CDL Training in the Shreveport area

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area

Programs

6 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$49,360

heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$4,900

of 1 with a cost, IPEDS

CDL Training in the Shreveport area at a glance

Open to the public: 6 programs: 1 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 5 FMCSA registry locations
Distance from Shreveport: 6 within 10 miles; nearest 2.5 miles, farthest 9.7 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 6 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 to 20 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 345 CDL awards at the 1 college that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 2 of 6 on Louisiana's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $49,360 median for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ($23.73 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $36,930 to $64,600; 3,060 employed in the metro area; Louisiana median $49,320 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

School or location	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Diesel Driving Academy-ShreveportWIOA list	Shreveport	Certificate	$4,900	3 months	345	2.5
Durham Transport AcademyWIOA list	Shreveport	Class A road	Not reported	Not reported		4.4
160 Driving Academy	Shreveport	Range or theory	Not reported	Not reported		5.4
Southern transport	Shreveport	Class A road	Not reported	Not reported		6.8
160 Driving Academy	Shreveport	Class A road	Not reported	Not reported		8.9
Premier driving academy	Bossier	Class A road	Not reported	Not reported		9.7

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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