CDL Training in Illinois: 125 Schools

By metro area

Chicago area91 programs · median pay $62,300
Springfield area4 programs · median pay $50,350

Every CDL program in Illinois

School or location	Where	Type	Completions
160 Driving Academy	Belleville	Range or theory
160 Driving Academy	Centralia	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Centralia	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Centreville	Class A road
160 Driving AcademyWIOA list	Chicago	Range or theory
160 Driving AcademyWIOA list	Chicago Heights	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Des Plaines	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Freeport	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Harvey	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Joliet	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Loves Park	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Moline	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Moline	Range or theory
160 Driving Academy	Montgomery	Range or theory
160 Driving Academy	Montgomery	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Niles	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Palos Hills	Range or theory
160 Driving Academy	Peoria	Class A road
160 Driving Academy	Peoria	Range or theory
160 Driving Academy	Rockford	Range or theory
160 Driving Academy	South Holland	Range or theory
160 Driving Academy	Waukegan	Range or theory
160 Driving Academy	Waukegan	Class A road
A-C Central School District #262	Ashland	Class B road
Advantage Driver TrainingWIOA list	Joliet	Class A road
ALAMO TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL iNCWIOA list	Chicago	Class A road
All Pro Truck Driving School LLCWIOA list	Chicago	Class A road
Alpha Truck Driving School INC.	Addison	Range or theory
Alpha Truck Driving School INC.	West Chicago	Class A road
America Business CollegeWIOA list	Chicago	Class A road
America Business College	Cicero	Class A road
Blue Horizon CoWIOA list	Chicago	Class A road
Borchardt Transport Inc	Summit	Class A road
Bulldog Driving School	Chicago	Class A road
Bulldog Driving School	Chicago	Class A road
Bulldog Driving School	Elmwood Park	Class A road
Bulldog Driving School	Palos Hills	Class A road
CDL AmericaWIOA list	Aurora	Class A road
Center Cass School District #66	Downers Grove	Class B road
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey CollegeWIOA list	Chicago	Certificate	90
city of Taylorville	Taylorville	Class A road
Clutch Peformance Truck Driving Academy	Chicago	Class A road
College of DuPage Truck Driving SchoolWIOA list	Addison	Class A road
Columbia Driving School	Chicago	Class A road
Compass Transportation	Chicago	Class B road
Danville Area Community CollegeWIOA list	Danville	Certificate	51
Desa Logistics inc	Schaumburg	Class A road
Division Truck Driving SchoolWIOA list	Blue Island	Class A road
Eagle Training ServicesWIOA list	Crystal Lake	Class A road
Echo Windy City Transportation	Broadview	Class B road
Elgin Community College	Elgin	Certificate	95
Elgin Community College	Elgin	Class A road
Experior Truck Driving School	Alsip	Class A road
Expert Driving School, INC.WIOA list	Chicago	Range or theory
Expert Driving School, INC.	Chicago	Class A road
First International CDL school	Riverdale	Class A road
Getcdlschool Holdings LLC	Schaumburg	Range or theory
Getcdlschool Holdings LLC	Schaumburg	Class A road
Gully Transportation INC	Quincy	Class A road
H Trucking Inc	Granite City	Class A road
H Trucking Inc	Jerseyville	Class A road
Hawk Truck Driving School LLCWIOA list	Palatine	Class A road
Heartland Community CollegeWIOA list	Normal	Class A road
Highland Community CollegeWIOA list	Freeport	Certificate	123
Illini Central CUSD	Mason City	Class B road
Illinois Central CollegeWIOA list	East Peoria	Certificate	131
Illinois Valley Community CollegeWIOA list	Oglesby	Certificate	118
J.t. Barrier LLC	Lemont	Class A road
