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EMT & paramedic training in New York
New York has 15 accredited campuses awarding emt / paramedic credentials. If you finish and work as an emergency medical technician in New York, expect to start around $39,890–$43,270 and reach a median of $48,400 with experience; the top quarter earn $63,870 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, New York). Graduates of these New York programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $63,938 in their first year, against $44,770 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What emergency medical technicians earn in New York
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 14,840 employed in New York. National median: $44,470.
Campuses in New York, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BinghamtonBrooklynBuffaloCanandaiguaCobleskillLong Island CityNew YorkPoughkeepsieRochesterSeldenSyracuseTroyUticaValhalla
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College | New York | Public community college | 9 | $85,751 | $11,000 | 25% | not reported |
| CUNY LaGuardia Community College | Long Island City | Public community college | 5 | $68,337 | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Center for Allied Health Education | Brooklyn | for-profit career school | 7 | $67,832 | $13,107 | 100% | $51,083 |
| Hudson Valley Community College | Troy | Public community college | 38 | $65,544 | $13,209 | 35% | not reported |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College | Brooklyn | Public community college | 12 | $63,938 | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| SUNY Broome Community College | Binghamton | Public community college | 5 | $47,632 | not reported | 23% | not reported |
| Mohawk Valley Community College | Utica | Public community college | 3 | $46,596 | $12,000 | 38% | not reported |
| Monroe Community College | Rochester | Public community college | 17 | $45,562 | $13,500 | 27% | not reported |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | Cobleskill | Public college | 33 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| SUNY Westchester Community College | Valhalla | Public community college | 29 | not reported | not reported | 25% | not reported |
| Finger Lakes Community College | Canandaigua | Public community college | 23 | not reported | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| Onondaga Community College | Syracuse | Public community college | 9 | not reported | not reported | 27% | not reported |
| Suffolk County Community College | Selden | Public community college | 9 | not reported | not reported | 29% | not reported |
| Dutchess Community College | Poughkeepsie | Public community college | 5 | not reported | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| Erie Community College | Buffalo | Public community college | 2 | not reported | not reported | 28% | 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.