Emergency Medical Technician

Steps to Register

Please follow the registration steps to enroll into the EMT program. 

In order to begin enrollment into the EMT Program, students must strictly follow the steps below:

• STEP #1: Create an MEID Account and Apply for admission for Mesa Community College. Follow the outlined Enrollment Steps
  • Complete New Student Orientation
• STEP #2: Take a Reading Placement Test: Testing Services
• STEP #3: Please complete and submit the Registration Form above to sign up for EMT and we will notify you once have been enrolled into the EMT Program.
• STEP #4: Once you receive confirmation of enrollment into the EMT program, please plan to attend the mandatory EMT orientation.

Program Entry Requirements

Reading Placement Tests

To prove reading comprehension, all prospective EMT students must complete one of the Mesa Community College Reading Comprehension assessments listed below. Please note reading score requirements have increased for the fall 2026 semester. Please ensure that you have met those requirements or you cannot be enrolled into the EMT program :

• EdReady Critical Reading & Critical Thinking with a score of 95 or higher. EdReady Assessments are taken on their website: EdReady Webpage
• Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading Assessment with a score of 261 or higher. Can only be taken at a Testing Center. Testing Services Webpage
• Successful completion of CRE101
• Students who have a high school GPA of 3.0 or higher are exempt from testing but will need to provide official transcripts and must have been completed within the last 10 years at the time of registration.
• Students who have an Associate's Degree or higher from an accredited college are exempt from testing but will need to provide a copy of college transcripts/degree at the time of registration.

Age Requirements 

Students must be 18 years of age before taking the NREMT Exam.

Basic Life Support (BLS) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation certification (CPR)

You must take EMT101 Basic Life Support/Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for Health Care Providers during your EMT program. 

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If you have current and valid  BLS CPR, you are able to submit a Prior Learning Assessment form to receive EMT101 credit with MCC. This process takes 7-10 days to process and must be approved before admittance into the EMT program. Click here for the Prior Learning Assessment form. 

Program Tuition & Cost

EMT Basic

• This certificate is not eligible for Title IV Federal Financial Aid.
• EMT Basic CCL must be selected during the admissions process.

EMT Comprehensive (If applying for financial aid)

• EMT Comprehensive CCL must be selected during the admissions process.
• An additional elective will need to be taken during the same semester in order to be FA eligible. HCC145 is highly recommended (Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals)
• After the student is registered for classes, the student will need to request a "Financial Aid Checksheet" from Student Advisor Nina Lyman. Appointments are scheduled online via her webpage: http://contacts.mesacc.edu/nina.lyman