cost their providers published. The Retraining ROI report takes one target occupation and one state, ranks every listed program by the employment its completers reported, and — if you give your current pay — prints a payback estimate per program with its basis. Built on order from the same federal record; free sample on that page.
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