John Wood Community CollegeWIOA list	Quincy	Certificate	4
Juarez Driving SchoolWIOA list	Chicago	Class A road
Juarez Driving School	Chicago	Class A road
Kaskaskia CollegeWIOA list	Centralia	Certificate	0
Kieffer Brothers Construction Company Inc	Mount Carmel	Class A road
Kishwaukee CollegeWIOA list	Malta	Class A road
Kohl Wholesale	Quincy	Class A road
Kotra Truck Driving SchoolWIOA list	Park City	Class A road
Lake Land College	Effingham	Range or theory
Lake Land CollegeWIOA list	Marshall	Class A road
Lake Land CollegeWIOA list	Mattoon	Class A road
Latino Express, INC	Chicago	Class B road
Lewis and Clark Community CollegeWIOA list	Godfrey	Certificate	0
Lewis and Clark Community College Class A CDL Training	East Alton	Class A road
Lincoln Land Community CollegeWIOA list	Springfield	Certificate	149
Madison Community Unit School district 12	Madison	Class B road
Marengo Elementary SD #165	Marengo	Class B road
Marvin Keller Trucking Inc	Sullivan	Class A road
Midcity Truck Driving	Chicago	Class A road
Midwest Safe Driver, LLCWIOA list	Rochelle	Class A road
Midwest Technical Institute-Illinois	Springfield	Certificate	61
Minooka Transporation	Minooka	Class B road
Mon Pride Express Inc	Elgin	Class A road
Mon Pride Express Inc	West Chicago	Class A road
Prodriver CDL School	Des Plaines	Range or theory
Prodriver CDL School	East Dundee	Class A road
Professional Truck Driving SchoolWIOA list	Summit	Class A road
Progressive Truck Driving School, INCWIOA list	Chicago	Range or theory
Progressive Truck Driving School, INC	Cicero	Class A road
Progressive Truck Driving School, INCWIOA list	Lansing	Class A road
Quincy Public School Transportation.	Quincy	Class B road
Regional Office of Education #26	Macomb	Range or theory
Rend Lake CollegeWIOA list	Ina	Certificate	55
Richland Community CollegeWIOA list	Decatur	Certificate	13
Road Runner Driving School	Park Forest	Range or theory
Road Runner Driving School	Park Forest	Class A road
Rock Valley CollegeWIOA list	Belvidere	Class A road
Ruler CDL School Inc	West Chicago	Class A road
Sauk Valley Community CollegeWIOA list	Dixon	Certificate	35
Shawnee Community College	Metropolis	Class A road
Shawnee Community CollegeWIOA list	Ullin	Certificate	49
Southeastern Illinois CollegeWIOA list	Harrisburg	Certificate	52
Spoon River CollegeWIOA list	Canton	Certificate	43
Stark CO CUSD#100	Toulon	Class B road
T&t CDL Training Academy Plus LLC	Joliet	Range or theory
T&t CDL Training Academy Plus LLC	Joliet	Class A road
Transport911	Morton Grove	Class A road
Trimble Trucking	DeLand	Class A road
United Quick Transportation	Chicago	Class B road
Viking Driving School	Park Ridge	Class A road
W-D Right of Way Clearing	Springfield	Class A road
Western Egyptian EOC Head Start	Steeleville	Class B road
Wolf Driving School	East Dundee	Class A road
Wolf Driving School	Schaumburg	Range or theory
Wolf Driving School	Schaumburg	Range or theory
Www.pawneeschools.com	Pawnee	Class B road
Xmax Driving Solutions LLC	Hickory Hills	Class A road

Sources: IPEDS 2024 (programs, completions 2023-24, costs 2024-25); FMCSA Training Provider Registry. WIOA list: U.S. Department of Labor ETA-9171 file, programs listed June 30, 2025.

Rules that apply

Since February 7, 2022, people getting a first Class A or B CDL, or a passenger, school bus or hazmat endorsement, must first complete entry-level driver training from a provider on FMCSA's Training Provider Registry. (49 CFR 380, subpart F)

Theory and behind-the-wheel training (range and public road) must be finished within one year of completing the first part, except for the hazmat endorsement. (49 CFR 380.603(c)(3))

Paying for training in Illinois

WIOA in Illinois: 3,233 programs from 330 providers on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 98 of them CDL.
Company-sponsored CDL training
GI Bill

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