2023 Best Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in North Dakota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) is the 174th most popular major in the country with 26,641 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across North Dakota, there were 32 emergency medical technology/technician (EMT paramedic) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 23 emergency medical technology/technician (EMT paramedic) graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,800 and $19,208 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in emergency medical technology/technician (EMT paramedic). This ranking identifies schools with high-quality emergency medical technology/technician (EMT paramedic) programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the emergency medical technology/technician (EMT paramedic) program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) for an Associate”.

Top 2 Best Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in North Dakota

1

North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton, North Dakota

48 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$2,864 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State College of Science landed the #1 spot on the list. Wahpeton, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s emergency medical technology/technician (EMT paramedic) degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

North Dakota State College of Science not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota” list.Of the 2,829 students enrolled at North Dakota State College of Science, 48 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,864. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Dakota State College of Science offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Full North Dakota State College of Science Veteran Student Life Report

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Bismarck State College
Bismarck, North Dakota

194 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$3,217 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Bismarck State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bismarck State College is located in Bismarck, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 associates’s emergency medical technology/technician (EMT paramedic) degrees to qualified students.

BSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota” ranking.According to our most recent data, Bismarck State College supports 3,716 students, and 194 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 116 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,217. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Bismarck State College]](/colleges/bismarck-state-college/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
• Best Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.