CDL training in Baltimore

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

9 schools offer these truck driving programs with classes in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson 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 Baltimore, 7 of the 14 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 1 is taught partly or fully online.

See the 14 programs

All 35 CDL training programs in Maryland, including online programs

How much does CDL training cost in Baltimore?

$2,200 to $5,158

is what most programs cost if you pay yourself

All 14 programs with a price: $840 to $12,198

Finished the program: 94%
Working 6 months later: 73%
Earned a year, estimated: about $48,800
Length: 2 to 10 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). How these figures are made

Is there free CDL training in Baltimore?

Yes, if you qualify. Workforce funding can pay for any program on this page.²³
Ask an American Job Center whether you qualify, or call 1-877-872-5627.⁴
Or pay yourself. Most truck driving programs in Baltimore cost $2,200 to $5,158.

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

All 14 CDL training programs in Baltimore approved for funding

14 programs

Class AIn personNo diploma needed
Advanced Tractor Trailer Driving (480 Clock Hours)
All-State Career, Inc., Baltimore
No diploma needed
All-State Career, Inc., Baltimore · Class A · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$38,900
Price if you pay yourself$12,198
Program website, Advanced Tractor Trailer Driving (480 Clock Hours) at All-State Career, Inc.
More details about Advanced Tractor Trailer Driving (480 Clock Hours) at All-State Career, Inc.
Finished
62%
Working at 6 months
75%
Earned in a quarter
$9,718
Length
24 weeks, 19 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$187
Students counted
1,438
a year, estimated
$38,900
price
$12,198
Class AIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent
Commercial Truck Driving (320 Clock Hours)
North American Trade School, Baltimore
High school diploma or equivalent
North American Trade School, Baltimore · Class A · In person · High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$44,400
Price if you pay yourself$5,500
Program website, Commercial Truck Driving (320 Clock Hours) at North American Trade School
More details about Commercial Truck Driving (320 Clock Hours) at North American Trade School
Finished
83%
Working at 6 months
77%
Earned in a quarter
$11,107
Length
20 weeks, 16 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$267
Students counted
1,256
a year, estimated
$44,400
price
$5,500
Class AIn personEducation and courses
CDL-A Training (160 clock hours)
160 Driving Academy, Baltimore
Education and courses
160 Driving Academy, Baltimore · Class A · In person · Education and courses
Earned a year, estimated$52,100
Price if you pay yourself$4,150
Program website, CDL-A Training (160 clock hours) at 160 Driving Academy
More details about CDL-A Training (160 clock hours) at 160 Driving Academy
Finished
80%
Working at 6 months
73%
Earned in a quarter
$13,032
Length
4 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
None listed
Students counted
745
a year, estimated
$52,100
price
$4,150
Class AIn personNo diploma needed
Commercial Driver's License-A (280 Clock Hours)
Community College Of Baltimore County, Baltimore
No diploma needed
Community College Of Baltimore County, Baltimore · Class A · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$46,800
Price if you pay yourself$5,195
Program website, Commercial Driver's License-A (280 Clock Hours) at Community College Of Baltimore County
More details about Commercial Driver's License-A (280 Clock Hours) at Community College Of Baltimore County
Finished
97%
Working at 6 months
49%
Earned in a quarter
$11,690
Length
20 weeks, 14 hours a week
Cost of supplies
None listed
Students counted
730
a year, estimated
$46,800
price
$5,195
Class AIn personNo diploma needed
Commercial Drivers License Class A Parts I & II (172 clock hours)
Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold
No diploma needed
Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold · Class A · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$53,900
Price if you pay yourself$4,444
Program website, Commercial Drivers License Class A Parts I & II (172 clock hours) at Anne Arundel Community College
More details about Commercial Drivers License Class A Parts I & II (172 clock hours) at Anne Arundel Community College
Finished
95%
Working at 6 months
52%
Earned in a quarter
$13,463
Length
8 weeks, 22 hours a week
Cost of supplies
None listed
Students counted
294
a year, estimated
$53,900
price
$4,444
Class BIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent
Class B CDL Driver Training Program (42 Clock Hours)
All-State Career, Inc., Baltimore
High school diploma or equivalent
All-State Career, Inc., Baltimore · Class B · In person · High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$49,500
Price if you pay yourself$3,099
Program website, Class B CDL Driver Training Program (42 Clock Hours) at All-State Career, Inc.
More details about Class B CDL Driver Training Program (42 Clock Hours) at All-State Career, Inc.
Finished
97%
Working at 6 months
85%
Earned in a quarter
$12,372
Length
2 weeks, 21 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$276
Students counted
189
a year, estimated
$49,500
price
$3,099
Class AIn personEducation and courses
Commercial Driver License - Class A (300 clock hours)
Harford Community College, Bel Air
Education and courses
Harford Community College, Bel Air · Class A · In person · Education and courses
Earned a year, estimated$49,400
Price if you pay yourself$5,045
Program website, Commercial Driver License - Class A (300 clock hours) at Harford Community College
More details about Commercial Driver License - Class A (300 clock hours) at Harford Community College
Finished
98%
Working at 6 months
40%
Earned in a quarter
$12,360
Length
10 weeks, 30 hours a week
Cost of supplies
None listed
Students counted
