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EMT and paramedic programs in Ohio on the federal training list, by published cost

97 programs in Ohio’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for EMT / paramedic (29-2042, 29-2043). Published costs run from $75 to $16,518; 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.

Read this first. 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. No promise is made here about money, seats, jobs or pay; the figures are what the providers reported, printed with their dates.
Programs on the list97
With a published cost97 of 97
With an employment figure43 of 97
Median published cost$2,150
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Program (provider’s page) · credential · codeProvider · cityLengthExitedCompletedEmployed Q2 after exitMedian earnings, Q2 (one quarter)
1$75tuition + fees + suppliesU-First Homecare Services- CPR/ First Aide TrainingCertificate/Certification · 29-2042U-First Homecare ServicesCleveland 441051 wk · 3 hrs
2$160tuition + fees + suppliesParamedic CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Rhodes State CollegeLima 4580416 wk · 7 hrs
3$620tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Responder (EMR)Certificate/Certification · 29-2042Vanguard Sentinel Career & Technology CentersFremont 4342013 wk · 5 hrs5467%100%$9,641
4$829tuition + fees + suppliesEMR-Emergency Medical ResponderCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology CenterChillicothe 456015 wk · 11 hrs31100%84%$17,136
5$965tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician - Basic CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2043Owens State Community CollegeToledo 4355116 wk · 5 hrs
6$1,025tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Lorain County JVS Adult Career CenterOberlin 4407426 wk · 6 hrs
7$1,200tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT)Certificate/Certification · 29-2042Vanguard Sentinel Career & Technology CentersFremont 4342026 wk · 6 hrs5467%100%$9,641
8$1,200tuition + fees + suppliesSouthern Highland Joint Fire District EMS Training ProgramCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Southern Highland Joint Fire DistrictMowrystown 4515517 wk · 9 hrs
9$1,300tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT)Certificate/Certification · 29-2042Buckeye Career CenterNew Philadelphia 44663competency-based
10$1,340tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Pike County Career Technology CenterPiketon 4566122 wk · 8 hrs2157%100%$13,358
11$1,349tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician - EMTCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Tri-Rivers Career CenterMarion 4330217 wk · 10 hrs
12$1,390tuition + fees + suppliesAllied Health Profession to Paramedic CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Rhodes State CollegeLima 4580416 wk · 7 hrs
13$1,390tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT)Certificate/Certification · 29-2042Vantage Career Center Adult EducationVan Wert 4589120 wk · 8 hrs1663%100%$7,340
14$1,395tuition + fees + suppliesAdvanced EMTCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Vanguard Sentinel Career & Technology CentersFremont 4342039 wk · 6 hrs5467%100%$9,641
15$1,400tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT) BasicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Apollo Career CenterLima 4580615 wk · 10 hrs5772%100%$11,353
16$1,425tuition + fees + suppliesEMT Basic CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Cuyahoga Community CollegeCleveland 4411516 wk · 10 hrs
17$1,445tuition + fees + suppliesBasic EMTState/Federal recognized license · 29-2042Ashtabula County Technical & Career CampusJefferson 4404726 wk · 7 hrs11100%91%$9,263
18$1,500tuition + fees + suppliesCritical Care TransportCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Columbus State Comm. CollegeColumbus 4321516 wk · 6 hrs
19$1,500tuition + fees + suppliesWest Point Fire Department Education DivisionCertificate/Certification · 29-2042West Point Volunteer Fire DepartmentLisbon 4443226 wk · 7 hrs
20$1,500tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT) BasicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Mid-East Career and Technology CentersZanesville 4370116 wk · 9 hrs
21$1,500tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT) BasicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Mid-East Career and Technology Centers Adult EducationZanesville 4370116 wk · 9 hrs83100%83%$13,046
22$1,535tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician Basic EMT-B Services TechnologyCertificate/Certification · 29-2042University Hospitals Geauga Medical CenterGeneva 4404116 wk · 9 hrs6981%100%
23$1,555tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician-Basic CertificationCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Owens State Community CollegeToledo 4355122 wk · 3 hrs
24$1,575tuition + fees + suppliesEMT BasicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042The University of ToledoToledo 4361415 wk · 7 hrs
25$1,585tuition + fees + suppliesAdvanced EMT CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Rhodes State CollegeLima 4580415 wk · 8 hrs40
26$1,600tuition + fees + suppliesEMT ProgramCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Ohio UniversityLancaster 4313014 wk · 13 hrs
27$1,600tuition + fees + suppliesAdvanced EMTCommunity college certificate of completion · 29-2042Pike County Career Technology CenterPiketon 4566117 wk · 15 hrs
28$1,600tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Service Advanced EMTCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Eastern Gateway Community CollegeSteubenville 4395216 wk · 11 hrs1164%100%$14,196
29$1,641tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianCertificate/Certification · 29-2042LifeCare FoundationElyria 4403522 wk · 8 hrs
