Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance)

Types of Degrees Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many emergency care attendant (emt ambulance) graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Basic Certificate	3,105
Undergraduate Certificate	79
Associate Degree	11

What Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) Majors Need to Know

O*NET surveyed people in occupations related to emergency care attendant (emt ambulance) and asked them what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. The responses were rated on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being most important.

Knowledge Areas for Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) Majors

Emergency Care Attendant (Emt Ambulance) majors often go into careers in which the following knowledge areas are important:

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Skills for Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) Majors

A major in emergency care attendant (emt ambulance) prepares you for careers in which the following skill-sets are crucial:

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Abilities for Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) Majors

As a emergency care attendant (emt ambulance) major, you will find yourself needing the following abilities:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

What Can You Do With a Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) Major?

People with a emergency care attendant (emt ambulance) degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	22.0%	$25,750

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance)

Some careers associated with emergency care attendant (emt ambulance) require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. In general, the more advanced your degree the more career options will open up to you. However, there is significant time and money that needs to be invested into your education so weigh the pros and cons.

Find out what the typical degree level is for emergency care attendant (emt ambulance) careers below.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Less than a High School Diploma	1.0%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)	56.3%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)	19.6%
Some College Courses	23.1%

Online Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	12	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	9	0
Bachelor’s Degree	0	0
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	0	0
Post-Master’s	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance)

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to emergency care attendant (emt ambulance).

Major	Number of Grads
Medical/Clinical Assistant	52,088
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	6,707
Physical Therapy Assistant	5,993
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	4,121
Occupational Therapist Assistant	3,647
Radiologist Assistant	1,446
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant	616
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant	454
Anesthesiologist Assistant	382
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant	295
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant	187
Lactation Consultant	58

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
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020

More about our data sources and methodologies.