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CDL / truck-driving programs in Ohio on the federal training list, by published cost
70 programs in Ohio’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 $27,495; 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 | Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | Valley Transportation | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | $1,895 | Class A or B CDL Refresher Course | Cuyahoga Community College | 1 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | $2,085 | Online Freight Broker/Agent Training | Owens State Community College | 26 wk · 4 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | $2,220 | Class A CDL Trucking & Leadership Masterclass | OCLI TRUCKING & LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, LLC | 5 wk · 8 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | $2,569 | Truck Driver Training 80 hours | Mid-East Career and Technology Centers | 3 wk · 27 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | $2,569 | Truck Driver Training 80 hours | Mid-East Career and Technology Centers Adult Education | 3 wk · 27 hrs | 113 | 86% | 92% | $13,875 |
| 7 | $2,815 | CDL Refresher | Great Lakes Truck Driving School | 1 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | $3,000 | Truck Driving Program - Class B CDL | Southern State Community College, OH | 2 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | $3,500 | Class B training | American Professional Truck Driving School | 2 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | $4,000 | YSU Truck Driving School--CLASS B CDL | Youngstown State University | 2 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | $4,010 | CDL Class B | TRUCKTRAILERPRO CDL SCHOOL LLC | 2 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | $4,200 | Class B CDL Accelerated Training- weekend | Cuyahoga Community College | 3 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | $4,492 | Class A CDL Driving Program | FORTIS College Cuyahoga Falls | 4 wk · 43 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | $4,600 | Class B CDL Accelerated Training- Evening | Cuyahoga Community College | 6 wk · 20 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | $4,700 | Class B CDL Accelerated Training | Cuyahoga Community College | 6 wk · 20 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | $4,800 | Truck Driver Training | American Professional Truck Driving School | 3 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | $4,995 | Truck Driver Training | Big Rig Truck Driving School, Inc | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 46 | 83% | 53% | $9,056 |
| 18 | $4,995 | Commercial Driver's License (CDL) | Central Ohio Technical College | 4 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | $5,000 | CDL TRAINING PROGRAM | direct venture corp | 17 wk · 9 hrs | 100 | 86% | 92% | — |
| 20 | $5,000 | Commercial Driver's License Training | Gallia-Jackson-Vinton JVSD dba: Buckeye Hill Career Center | competency-based | 39 | 100% | 100% | $15,616 |
| 21 | $5,000 | CDL Program | Vantage Career Center Adult Education | 4 wk · 50 hrs | 22 | 100% | 82% | $14,160 |
| 22 | $5,000 | Commercial Truck Driver Training (CDL) | Destiny Truck Driving Academy | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 984 | 100% | 80% | $10,878 |
| 23 | $5,010 | CDL Class A | TRUCKTRAILERPRO CDL SCHOOL LLC | 4 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | $5,010 | CDL Class A | TRUCKTRAILERPRO CDL SCHOOL LLC | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 20 | 90% | 100% | $11,420 |
| 25 | $5,069 | Truck Driver Training 160 Hours | Mid-East Career and Technology Centers | 5 wk · 32 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | $5,069 | Truck Driver Training 160 Hours | Mid-East Career and Technology Centers Adult Education | 5 wk · 32 hrs | 113 | 86% | 92% | $13,875 |
| 27 | $5,100 | Truck Driving (200-Hr Night Class) | Apollo Career Center | 10 wk · 20 hrs | 92 | 98% | 87% | $14,640 |
| 28 | $5,100 | Truck Driving (200-Hr Day Class) | Apollo Career Center | 5 wk · 40 hrs | 92 | 98% | 87% | $14,640 |
| 29 | $5,489 | Truck Driver Training - CDL Class A | Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training | 4 wk · 42 hrs | 61 | 100% | 61% | $12,573 |
| 30 | $5,495 | TRACTOR-TRALER UPGRADE COURSE (160 CLOCK HOURS) | Great Lakes Truck Driving School | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 10 | 100% | — | — |
| 31 | $5,500 | Truck Driver Trainee-GTIII | Ohio Business College Truck Driving Academy | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 844 | 100% | 83% | $10,400 |
| 32 | $5,500 | A1 CDL TRAINING | A1 CDL SCHOOL | 4 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | $5,695 | Class A CDL Truck Driver Training (COVID19) | Cuyahoga Community College | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | $5,750 | Truck Driving Program - CDL A | Southern State Community College, OH | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 85 | 87% | 94% | $11,586 |
