Texarkana, TX has five emergency management schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Henderson State University, the highest ranked school in this group with an emergency management program, has a total student population of 3,567. It is the 2508th highest ranked school in the USA and the 24th highest in the state of Arkansas (#1 is Harding University).
Emergency Management students from Texarkana schools who go on to become emergency management coordinators, EMTs, paramedics, emergency managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 13,060 people working as emergency management specialists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $56,900. Also, Management analysts make on average $84,650 per year and there are about 552,770 of them employed in the US today.
Texarkana lies in Bowie county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Texarkana-Texarkana-AR area has 53,660 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 3.1% unemployment rate, $16.94/hr average worker wage, and a $35,240 average annual salary.
Of the 5 emergency management schools with a 100-mile radius of Texarkana, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Grambling State University comes out as the most expensive ($8,544/yr) for emergency management students, with Louisiana State University-Shreveport as the lowest, reported at only $4,364/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Texarkana |
Magnolia | AR | - | 1 | 22.0736 | 79 | 48.0 miles |
Idabel | OK | - | 1 | 32.0701 | 16 | 55.4 miles |
Bossier City | LA | 63,292 | 2 | 15.0075 | 49 | 66.5 miles |
Shreveport | LA | 204,311 | 13 | 23.0966 | 268 | 67.6 miles |
Longview | TX | 78,112 | 2 | 39.288 | 136 | 75.0 miles |
Paris | TX | - | 2 | 22.8036 | 81 | 88.4 miles |
Hot Springs | AR | - | 2 | 23.3818 | 62 | 93.9 miles |
Malvern | AR | - | 1 | 12.3999 | 58 | 96.1 miles |