30$1,700tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianCommunity college certificate of completion · 29-2042Delaware Area Career CenterDelaware 4301516 wk · 11 hrs
31$1,708tuition + fees + suppliesEMT-B (Adult Diploma Program Option)Certificate/Certification · 29-2042C-TEC of Licking CountyNewark 4305517 wk · 9 hrs
32$1,714tuition + fees + suppliesBasic EMTCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Four County Career CenterArchbold 4350226 wk · 6 hrs8367%100%$13,745
33$1,727tuition + fees + suppliesEMT BasicCertificate/Certification, State/Federal recognized license · 29-2042Knox Technical CenterMount Vernon 4305013 wk · 12 hrs29100%59%$17,140
34$1,740tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Mahoning County Career and Technical CenterCanfield 4440617 wk · 10 hrs1173%86%$7,392
35$1,763tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianState/Federal recognized license · 29-2042EHOVE Adult Career CenterMilan 4484622 wk · 11 hrs21100%90%$9,082
36$1,800tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT) AdvancedCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Mid-East Career and Technology CentersZanesville 4370120 wk · 10 hrs
37$1,800tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT) AdvancedCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Mid-East Career and Technology Centers Adult EducationZanesville 4370120 wk · 10 hrs83100%83%$13,046
38$1,830tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Service Basic EMTCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Eastern Gateway Community CollegeSteubenville 4395213 wk · 11 hrs
39$1,844tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT)State/Federal recognized license · 29-2042Cuyahoga Valley Career CenterBrecksville 4414118 wk · 10 hrs12100%75%$9,417
40$1,862tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Choffin Career and Technical CenterYoungstown 4450317 wk · 10 hrs
41$1,875tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT) CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Columbus State Comm. CollegeColumbus 4321516 wk · 7 hrs13460%88%$16,880
42$1,904tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician Program (EMT-Basic)Certificate/Certification · 29-2042Friends of Hocking County EMSLogan 4313817 wk · 9 hrs
43$1,940tuition + fees + suppliesEMT Short-term Technical CertificationCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Clark State CollegeSpringfield 4550117 wk · 6 hrs11567%94%
44$1,946tuition + fees + suppliesEMT-Emergency Medical TechnicianCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology CenterCircleville 4311316 wk · 9 hrs31100%84%$17,136
45$1,950tuition + fees + suppliesBasic EMTCertificate/Certification · 29-2043Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth 4566217 wk · 9 hrs
46$1,976tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician Short-Term Technical CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Edison State Community CollegePiqua 4535616 wk · 8 hrs2335%75%$6,382
47$2,030tuition + fees + suppliesOhio Emergency Medical Technician CourseCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Shawnee State UniversityPeebles 4566017 wk · 9 hrs
48$2,075tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician - EMTCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Warren County Career Center, Adult EducationLebanon 4503613 wk · 12 hrs28100%75%$11,299
49$2,150tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician - BasicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Mercy College of OhioToledo 4360415 wk · 10 hrs2085%
50$2,175tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianState/Federal recognized license · 29-2042Brown & Clermont Adult Career CampusesWilliamsburg 4517610 wk · 17 hrs13100%62%$12,408
51$2,211tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Tolles Career and Technical CenterPlain City 4306416 wk · 10 hrs
52$2,307tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Auburn Career CenterConcord Township 4407724 wk · 9 hrs82100%90%$12,469
53$2,310tuition + fees + suppliesEMT IntermediateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Four County Career CenterArchbold 4350226 wk · 8 hrs8367%100%$13,745
54$2,325tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT 1110)Certificate/Certification · 29-2042Belmont CollegeSaint Clairsville 4395016 wk · 8 hrs8100%100%$6,981
55$2,423tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnicianCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Butler Technology and Career Development SchoolsHamilton 450114 wk · 48 hrs8780%100%$10,193
56$2,466tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician NonPell Certificate of Completion-#2114Certificate/Certification · 29-2042Lorain County Community CollegeElyria 4403516 wk · 8 hrs
57$2,477tuition + fees + suppliesEMT AdvancedState/Federal recognized license · 29-2042Knox Technical CenterMount Vernon 4305017 wk · 12 hrs29100%59%$17,140
58$2,500tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT)Certificate/Certification · 29-2042Life Support Training InstituteColumbus 4308520 wk · 11 hrs3367%
59$2,672tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician - STTC-#2114Certificate/Certification · 29-2042Lorain County Community CollegeElyria 4403532 wk · 4 hrs
60$2,741tuition + fees + suppliesAEMT-Avanced Emergency Medical TechnicianCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology CenterChillicothe 4560119 wk · 12 hrs580%100%$12,219
61$2,750tuition + fees + suppliesAdvanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)Certificate/Certification · 29-2042Shawnee State UniversityPeebles 4566017 wk · 14 hrs11