144
a year, estimated
$49,400
price
$5,045
Class AIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent
Class A CDL Preparatory (172 clock hours)
All-State Career, Inc., Baltimore
High school diploma or equivalent
All-State Career, Inc., Baltimore · Class A · In person · High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$32,500
Price if you pay yourself$5,582
Program website, Class A CDL Preparatory (172 clock hours) at All-State Career, Inc.
More details about Class A CDL Preparatory (172 clock hours) at All-State Career, Inc.
Finished
85%
Working at 6 months
75%
Earned in a quarter
$8,114
Length
4 weeks, 10 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$187
Students counted
85
a year, estimated
$32,500
price
$5,582
Class BIn personNo diploma needed
Class B Commercial Drivers License (48 clock hours)
North American Trade School, Baltimore
No diploma needed
North American Trade School, Baltimore · Class B · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$54,700
Price if you pay yourself$2,196
Program website, Class B Commercial Drivers License (48 clock hours) at North American Trade School
More details about Class B Commercial Drivers License (48 clock hours) at North American Trade School
Finished
94%
Working at 6 months
83%
Earned in a quarter
$13,672
Length
2 weeks, 24 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$180
Students counted
75
a year, estimated
$54,700
price
$2,196
Class BIn personEducation and courses
Commercial Drivers License-Class B (62 Clock Hours)
Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold
Education and courses
Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold · Class B · In person · Education and courses
Earned a year, estimated$49,400
Price if you pay yourself$2,851
Program website, Commercial Drivers License-Class B (62 Clock Hours) at Anne Arundel Community College
More details about Commercial Drivers License-Class B (62 Clock Hours) at Anne Arundel Community College
Finished
100%
Working at 6 months
52%
Earned in a quarter
$12,338
Length
2 weeks, 31 hours a week
Cost of supplies
None listed
Students counted
70
a year, estimated
$49,400
price
$2,851
Class AIn personEducation and courses
Maryland CDL-A License (280 clock hours)
Carroll Community College, Westminster
Education and courses
Carroll Community College, Westminster · Class A · In person · Education and courses
Earned a year, estimated$47,800
Price if you pay yourself$840
Program website, Maryland CDL-A License (280 clock hours) at Carroll Community College
More details about Maryland CDL-A License (280 clock hours) at Carroll Community College
Finished
93%
Working at 6 months
73%
Earned in a quarter
$11,946
Length
8 weeks, 35 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$4,660
Students counted
65
a year, estimated
$47,800
price
$840
Class BIn personNo diploma needed
CDL - B (108 clock hours)
Baltimore City Community College, Baltimore
No diploma needed
Baltimore City Community College, Baltimore · Class B · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$2,200
Program website, CDL - B (108 clock hours) at Baltimore City Community College
More details about CDL - B (108 clock hours) at Baltimore City Community College
Finished
57%
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
61
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$2,200
Class BIn personNo diploma needed
Commercial Driver License-Class B (75 clock hours)
Harford Community College, Bel Air
No diploma needed
Harford Community College, Bel Air · Class B · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$48,300
Price if you pay yourself$2,200
Program website, Commercial Driver License-Class B (75 clock hours) at Harford Community College
More details about Commercial Driver License-Class B (75 clock hours) at Harford Community College
Finished
100%
Working at 6 months
67%
Earned in a quarter
$12,072
Length
3 weeks, 25 hours a week
Cost of supplies
None listed
Students counted
17
a year, estimated
$48,300
price
$2,200
Class BHybridNo diploma needed
CDL-B Training via 1-on1 Tutoring (55 clock hours)
Easy Drive CDL, Centreville
No diploma needed
Easy Drive CDL, Centreville · Class B · Hybrid · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$1,995
Program website, CDL-B Training via 1-on1 Tutoring (55 clock hours) at Easy Drive CDL
More details about CDL-B Training via 1-on1 Tutoring (55 clock hours) at Easy Drive CDL
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
2 weeks, 27 hours a week
Cost of supplies
None listed
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$1,995

How to pay for CDL training in Baltimore

Workforce funding can pay for CDL training in Baltimore

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 Baltimore truck driving program numbers come from

Which Baltimore truck driving programs are on this list?

These are the truck driving programs with classes in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson 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 Maryland page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.

How Baltimore 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.

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CDL training in Baltimore

How much does CDL training cost in Baltimore?

Is there free CDL training in Baltimore?

All 14 CDL training programs in Baltimore approved for funding

Advanced Tractor Trailer Driving (480 Clock Hours)

Commercial Truck Driving (320 Clock Hours)

CDL-A Training (160 clock hours)

Commercial Driver's License-A (280 Clock Hours)

Commercial Drivers License Class A Parts I & II (172 clock hours)

Class B CDL Driver Training Program (42 Clock Hours)

Commercial Driver License - Class A (300 clock hours)

Class A CDL Preparatory (172 clock hours)

Class B Commercial Drivers License (48 clock hours)

Commercial Drivers License-Class B (62 Clock Hours)

Maryland CDL-A License (280 clock hours)

CDL - B (108 clock hours)

Commercial Driver License-Class B (75 clock hours)

CDL-B Training via 1-on1 Tutoring (55 clock hours)