Department of Emergency Health Sciences accreditation information
Accreditation
The EMT Basic and Paramedic certificate programs are accredited by:
Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions CoAEMSP
1248 Harwood Road Bedford, Texas 76021-4244Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Management
1100 W. 49th Street Austin, Texas 78756-3199The Department of EHS first-time pass rate for the 2015 National Registry of EMTs Paramedic Cognitive Examination, to date, is 93 percent. The national average is 77 percent.
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Number of Paramedic Graduates | First time pass rates for NREMT Exam: Program | Student Retention | Positive (Job) Placement | |
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2013 | 161 | 90% | 88% | |
2014 | 209 | 88% | 87% | |
2015 | 207 | 90% | 92% | |
2016 | 198 | 93% | 93% | |
2017 | 298 | 97.3% | 95% | 94.8% |
Data gathered from the 2017 CoAEMSP Annual Report for UT Health at San Antonio Department of Emergency Health Sciences Program 600011.
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