CDL training in North Dakota
13 CDL training programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
10 schools offer these truck driving programs, and North Dakota 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 North Dakota, 4 of the 13 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 9 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 13 programsHow much does CDL training cost in North Dakota?
$5,000 to $7,700
is what most programs cost if you pay yourself
All 13 programs with a price: $2,002 to $12,500
- Finished the program
- 92%
- Working 6 months later
- 78%
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $52,800
- Length
- 3 to 6 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 North Dakota may also offer CDL training. How these figures are made
CDL training in Fargo, Williston, Bismarck and other North Dakota cities
Choosing an area filters the list below. 4 in smaller cities and towns.
All 13 CDL training programs in North Dakota approved for funding
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160-hour Class A Behind-the-Wheel Training Program
Commercial Education and Safety LLC, West Fargo
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$51,600Price if you pay yourself$6,250More details about 160-hour Class A Behind-the-Wheel Training Program at Commercial Education and Safety LLC
- Finished
- 93%
- Working at 6 months
- 77%
- Earned in a quarter
- $12,905
- Length
- 4 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 363
- a year, estimated
- $51,600
- price
- $6,250
Commercial Driver's License
TrainND Northwest, Williston
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$62,400Price if you pay yourself$8,500More details about Commercial Driver's License at TrainND Northwest
- Finished
- 95%
- Working at 6 months
- 77%
- Earned in a quarter
- $15,594
- Length
- 3 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 305
- a year, estimated
- $62,400
- price
- $8,500
CDL/Truck Driving
TrainND Southeast, Fargo
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$53,700Price if you pay yourself$5,495More details about CDL/Truck Driving at TrainND Southeast
- Finished
- 95%
- Working at 6 months
- 84%
- Earned in a quarter
- $13,429
- Length
- 3 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 198
- a year, estimated
- $53,700
- price
- $5,495
Commercial Drivers License
Turtle Mountain Community College, Belcourt
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$26,000Price if you pay yourself$7,700More details about Commercial Drivers License at Turtle Mountain Community College
- Finished
- 84%
- Working at 6 months
- 71%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,488
- Length
- 16 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 128
- a year, estimated
- $26,000
- price
- $7,700
Commercial Drivers License (CDL)
TrainND Southwest, Bismarck
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$6,300More details about Commercial Drivers License (CDL) at TrainND Southwest
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 3 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $200
- Students counted
- 105
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $6,300
Class A CDL Training - Licensure
160 Driving Academy, Fargo
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$58,400Price if you pay yourself$5,200More details about Class A CDL Training - Licensure at 160 Driving Academy
- Finished
- 61%
- Working at 6 months
- 79%
- Earned in a quarter
- $14,589
- Length
- 4 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 80
- a year, estimated
- $58,400
- price
- $5,200
Professional Driver Training
Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Fort Totten
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$52,800Price if you pay yourself$2,002More details about Professional Driver Training at Cankdeska Cikana Community College
- Finished
- 74%
- Working at 6 months
- 88%
- Earned in a quarter
- $13,195
- Length
- 8 weeks, 30 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 64
- a year, estimated
- $52,800
- price
- $2,002
CDL
Sitting Bull College, Fort Yates
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$28,800Price if you pay yourself$2,415More details about CDL at Sitting Bull College
- Finished
- 54%
- Working at 6 months
- 62%
- Earned in a quarter
- $7,191
- Length
- 15 weeks, 30 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 47
- a year, estimated
- $28,800
- price
- $2,415
CDL Training
All States Driving Academy, Grand Forks
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$33,500Price if you pay yourself$12,500More details about CDL Training at All States Driving Academy
- Finished
- 81%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,363
- Length
- 4 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 42
- a year, estimated
- $33,500
- price
- $12,500
CDL Over-the-Road Truck Driving
North Valley Career & Technology Center, Grafton
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$43,200Price if you pay yourself$9,500More details about CDL Over-the-Road Truck Driving at North Valley Career & Technology Center
- Finished
- 88%
- Working at 6 months
- 68%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,801
- Length
- 6 weeks, 20 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,000
- Students counted
- 40
- a year, estimated
- $43,200
- price
- $9,500
Pro Truck Driver - 40 hour class
Commercial Education and Safety LLC, West Fargo
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$72,200Price if you pay yourself$3,000More details about Pro Truck Driver - 40 hour class at Commercial Education and Safety LLC
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- 89%
- Earned in a quarter
- $18,051
- Length
- 4 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,000
- Students counted
- 26
- a year, estimated
- $72,200
- price
- $3,000
80-hour Class A Behind-the-Wheel Training Program
Commercial Education and Safety LLC, West Fargo
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$52,800Price if you pay yourself$5,000More details about 80-hour Class A Behind-the-Wheel Training Program at Commercial Education and Safety LLC
- Finished
- 92%
- Working at 6 months
- 60%
- Earned in a quarter
- $13,200
- Length
- 4 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,000
- Students counted
- 26
- a year, estimated
- $52,800
- price
- $5,000
120-hour Class A Behind-the-Wheel Training Program
Commercial Education and Safety LLC, West Fargo
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$55,400Price if you pay yourself$5,450More details about 120-hour Class A Behind-the-Wheel Training Program at Commercial Education and Safety LLC
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- 88%
- Earned in a quarter
- $13,847
- Length
- 3 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 14
- a year, estimated
- $55,400
- price
- $5,450
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How to pay for CDL training in North Dakota
Workforce funding can pay for CDL training in North Dakota
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 North Dakota truck driving program numbers come from
Which North Dakota truck driving programs are on this list?
These are the truck driving programs North Dakota 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 North Dakota offers.
How North Dakota 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 North Dakota
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Heavy and Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee: Task 21-1 discussion notes (2021)
- US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs