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Program Details
Tidewater Community College
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) (51.0904)
Associate's Degree - Applied

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Emergency Medical Services

Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code: 510904

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	No

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1988

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	160	139	40
2019-20	179	155	12
2020-21	137	88	17
2021-22	167	143	19
2022-23	116	103	19

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
8.28	53	$ 5,244

The table to the right provides the degree award history of each the last five years, disaggregated by state residency. This breakout may may help explain why a relatively low percentage of program completers may appear to be working in Virginia.

Program Graduates by Domicile
Year	In-State	Out-of-State	Total
2018-19	39	1	40
2019-20	11	1	12
2020-21	16	1	17
2021-22	18	1	19
2022-23	18	1	19
Five Year Summary	102	5	107

Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,

Year	Foreign/ International	African Am. or Black (NH)	Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)	Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)	Hispanic	White, Caucasian Am. (NH)	Multi-Race (NH)	Unknown/ Unreported (NH)	Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years	0	6	0	0	107	10	82	1	107

Wages Earned in 2020

The table below shows the wage data for the select program and places it in the context of all wages at the same degree level of this institution by graduates with at least three (3) quarters of employment.

Post-Completion Wage Outcomes, Earnings in 2022
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)	25th Percentile	Median Wage	75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)	140	57%	$68,044	$88,785	$109,947
2013-14 (8 years)	141	63%	$68,853	$85,270	$113,282
2016-17 (5 years)	199	65%	$57,875	$76,967	$97,196
2018-19 (3 years)	212	73%	$54,899	$71,674	$87,118
2020-21 (18 months)	279	80%	$91,907	$137,409	$161,352

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18	79	38.3%	$ 5,442	$ 9,408	$ 14,477	$ 21,730
2014-15 to 2018-19	90	42.5%	$ 4,980	$ 9,156	$ 14,809	$ 21,730
2015-16 to 2019-20	72	39.1%	$ 5,211	$ 8,540	$ 14,511	$ 19,715
2016-17 to 2020-21	61	41.2%	$ 5,444	$ 10,590	$ 15,419	$ 21,730
2017-18 to 2021-22	49	39.5%	$ 5,444	$ 11,198	$ 15,985	$ 21,380

Note: Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity is not available.

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation, Including Parent-PLUS and Grad-PLUS
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18	79	38.3%	$ 5,972	$ 9,671	$ 15,804	$ 21,730
2014-15 to 2018-19	90	42.5%	$ 5,444	$ 9,540	$ 16,151	$ 22,842
2015-16 to 2019-20	72	39.1%	$ 5,443	$ 8,763	$ 16,120	$ 20,871
2016-17 to 2020-21	61	41.2%	$ 5,476	$ 10,590	$ 16,695	$ 23,755
2017-18 to 2021-22	49	39.5%	$ 5,476	$ 11,198	$ 18,365	$ 21,730

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.