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EMT & paramedic training in Kentucky
Kentucky has 15 accredited campuses awarding emt / paramedic credentials. If you finish and work as an emergency medical technician in Kentucky, expect to start around $29,800–$31,200 and reach a median of $36,800 with experience; the top quarter earn $44,380 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Kentucky). Graduates of these Kentucky programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $44,064 in their first year, against $44,770 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What emergency medical technicians earn in Kentucky
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 2,770 employed in Kentucky. National median: $44,470.
Campuses in Kentucky, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AshlandBowling GreenCumberlandElizabethtownFlorenceHazardHopkinsvilleLexingtonLouisvilleMadisonvilleMaysvilleOwensboroPaducahRichmondSomerset
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madisonville Community College | Madisonville | Public | 7 | $52,783 | $5,750 | 49% | not reported |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College | Louisville | Public | 19 | $44,419 | $12,411 | 36% | not reported |
| Hazard Community and Technical College | Hazard | Public | 3 | $40,495 | $8,001 | 48% | not reported |
| Somerset Community College | Somerset | Public | 31 | $38,880 | $9,282 | 43% | not reported |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College | Owensboro | Public | 58 | $35,301 | $9,875 | 54% | not reported |
| Gateway Community and Technical College | Florence | Public | 68 | not reported | $5,600 | 59% | not reported |
| Ashland Community and Technical College | Ashland | Public | 38 | not reported | not reported | 51% | not reported |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College | Paducah | Public | 27 | not reported | not reported | 50% | not reported |
| Hopkinsville Community College | Hopkinsville | Public | 17 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | Elizabethtown | Public | 15 | not reported | not reported | 60% | not reported |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lexington | Public | 13 | not reported | not reported | 43% | not reported |
| Maysville Community and Technical College | Maysville | Public | 12 | not reported | not reported | 57% | not reported |
| Eastern Kentucky University | Richmond | Public | 10 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College | Cumberland | Public | 7 | not reported | not reported | 47% | not reported |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College | Bowling Green | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 58% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.