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CDL program at Ben Franklin Career Center
Dunbar, WV · Public less-than-2-year · (304) 766-0369 · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Council on Occupational Education
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (under 12 weeks)
- $4,693
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $9
- Listed cost
- $4,702
- LengthIPEDS
- 220 clock hours, 2 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 18
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard
- Not published (small cohort)
- Typical pay for heavy and tractor-trailer truck driversBLS OEWS May 2025, Charleston, WV
- $49,580
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About this program
Ben Franklin Career Center awarded 18 CDL credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 5 we list. Its listed tuition of $4,693 compares with a West Virginia median wage of $49,480 for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (BLS, May 2025).
FMCSA registry locations
- Ben Franklin Career Center, Dunbar (updated 2022-08-03)
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