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CDL school cost by state

Medians use programs with a published tuition from $100 to under $50,000 on the U.S. Department of Labor eligible-training list, retrieved November 1, 2026. 2,218 programs are in that range. The national median is $4,700.

Alabama, median $3,500 Alaska, median $5,795 Arizona, median $4,995 Colorado, median $4,340 Florida, median $4,995 Georgia, median $3,064.75 Indiana, median $4,667 Kansas, median $4,503.50 Maine, median $4,495 Massachusetts, median $5,110 Minnesota, median $5,495 New Jersey, no published tuition North Carolina, median $2,290 North Dakota, median $5,622.50 Oklahoma, no published tuition Pennsylvania, median $5,397.50 South Dakota, median $1,920.50 Texas, median $4,995 Wyoming, median $4,037.50 Connecticut, median $5,468 Missouri, median $5,000 West Virginia, median $5,000 Illinois, median $4,762.50 New Mexico, median $4,200 Arkansas, median $3,972.50 California, median $5,937.50 Delaware, median $5,000 District of Columbia, median $5,000 Hawaii, median $4,500 Iowa, median $3,405 Kentucky, median $4,018 Maryland, median $3,099 Michigan, median $4,095 Mississippi, median $2,878.50 Montana, median $5,600 New Hampshire, median $5,500 New York, median $5,255 Ohio, median $5,597.50 Oregon, median $5,393 Tennessee, median $4,000 Utah, median $3,279.16 Virginia, median $4,500 Washington, median $4,485 Wisconsin, median $4,495 Nebraska, median $3,950 South Carolina, median $4,995 Idaho, median $8,825 Nevada, median $5,137.50 Vermont, median $5,850.50 Louisiana, median $5,000 Rhode Island, median $6,522.50
$2,500 or less $2,501–$4,000 $4,001–$6,000 $6,001 or more No published tuition

Also listed: American Samoa , Armed Forces - Europe , Armed Forces - Pacific , Federated States Of Micronesia , Guam , Marshall Islands , Northern Mariana Islands , Online , Palau , Puerto Rico , United States Minor Outlying Islands , Virgin Islands, U.S.

Published CDL tuition by state
State Priced programs Median tuition Middle half Public registry locations Employed, Q2 after exit
Alabama 31 $3,500 $3,000 – $4,500 107 25% (23)
Alaska 46 $5,795 $3,100 – $9,100 14 79% (29)
American Samoa 0 Not listed — 2 Not reported
Arizona 49 $4,995 $3,350 – $5,500 100 74% (38)
Arkansas 38 $3,972.50 $3,000 – $4,741 90 67% (26)
Armed Forces - Europe 0 Not listed — 3 Not reported
Armed Forces - Pacific 0 Not listed — 3 Not reported
California 104 $5,937.50 $4,182 – $7,210 601 76% (85)
Colorado 35 $4,340 $3,080 – $5,600 87 87% (19)
Connecticut 22 $5,468 $3,819 – $6,495 25 79% (13)
Delaware 7 $5,000 $4,150 – $5,995 33 75% (5)
District of Columbia 3 $5,000 $5,000 – $5,230 15 28% (3)
Federated States Of Micronesia 0 Not listed — 3 Not reported
Florida 96 $4,995 $2,800 – $6,345 161 69% (49)
Georgia 45 $3,064.75 $1,857 – $4,864.75 117 77% (32)
Guam 4 $2,446.39 $490 – $2,668.45 2 Not reported
Hawaii 11 $4,500 $4,450.26 – $4,500 45 68% (3)
Idaho 26 $8,825 $6,600 – $10,308 61 52% (9)
Illinois 6 $4,762.50 $3,775 – $4,995 141 75% (16)
Indiana 112 $4,667 $3,300 – $4,895 203 75% (49)
Iowa 30 $3,405 $1,925 – $4,995 68 69% (21)
Kansas 22 $4,503.50 $2,310 – $6,000 60 89% (9)
Kentucky 25 $4,018 $3,845 – $4,600 99 74% (28)
Louisiana 89 $5,000 $3,000 – $5,745 107 76% (27)
Maine 19 $4,495 $3,500 – $6,200 60 73% (14)
Marshall Islands 0 Not listed — 2 Not reported
Maryland 37 $3,099 $2,200 – $5,045 101 73% (32)
Massachusetts 38 $5,110 $3,645 – $6,995 46 44% (10)
Michigan 109 $4,095 $2,990 – $5,000 65 72% (52)
Minnesota 24 $5,495 $3,939 – $6,495 70 72% (6)
Mississippi 56 $2,878.50 $2,500 – $3,640 139 79% (25)
Missouri 55 $5,000 $4,195 – $5,690 138 64% (27)
Montana 11 $5,600 $4,500 – $7,500 94 74% (4)
Nebraska 17 $3,950 $1,380 – $4,950 72 61% (14)
Nevada 47 $5,137.50 $3,215.25 – $6,530 38 29% (23)
New Hampshire 13 $5,500 $4,995 – $9,150 34 57% (3)
New Jersey 0 Not listed — 222 63% (18)
New Mexico 36 $4,200 $2,880 – $5,800 74 69% (21)
New York 41 $5,255 $4,000 – $7,432 205 88% (32)
North Carolina 81 $2,290 $1,172 – $3,600 121 61% (56)
North Dakota 16 $5,622.50 $2,500 – $7,000 39 78% (15)
Northern Mariana Islands 0 Not listed — 2 Not reported
Ohio 80 $5,597.50 $4,700 – $6,350 70 87% (41)
Oklahoma 0 Not listed — 125 Not reported
Online 0 Not listed — 725 Not reported
Oregon 40 $5,393 $4,393 – $5,393 65 75% (33)
Palau 0 Not listed — 3 Not reported
Pennsylvania 110 $5,397.50 $4,825 – $6,404 162 68% (64)
Puerto Rico 0 Not listed — 5 Not reported
Rhode Island 12 $6,522.50 $5,495 – $6,595 13 80% (3)
South Carolina 27 $4,995 $4,000 – $5,500 73 78% (18)
South Dakota 14 $1,920.50 $530 – $4,700 52 17% (7)
Tennessee 44 $4,000 $1,650 – $5,000 132 79% (35)
Texas 143 $4,995 $4,000 – $6,502 447 66% (112)
United States Minor Outlying Islands 0 Not listed — 3 Not reported
Utah 22 $3,279.16 $2,476.09 – $5,000 97 69% (17)
Vermont 12 $5,850.50 $5,300 – $6,982 20 92% (8)
Virgin Islands, U.S. 0 Not listed — 3 Not reported
Virginia 62 $4,500 $3,600 – $5,400 130 68% (44)
Washington 162 $4,485 $3,061 – $6,072 153 80% (47)
West Virginia 36 $5,000 $4,400 – $5,665 65 100% (15)
Wisconsin 41 $4,495 $2,357 – $5,550 83 70% (28)
Wyoming 12 $4,037.50 $1,500 – $5,100 38 78% (4)

Tuition: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov, CIP 49.0205, retrieved 2026-11-01. Registry counts: FMCSA Training Provider Registry location file dated 2026-10-31. Quartiles use the nearest-rank method. Employment is the median share of WIOA participants reported employed in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed values are excluded. How we handle the files.