Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) at Western Carolina University

If you plan to study emergency medical technology/technician (emt paramedic), take a look at what Western Carolina University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) section at the bottom of this page.

WCU Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)

Online Classes Are Available at WCU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WCU does offer online courses in emergency medical technology/technician (emt paramedic) for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

WCU Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Rankings

The emergency medical technology/technician (emt paramedic) major at WCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic). This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Student Demographics at WCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the emergency medical technology/technician (emt paramedic) majors at Western Carolina University.

WCU Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of emergency medical technology/technician (emt paramedic) bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical emergency medical technology/technician (emt paramedic) bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at WCU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in emergency medical technology/technician (emt paramedic) at WCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in emergency medical technology/technician (emt paramedic).

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	44
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Athletic Training

Careers That Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Grads May Go Into

A degree in emergency medical technology/technician (emt paramedic) can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	10,760	$36,200
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.