62$2,852tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician (EMT) - BCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical TrainingMarietta 4575016 wk · 13 hrs
63$3,075tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician - BasicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Great Oaks Career CampusesSharonville 4524118 wk · 10 hrs
64$3,945tuition + fees + suppliesParamedic CertificateCommunity college certificate of completion · 29-2043Cuyahoga Community CollegeParma 44130104 wk · 5 hrs
65$4,654tuition + fees + suppliesParamedic - One-year Technical CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2043Sinclair Community CollegeDayton 45402104 wk · 5 hrs
66$5,419tuition + fees + suppliesRescue Technician CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Columbus State Comm. CollegeColumbus 4321548 wk · 5 hrs
67$5,535tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Technician Paramedic EMT-P Services TechnologyCertificate/Certification · 29-2042University Hospitals Geauga Medical CenterRavenna 4426643 wk · 29 hrs31100%
68$6,130tuition + fees + suppliesParamedic Training ProgramCertificate/Certification · 29-2042LifeCare FoundationElyria 44035104 wk · 9 hrs
69$6,700tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Mercy College of OhioToledo 4360444 wk · 11 hrs
70$6,706tuition + fees + suppliesParamedic Initial Provider CourseCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Mahoning County Career and Technical CenterCanfield 4440652 wk · 24 hrs
71$6,750tuition + fees + suppliesEMT paramedic certificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042The University of ToledoToledo 43614104 wk · 4 hrs
72$6,800tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2043Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth 4566243 wk · 24 hrs
73$6,800tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnologyCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth 45662104 wk · 10 hrs11
74$7,195tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Tri-Rivers Career CenterMarion 4330248 wk · 19 hrs41100%34%$17,752
75$7,770tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical TechnologyAssociate degree · 29-2042Cuyahoga Community CollegeCleveland 44115104 wk · 9 hrs
76$8,060tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Central Ohio EMS Training LLCLexington 4490443 wk · 21 hrs18100%100%$25
77$8,088tuition + fees + suppliesParamedic CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Columbus State Comm. CollegeColumbus 43215104 wk · 4 hrs230100%
78$8,657tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Services - Paramedic OYCState/Federal recognized license · 29-2042Lorain County Community CollegeElyria 4403544 wk · 11 hrs3450%94%$7,609
79$8,667tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicState/Federal recognized license · 29-2042EHOVE Adult Career CenterMilan 44846104 wk · 9 hrs14100%100%$18,068
80$8,669tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Auburn Career CenterConcord Township 4407749 wk · 21 hrs82100%90%$12,469
81$8,732tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Mid-East Career and Technology CentersZanesville 4370148 wk · 21 hrs
82$8,732tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Mid-East Career and Technology Centers Adult EducationZanesville 4370148 wk · 21 hrs83100%83%$13,046
83$8,762tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Services - Associate of Applied ScienceAssociate degree · 29-2042Sinclair Community CollegeDayton 45402156 wk · 6 hrs25867%95%$18,050
84$8,892tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Edison State Community CollegePiqua 4535632 wk · 16 hrs
85$9,000tuition + fees + suppliesEMT ParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Vanguard Sentinel Career & Technology CentersFremont 43420104 wk · 9 hrs3100%100%$19,444
86$9,346tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Services/Fire ScienceAssociate degree · 29-2042Sinclair Community CollegeDayton 45402156 wk · 6 hrs
87$9,400tuition + fees + suppliesEMT/ParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042North Central State CollegeMansfield 4490652 wk · 8 hrs
88$9,483tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Auburn Career CenterConcord Township 4407749 wk · 22 hrs
89$9,911tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2043C-TEC of Licking CountyNewark 4305543 wk · 21 hrs
90$11,398tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Four County Career CenterArchbold 43502104 wk · 11 hrs1173%100%$22,520
91$11,398tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Four County Career CenterMaumee 43537104 wk · 11 hrs1173%100%$22,520
92$11,578tuition + fees + suppliesParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Butler Technology and Career Development SchoolsHamilton 4501142 wk · 24 hrs8780%100%$10,193
93$12,110tuition + fees + suppliesEMT-ParamedicCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology CenterChillicothe 4560144 wk · 22 hrs580%100%$12,219
94$12,310tuition + fees + suppliesAssociate of Applied Science in Emergency Medical ServicesAssociate degree · 29-2042Rhodes State CollegeLima 45804156 wk · 6 hrs
95$15,922tuition + fees + suppliesEMT Paramedic CertificateCertificate/Certification · 29-2042Hocking CollegeNelsonville 45764104 wk · 7 hrs12
96$16,115tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Services Technology AASAssociate degree · 29-2042Columbus State Comm. CollegeColumbus 43215104 wk · 9 hrs14345%89%
97$16,518tuition + fees + suppliesEmergency Medical Services ParamedicAssociate degree · 29-2042Belmont CollegeSaint Clairsville 43950156 wk · 6 hrs1631%80%$15,213

Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (4,521 programs for Ohio 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 Ohio 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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