| 35 | $5,814 | CDL Training Program | Trainco Truck Driving School | 3 wk · 47 hrs | 481 | 100% | 95% | — |
| 36 | $5,895 | Class A CDL Truck Driver Training (evening) | Cuyahoga Community College | 8 wk · 20 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | $5,895 | CLASS B CDL TRAINING | Drivers Edge CDL Training Academy | 2 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | $5,995 | Class B CDL Training Program | Capital Transportation Academy | 3 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | $6,000 | Class A Commerical Drivers License (CDL) | Brown & Clermont Adult Career Campuses | 5 wk · 40 hrs | 20 | — | — | — |
| 40 | $6,000 | Class A CDL Truck Driver Training (day) | Cuyahoga Community College | 4 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | $6,000 | Class A CDL Truck Driver Training | Cuyahoga Community College | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 42 | 93% | 63% | $10,799 |
| 42 | $6,000 | CDL Class A with HazMat | Clark State College | 5 wk · 40 hrs | 47 | 70% | 73% | $11,367 |
| 43 | $6,000 | Class A CDL Refresher Course | Clark State College | 3 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | $6,000 | YSU Truck Driving School--CLASS A CDL | Youngstown State University | 4 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | $6,000 | Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | By Leaps And Bounds Dba R & R Automotive Training Initiative | 20 wk · 20 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | $6,025 | CDL A Commericial Driver's License | Butler Technology and Career Development Schools | 5 wk · 40 hrs | 109 | 76% | 84% | $11,421 |
| 47 | $6,050 | Commerical Driver License (CDL) Class A | Valley College - Cleveland | 5 wk · 32 hrs | 144 | 89% | 69% | $10,398 |
| 48 | $6,168 | 5 WEEK CDL TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAM | NAPIER TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING, INC. | 5 wk · 40 hrs | 360 | 98% | 97% | — |
| 49 | $6,168 | 10 WEEKEND CLASS A CDL TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAM | NAPIER TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING, INC. | 10 wk · 16 hrs | 108 | 95% | 96% | — |
| 50 | $6,200 | CDL Training (Class A) | ETI Technical College | 4 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 51 | $6,232 | Owens Trucking Driving program | Owens State Community College | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 69 | 84% | 92% | $13,875 |
| 52 | $6,495 | CDL Class A Program | Northeast Ohio Truck Driver Training, LLC | 104 wk · 2 hrs | 229 | 98% | 90% | — |
| 53 | $6,550 | CTS CDL Program Manual Transmission | Northwest State Community College | 4 wk · 32 hrs | 25 | 88% | 100% | $11,538 |
| 54 | $6,550 | CTS CDL Program Automatic Transmission | Northwest State Community College | 4 wk · 32 hrs | 13 | — | 86% | $11,131 |
| 55 | $6,687 | Commercial Driver's License Class A (CDL) | Belmont College | 5 wk · 40 hrs | 62 | 13% | 88% | $6,731 |
| 56 | $6,795 | CDL Skills Training Program | Great Lakes Truck Driving School | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 272 | 94% | 94% | — |
| 57 | $6,800 | CDL Class A | Eastern Gateway Community College | 5 wk · 38 hrs | 79 | 82% | 82% | $9,958 |
| 58 | $6,895 | CDL A Training | Drivers Edge CDL Training Academy | 104 wk · 2 hrs | 29 | 62% | 82% | $13,329 |
| 59 | $6,990 | Commercial Truck Driving | Educational Enterprises, Inc., dba New Castle School of Trades | 6 wk · 38 hrs | 271 | 89% | 70% | — |
| 60 | $6,995 | Basic Truck Driver Training | CDL Training Services of Cleveland | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 152 | 98% | — | — |
| 61 | $6,995 | Class A CDL Training Program | Capital Transportation Academy | 5 wk · 32 hrs | 935 | 93% | 44% | — |
| 62 | $7,195 | Advanced Truck Driver Training | Hamrick School | 6 wk · 41 hrs | 478 | 36% | 13% | — |
| 63 | $7,695 | Commercial Drivers License/ Heavy Truck | Roadmaster Drivers School of Ohio Inc | 4 wk · 50 hrs | 1,603 | 83% | 81% | — |
| 64 | $7,815 | Commercial Drivers License Training | Hocking College | 16 wk · 11 hrs | 12 | — | — | — |
| 65 | $8,363 | CDL | Stark State College | 16 wk · 15 hrs | 41 | 27% | 73% | $7,965 |
| 66 | $12,760 | Columbus CDL Academy | Fleet Parking | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 67 | $12,995 | CDL Skills / Heavy Equipment Training Program (320 Hours) | Great Lakes Truck Driving School | 9 wk · 36 hrs | 155 | 6% | 100% | — |
| 68 | $13,030 | Heavy Equipment/ CDL A Operator | Buckeye Career Center | 39 wk · 21 hrs | 20 | 100% | 75% | $11,302 |
| 69 | $17,170 | Utility Pipe Technician | Butler Technology and Career Development Schools | 24 wk · 26 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 70 | $27,495 | Premier Training Program | Great Lakes Truck Driving School | 13 wk · 34 hrs | 21 | 71% | 67% | $5,595 |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (4,521 programs for Ohio 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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