Killeen, TX (population: 125,411) has three EMS schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Navarro College, the highest ranked school in this group with an EMS program, has a total student population of 9,200. It is the 4919th highest ranked school in the USA and the 274th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
EMS students from Killeen schools who go on to become emergency medical service workers, EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 217,920 people working as emergency medical technicians and paramedics alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $33,020. Also, Medical and public health social workers make on average $48,340 per year and there are about 133,510 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area alone, there are 90 employed medical and public health social workers earning an average salary of $46,100. Emergency medical technicians and paramedics in this area earn $28,340/yr and there are 180 employed.
Killeen lies in Bell county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area has 121,180 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2.0% unemployment rate, $17.15/hr average worker wage, and a $35,680 average annual salary. Thus, about 1.488 out of every 1000 jobs in Killeen are held by emergency medical technicians and paramedics, and 0.764/1000 are held by medical and public health social workers.
Of the 3 EMS schools with a 100-mile radius of Killeen, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Navarro College comes out as the most expensive ($8,832/yr) for EMS students, with Temple College as the lowest, reported at only $5,939/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Killeen |
Georgetown | TX | 55,998 | 3 | 24.3873 | 208 | 31.2 miles |
Cedar Park | TX | 72,258 | 0 | - | 0 | 41.3 miles |
Pflugerville | TX | 43,849 | 1 | 21.9644 | 4 | 46.0 miles |
Austin | TX | 792,778 | 27 | 18.4164 | 459 | 54.7 miles |
Bryan | TX | 73,832 | 2 | 27.1681 | 5 | 85.5 miles |
College Station | TX | 90,406 | 1 | 0.218495 | 0 | 90.6 miles |