Naples, FL has five EMT schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Health Opportunity Technical Center, the highest ranked school in this group with an EMT program, has a total student population of 182. It is the 716th highest ranked school in the USA and the 27th highest in the state of Florida (#1 is University of Miami).
EMT students from Naples schools who go on to become emergency medical technicians, EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical service workers, 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 clinical laboratory technicians make on average $37,860 per year and there are about 152,420 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Naples-Marco Island area alone, there are 60 employed medical and clinical laboratory technicians earning an average salary of $45,810. Emergency medical technicians and paramedics in this area earn $*/yr and there are 190 employed.
Naples lies in Collier county, which is one of the 49 counties in Florida. Overall, the Naples-Marco Island area has 114,500 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $19/hr average worker wage, and a $39,520 average annual salary. Thus, about 2 out of every 1000 jobs in Naples are held by emergency medical technicians and paramedics, and 0/1000 are held by medical and clinical laboratory technicians.
Of the 5 EMT schools with a 100-mile radius of Naples, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Health Opportunity Technical Center comes out as the most expensive ($20,410/yr) for EMT students, with Sarasota County Technical Institute as the lowest, reported at only $2,150/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Naples |
| Bonita Springs | FL | 44,290 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.7 miles |
| Fort Myers | FL | 68,373 | 7 | 23.467 | 192 | 33.9 miles |
| Cape Coral | FL | 161,428 | 1 | 26.0313 | 32 | 36.7 miles |
| North Fort Myers | FL | 51,280 | 0 | - | 0 | 39.7 miles |
| Port Charlotte | FL | 49,392 | 1 | 23.17 | 24 | 61.8 miles |
| North Port | FL | 58,777 | 0 | - | 0 | 67.4 miles |
| Weston | FL | 65,215 | 2 | 37.9212 | 53 | 86.7 miles |
| Pembroke Pines | FL | 146,408 | 0 | - | 0 | 90.8 miles |
| Sunrise | FL | 89,011 | 0 | - | 0 | 92.8 miles |
| Miami Lakes | FL | - | 1 | 11.3357 | 23 | 93.8 miles |
| Sarasota | FL | 52,304 | 9 | 24.2015 | 68 | 95.1 miles |
| Tamarac | FL | 59,442 | 0 | - | 0 | 95.4 miles |
| Coral Springs | FL | 125,980 | 0 | - | 0 | 95.7 miles |
| Homestead | FL | 62,540 | 0 | - | 0 | 96.1 miles |
| Miami Gardens | FL | 113,813 | 3 | 37.6424 | 120 | 97.0 miles |