Completion Rates
The Completion Rate is calculated, per program, based on the number of students enrolled after completing 10% of the program’s advertised hours.* Completion rates are calculated by comparing the total number of students that completed a program in the most recent reporting year to the number of students who were removed from the program for any reason. The terms “Retention Rates” and “Completion Dates” are used interchangeably in this context.
Each annual Completion Rate is expressed as an average of all program cohorts which may have begun in previous years but ended in the reporting year. For this calculation, cohorts are considered to have ended at 150% of the published course duration. The metric does not include data regarding pre-census candidates, candidates who never achieved full enrollment or students who did not complete the program as a result of an “excluded” circumstance as defined by the institution’s accreditors. The published course duration of the EMT program is 26 weeks. The published course duration of the AEMT program is 40 weeks. The published duration of the Paramedic program is 78 weeks.
EMT Program Annual Completion Rates
- 2018 100% Completion
- 2019 100% Completion
- 2020 66.67% Completion
- 2021 56.64% Completion*
- 2022 62.26% Completion
- 2023 62.45% Completion
*This represents Completion Rates of cohorts which began during the COVID shutdown.
AEMT Program Annual Completion Rates
- 2020 100% Completion
- 2021 100% Completion
- 2022 N/A
- 2023 50% Completion
Paramedic Program Annual Completion Rates
- 2022 100% Completion
- 2023 67.5% Completion
| Outcome | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retention | 71.2% | NA | NA |
| NREMT or State Certification Exam | 82.9% | NA | NA |
| Placement | 83.8% | NA | NA |
* Report date 7/9/2024
Continuing Education
No programs to report.
CAAHEP Retention %
The CAAHEP Retention % (Retention) is calculated based on the number of students enrolled after completing 10% of the program’s advertised hours. * Retention is computed using the total number of students that completed a program in the most recent reporting year and includes students who were removed from the program for academic reasons. CAAHEP Retention % is calculated annually for programs which have exceeded 100% of the published course duration. ** The published course duration of the Paramedic program is 78 weeks.
Paramedic Program Annual Retention %
- Year Annual Report All Dates
- 2020 90% Retention N/A
- 2021 84% Retention N/A
- 2022 71.2% Retention 82.14 Retention
* Because the institution offers programs primarily in an asynchronous distance education format, the ten percent threshold is calculated using an estimation of overall student effort. Each course has an estimated Total Didactic Equivalent (total number of assignments of any kind) and the threshold is calculated based upon all assignments of any kind that a student submits. Students having completed less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of assignments are excluded from the calculation.
** In certain special circumstances students are provided course extensions which allow the student to remain in a course for up to 150% of the published course duration. Because the CAAHEP Annual Report date represents retention at 100% of the published course duration, all students may not be represented in the Annual Report.
NREMT Pass Rates
Axon Education Consortium and Texas EMS School tracks student outcomes related to success with National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) examination results for the Certification Examination. Additionally student retention and employment statistics are maintained for accreditation purposes.
NREMT Certification Exam
The following statistics represent students who graduated from an Axon Education – Texas EMS School course who attempted the NREMT exam. Data for students who pass the exam is collected routinely throughout the year, however data for those who fail the exam can only be finalized after the end of a 24-month waiting period and is often published in February two years following the end of each calendar year. This means that data for the two most recent calendar years may be incomplete. Note also that this data does not include students who passed an Axon Education course but chose NOT to attempt the appropriate NREMT exam. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) publishes a similar but not identical statistic.* “None” indicates that there were no students for that particular reporting period.
EMT Pass Rates
| Year | Program Name | Pass Rate | Texas Average | National Average |
| 2019 | EMT | 83% | 75% | 75% |
| 2020 | EMT | 87% | 75% | 78% |
| 2021 | EMT | 84% | 75% | 78% |
| 2022 | EMT | 88% | 77% | 79% |
Advanced EMT Pass Rates
| Year | Program Name | Pass Rate | Texas Average | National Average |
| 2019 | Advanced EMT | 100% | 72% | 79% |
| 2020 | Advanced EMT | 100% | 77% | 73% |
| 2021 | Advanced EMT | 100% | 75% | 79% |
| 2022 | Advanced EMT | 100% | 77% | 70% |
Paramedic Pass Rates
| Year | Program Name | Pass Rate | Texas Average | National Average |
| 2019 | Paramedic | 89% | 86% | |
| 2020 | Paramedic | 86% | 85% | |
| 2021 | Paramedic | 100% | 85% | 85% |
| 2022 | Paramedic | 100% | 87% | 86% |
*The Texas Department of State Health Services publishes a related statistic on their website. Note that the statistics above represent all students who passed an Axon Education – Texas EMS School course who attempted the exam, while the DSHS statistic represents all Axon Education – Texas EMS School students who attempted an exam within a particular calendar year regardless of when they completed the course. DSHS results may be found at: https://www.dshs.texas.gov/emstraumasystems/nationalregistry.shtm. Texas and National averages denoted above were taken from this web site. Please be aware that this data is rarely static, and data from the NREMT and DSHS public sites changes retroactively from time to time, and while we attempt to refer to them accurately, it is always valuable to obtain this data from the original source.9090%
