CDL training in Anchorage, Alaska

15 CDL training programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

3 schools offer these truck driving programs with classes in the Anchorage area, and every one is approved for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Truck drivers need a commercial driver's license, which generally takes a knowledge test and a driving test. Most drivers have a high school diploma and prepare at a professional truck driving school.¹ In Anchorage, 1 of the 15 programs takes students without a high school diploma, and 1 is taught partly or fully online.

See the 15 programs

All 40 CDL training programs in Alaska, including online programs

How much does CDL training cost in Anchorage?

$4,361 to $9,350 is what most CDL training programs in Anchorage cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 15 programs with a price. All of them: $700 to $13,500

In the typical program

Finished the program: 96%
Working 6 months later: 76%
Earned a year, estimated: about $51,800
Length: 1 to 4 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Anchorage may also offer CDL training. How these figures are made

Is there free CDL training in Anchorage?

Yes, if you qualify. WIOA (public workforce funding) can pay for any program on this page, in full or in part, depending on local limits.²³⁴In program year 2024 it paid toward the training of at least 155 people at 8 of the 15 programs here.
Ask an American Job Center whether you qualify, or call 1-877-872-5627.⁵ Before funding training, the center goes through an assessment and a career plan with you.⁴
Or pay yourself. Most truck driving programs in Anchorage cost $4,361 to $9,350. Prices on this page run from $700 to $13,500.

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: grants, company-paid training and the GI Bill

How to pay for CDL training in Anchorage

WIOA funding can pay for CDL training in Anchorage

Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.²People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.³Your state or local area may limit how much WIOA pays and for how long. If a program costs more, a Pell Grant, a scholarship or severance pay can cover the rest.⁴

Ask at an American Job Center

Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).⁵

Financial aid and grants for CDL training

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.⁶⁷

Company-paid CDL training

Some trucking companies run their own schools and may pay the tuition if you drive for them for a set time, such as a year.⁸

GI Bill for CDL training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.⁹

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply

Where the Anchorage truck driving program numbers come from

Which Anchorage truck driving programs are on this list?

These are the truck driving programs with classes in the Anchorage area that are approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).¹⁰ The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Online programs are left out here; they are on the Alaska page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.

How Anchorage truck driving program prices are reported

The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. "Trained with WIOA funding" on a program counts the people whose training there WIOA paid toward through a training account in program year 2024; the file never gives counts under 3, so a program without the line may still take WIOA students. It does not say how much of the price WIOA covered. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.

What the graduate results of these programs measure

The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.

Why do some truck driving programs say "Not reported"?

Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.

Why the kind of school is left off each program

The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.

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CDL training in Anchorage, Alaska

How much does CDL training cost in Anchorage?

Is there free CDL training in Anchorage?

All 15 CDL training programs in Anchorage approved for WIOA funding

Pro Truck Driver ELDT - CDL A (160 Hours)

Professional Truck Driver ELDT (240 Hours) CDL - A

Pro Truck Driver 2-Day CDL - A/B

Pro Truck Driver Basic Skills Evaluation (1 Day - 10 Hrs) CDL A/B

Pro Truck Driver - CDL A/B (40 Hours)

Pro Truck Driver ELDT (160 Hours) CDL A - FAIRBANKS ONLY -

Commercial Drivers License (CDL) B 1/2 Day

CDL Class A Training

Pro Truck Driver ELDT (320 Hours) CDL - A

Long Combination Vehicle

Pro Truck Driver CDL - A (112-Hours) TD112 - Palmer Location

Construction Truck Driver Quality Pre-Apprenticeship

Commercial Driver's License Training - CDL Class A

Pro Truck Driver 4-Week - Alternative Schedule/TD80

Pro Truck Driver CDL - A (112-Hours) TD112 - Fairbanks Location