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CDL / truck-driving programs in Arkansas on the federal training list, by published cost
39 programs in Arkansas’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for CDL truck driving (53-3032, 53-3031). Published costs run from $0 to $21,300; 0 programs report no cost and sit at the end. Sorted by the cost each provider reported — “cheapest” here means the lowest published figure on the federal list on the snapshot date, not a verdict on quality, and never a price you are promised. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Published cost basis | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Provider · city | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0 | OBSOLETE - TRUCK DRIVING | COSSATOT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF UA (CCCUA) | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | $1,300 | ArkTA Trucking Academy | UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE - HOPE/TEXARKANA(UAHT) | competency-based | 62 | 89% | 55% | $9,391 |
| 3 | $1,350 | Commercial Truck Driving | UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE - RICH MOUNTAIN (UACCRM) | 8 wk · 7 hrs | 72 | 93% | 39% | $9,739 |
| 4 | $1,392 | REMOVED - Commercial Truck Driving | COSSATOT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF UA (CCCUA) | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | $1,803 | Certificate of Proficiency Commercial Vehicle Driving | Univ of Arkansas Community College - Batesville (UACCB) | 5 wk · 7 hrs | 17 | 71% | 38% | $8,593 |
| 6 | $2,044 | Commercial Driver Training - CP | EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (EACC) | competency-based | 226 | 75% | 53% | $8,949 |
| 7 | $2,590 | Truck Driver Training | PHILLIPS COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNIV OF AR (PCCUA) | competency-based | 288 | 53% | 64% | $8,710 |
| 8 | $2,674 | Commercial Truck Driving | Arkansas State University-Mountain Home (ASUMH) | 7 wk · 7 hrs | 13 | 92% | 75% | $9,028 |
| 9 | $3,000 | Commercial Truck Driving | COSSATOT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF UA (CCCUA) | 4 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | $3,156 | Truck Driving (Certificate of Proficiency) | NORTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE - NAC (NORTH CAMPUS AND SOUTH CAMPUS) | 8 wk · 6 hrs | 110 | 61% | 55% | $10,620 |
| 11 | $3,285 | CDL Training Class B | NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | $3,426 | REMOVED - Commercial Driver Training | ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (ASUN) - NEWPORT | 4 wk · 7 hrs | 171 | 87% | 84% | $9,783 |
| 13 | $3,500 | Trucking Driving - CP | ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (ASUN) - NEWPORT | 4 wk · 7 hrs | 4,123 | 17% | 58% | $10,356 |
| 14 | $3,608 | Commercial Truck Driving | ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU) - MID-SOUTH (WEST MEMPHIS) | 8 wk · 32 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | $3,679 | CDL Tractor and Trailer Operations | UNIVERSITY of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) | 8 wk · 11 hrs | 33 | 91% | 48% | $7,717 |
| 16 | $3,750 | Class A Commerical Driver Training | UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE - MORRILTON (UACCM) | competency-based | 60 | 100% | 78% | $10,343 |
| 17 | $3,765 | Commercial Drivers License | SOUTHEAST Arkansas College (SEARK) | 4 wk · 15 hrs | 20 | 65% | 67% | $9,568 |
| 18 | $3,925 | Truck & Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator & Instructor | MID-AMERICA TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL INC. (MATDS) - Springdale | competency-based | 332 | 95% | 72% | $13,450 |
| 19 | $3,995 | Class A CDL Program | 160 Driving Academy - Northwest | competency-based | 177 | 82% | 80% | $12,041 |
| 20 | $3,995 | CDL Class A Program | 160 Driving Academy - Central | competency-based | 323 | 79% | 81% | $11,455 |
| 21 | $4,000 | Commercial Truck Driving/Commercial Vehicle Operator | NORTHWEST Technical Institute (NWTI) | competency-based | 516 | 100% | 91% | $12,578 |
| 22 | $4,250 | CDL Program | Heavy Equipment Operating Academy | 4 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | $4,480 | Tolliver Truck Driving Academy LLC | Tolliver Truck Driving Academy LLC | 8 wk · 40 hrs | 10 | — | — | — |
| 24 | $4,550 | CDL Program | Heavy Equipment Operating Academy | 4 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | $4,615 | Pine Bluff Truck Driving School | Pine Bluff Truck Driving School Inc | competency-based | 689 | 90% | 64% | $9,124 |
| 26 | $4,695 | REMOVED - Commerical Truck Driving (CDL) CC | BLACK River Technical College (BRTC) | 5 wk · 6 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | $4,695 | Commercial Truck Driving (CDL) CC | BLACK River Technical College (BRTC) | 5 wk · 6 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | $4,741 | Commercial Truck Driving (CDL) CP | BLACK River Technical College (BRTC) | 5 wk · 6 hrs | 154 | 79% | 75% | $11,461 |
| 29 | $4,785 | CDL Training Class A | NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 20 | 100% | 53% | $9,704 |
| 30 | $5,500 | Truck Driver Training | RIVER ROCK CDL TRAINING LLC | competency-based | 460 | 95% | 88% | $22,788 |
| 31 | $5,551 | Class A CDL (Part 1 - 160 hours Instruction) Little Rock | WorldLink Truck Driving (Gladys Godley) | 5 wk · 40 hrs | 317 | 89% | 66% | $9,689 |
| 32 | $5,900 | REMOVED - Truck Driving | REMOVED - Trinity Truck Driving School LLC | competency-based | 90 | 70% | 25% | $7,885 |
| 33 | $5,945 | CDL Training (Entry level) | Cops CDL Academy LLC | competency-based | 235 | 91% | 88% | $10,804 |
| 34 | $6,235 | REMOVED DUPLICATE - Class CDL A Training | REMOVED-CDL Academy-Little Rock | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | $6,260 | CP in Tractor Trailer Operation | UofA - PULASKI TECHNICAL COLLEGE | 8 wk · 32 hrs | 73 | 64% | 60% | $8,130 |
| 36 | $6,500 | Class A CDL Training | CDL Academy - Fort Smith | competency-based | 600 | 95% | 70% | $12,114 |
| 37 | $6,500 | Class CDL A Training - Searcy | CDL Academy - Searcy | competency-based | 134 | 96% | 74% | $10,219 |
| 38 | $8,996 | Heavy Equipment Operator | UNIVERSITY of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | $21,300 | REMOVED - CDL + Heavy Equipment Certification | Heavy Equipment Operating Academy | 12 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (961 programs for Arkansas in the index that day); the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111) where the provider reported it, otherwise Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135) — the basis is printed under each figure; books and supplies are added only when reported separately. “Completed” = Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121); “Employed Q2” = Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129); “Median earnings” = Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125) — one calendar quarter, not a year. A dash means the federal file prints −1: Values displayed as "-1" indicate data that have been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Your local job center decides eligibility — this shows what is on the list and what it cost and produced, not whether you will be approved.
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This page sorts CDL / truck-driving programs in Arkansas by the cost their providers published. The Retraining ROI report takes one target occupation and one state, ranks every listed program by the employment its completers reported, and — if you give your current pay — prints a payback estimate per program with its basis. Built on order from the same federal record; free sample on that page.
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