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CDL training in Shreveport

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

4 schools offer these truck driving programs with classes in the Shreveport-Bossier City 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 Shreveport, 4 of the 10 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 1 is taught partly or fully online.

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All 66 CDL training programs in Louisiana, including online programs

How much does CDL training cost in Shreveport?

$7,138 to $8,368

is what most programs cost if you pay yourself

All 10 programs with a price: $3,925 to $11,900

Finished the program
Not reported
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earned a year, estimated
Not reported
Length
5 to 10 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 Shreveport may also offer CDL training. How these figures are made

Is there free CDL training in Shreveport?

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

All 10 CDL training programs in Shreveport approved for funding

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10 programs

  • Class AIn personNo diploma needed

    Basic Tractor-Trailer Driver Training

    Diesel Driving Academy,Inc, Shreveport

    No diploma needed

    Diesel Driving Academy,Inc, Shreveport · Class A · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$33,900
    Price if you pay yourself$6,900
    Program website, Basic Tractor-Trailer Driver Training at Diesel Driving Academy,Inc
    More details about Basic Tractor-Trailer Driver Training at Diesel Driving Academy,Inc
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    $8,483
    Length
    4 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    722
    a year, estimated
    $33,900
    price
    $6,900

  • Class AIn personNo diploma needed

    Advanced Tractor-Trailer Driver Training - Day

    Diesel Driving Academy,Inc, Shreveport

    No diploma needed

    Diesel Driving Academy,Inc, Shreveport · Class A · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$27,600
    Price if you pay yourself$11,900
    Program website, Advanced Tractor-Trailer Driver Training - Day at Diesel Driving Academy,Inc
    More details about Advanced Tractor-Trailer Driver Training - Day at Diesel Driving Academy,Inc
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    $6,898
    Length
    20 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    722
    a year, estimated
    $27,600
    price
    $11,900

  • Class AIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    CDL Class A Certification

    Durham Transport Academy, Shreveport

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Durham Transport Academy, Shreveport · Class A · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$35,700
    Price if you pay yourself$7,850
    More details about CDL Class A Certification at Durham Transport Academy
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    $8,913
    Length
    4 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    97
    a year, estimated
    $35,700
    price
    $7,850

  • Class BIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    CDL Class B Certification

    Durham Transport Academy, Shreveport

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Durham Transport Academy, Shreveport · Class B · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,925
    More details about CDL Class B Certification at Durham Transport Academy
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    2 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,925

  • CDL (class not stated)HybridNo diploma needed

    Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO)

    Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier City

    No diploma needed

    Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier City · CDL (class not stated) · Hybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$5,500
    School website, Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) at Bossier Parish Community College
    More details about Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) at Bossier Parish Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 12 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $5,500

  • Class AIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    CDL Professional Driver Course 1 (Class A)

    Southern University at Shreveport, Shreveport

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Southern University at Shreveport, Shreveport · Class A · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$8,368
    School website, CDL Professional Driver Course 1 (Class A) at Southern University at Shreveport
    More details about CDL Professional Driver Course 1 (Class A) at Southern University at Shreveport
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 24 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,275
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $8,368

  • Class AIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    CDL Professional Driver Course 2 (Class A)

    Southern University at Shreveport, Shreveport

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Southern University at Shreveport, Shreveport · Class A · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$8,368
    School website, CDL Professional Driver Course 2 (Class A) at Southern University at Shreveport
    More details about CDL Professional Driver Course 2 (Class A) at Southern University at Shreveport
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    10 weeks, 22 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,275
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $8,368

  • Class BIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    CDL Professional Driver Course 3 (Class B)

    Southern University at Shreveport, Shreveport

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Southern University at Shreveport, Shreveport · Class B · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$8,368
    School website, CDL Professional Driver Course 3 (Class B) at Southern University at Shreveport
    More details about CDL Professional Driver Course 3 (Class B) at Southern University at Shreveport
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 24 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,275
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $8,368

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

    Commercial Drivers Driving Exam

    Southern University at Shreveport, Shreveport

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Southern University at Shreveport, Shreveport · CDL (class not stated) · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$8,368
    School website, Commercial Drivers Driving Exam at Southern University at Shreveport
    More details about Commercial Drivers Driving Exam at Southern University at Shreveport
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 24 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,275
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $8,368

  • Class AIn personNo diploma needed

    Advanced Tractor-Trailer Driver Training - Evening

    Diesel Driving Academy,Inc, Shreveport

    No diploma needed

    Diesel Driving Academy,Inc, Shreveport · Class A · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$11,900
    Program website, Advanced Tractor-Trailer Driver Training - Evening at Diesel Driving Academy,Inc
    More details about Advanced Tractor-Trailer Driver Training - Evening at Diesel Driving Academy,Inc
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    30 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $11,900

How to pay for CDL training in Shreveport

Workforce funding can pay for CDL training in Shreveport

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 Shreveport truck driving program numbers come from

Which Shreveport truck driving programs are on this list?

These are the truck driving programs with classes in the Shreveport-Bossier City area that are 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. Online programs are left out here; they are on the Louisiana page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.

How Shreveport 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.

How reliable are the Louisiana figures?

The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Louisiana among the states with "known data quality concerns".9 We leave out the share working 6 months later for Louisiana: most of its programs report exactly 100%, which no other state comes close to. We leave out the share who finished for Louisiana: half of its programs report exactly 100%.

Sources for the facts about CDL training in Shreveport

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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
  9. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns