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CDL training in Delaware

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

3 schools offer these truck driving programs, and Delaware has approved every one 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 Delaware, 1 of the 3 programs take students without a high school diploma.

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How much does CDL training cost in Delaware?

$5,000 to $7,145

is what the 3 programs with a price cost if you pay yourself

Finished the program
Not reported
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earned a year, estimated
Not reported
Length
Not reported for most programs

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

Is there free CDL training in Delaware?

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

CDL training in Philadelphia, Seaford and other Delaware cities

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All 3 CDL training programs in Delaware approved for funding

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3 programs

  • Class AIn personNo diploma needed

    CDL-A Commercial Drivers License Training

    American Driver Training Academy, New Castle

    No diploma needed

    American Driver Training Academy, New Castle · Class A · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$89,500
    Price if you pay yourself$7,145
    Program website, CDL-A Commercial Drivers License Training at American Driver Training Academy
    More details about CDL-A Commercial Drivers License Training at American Driver Training Academy
    Finished
    99%
    Working at 6 months
    90%
    Earned in a quarter
    $22,365
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $200
    Students counted
    470
    a year, estimated
    $89,500
    price
    $7,145

  • Class AIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    CDL- A Commercial Driver's License Certification

    Delaware Tech Owens - Non-Credit -Commercial Transportation Training Cente, Georgetown

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Delaware Tech Owens - Non-Credit -Commercial Transportation Training Cente, Georgetown · Class A · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$5,995
    Program website, CDL- A Commercial Driver's License Certification at Delaware Tech Owens - Non-Credit -Commercial Transportation Training Cente
    More details about CDL- A Commercial Driver's License Certification at Delaware Tech Owens - Non-Credit -Commercial Transportation Training Cente
    Finished
    88%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    84
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $5,995

  • CDL (class not stated)In personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Commercial Drivers License (CDL)

    Delaware Skills Center, New Castle

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Delaware Skills Center, New Castle · CDL (class not stated) · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$5,000
    Program website, Commercial Drivers License (CDL) at Delaware Skills Center
    More details about Commercial Drivers License (CDL) at Delaware Skills Center
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $200
    Students counted
    13
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $5,000

How to pay for CDL training in Delaware

Workforce funding can pay for CDL training in Delaware

Every program on this page is approved for public workforce funding, 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.3

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).4

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.56

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.7

GI Bill for CDL training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

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

Where the Delaware truck driving program numbers come from

Which Delaware truck driving programs are on this list?

These are the truck driving programs Delaware approved for public workforce funding (the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). The list covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Delaware offers.

How Delaware truck driving program prices are reported

The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. 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.

Sources for the facts about CDL training in Delaware

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Heavy and Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  5. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  7. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee: Task 21-1 discussion notes (2021)
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs