CDL Training in the Baton Rouge area

Baton Rouge, LA metro area

Programs

2 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$54,840

heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$4,900

of 1 with a cost, IPEDS

CDL Training in the Baton Rouge area at a glance

Open to the public: 8 programs: 1 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 7 FMCSA registry locations
Distance from Baton Rouge: 2 within 10 miles; nearest 8.2 miles, farthest 22.9 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 8 list one: $4,900 (IPEDS)
Program length: 1 college lists a length: 3 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 2 listed programs give weeks: 4 each weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 337 CDL awards at the 1 college that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 2 of 8 on Louisiana's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $54,840 median for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ($26.36 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $39,400 to $74,180; 5,830 employed in the metro area; Louisiana median $49,320 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

School or location	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Coastal Truck Driving SchoolWIOA list	Baton Rouge	Class A road	Not reported	Not reported		8.2
Driving Academy	Baton Rouge	Class A road	Not reported	Not reported		8.2
Joe & Ree Trucking LLC	Gonzales	Class A road	Not reported	Not reported		10.1
Diesel Driving Academy-Baton RougeWIOA list	Baton Rouge	Certificate	$4,900	3 months	337	10.2
East Baton Rouge Parish School Systems Transportation Department	Baton Rouge	Class B road	Not reported	Not reported		13.7
Ascension Parish Schools	Sorrento	Class B road	Not reported	Not reported		16.9
Fast-Pass Trucking Training	Donaldsonville	Class A road	Not reported	Not reported		18.0
Scot's Body Shop	Holden	Class A road	Not reported	Not reported		22.9

WIOA in Louisiana: 1,748 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 66 of them CDL.
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