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CDL / truck driving schools in Alaska
Alaska has 12 accredited campuses awarding cdl credentials. If you finish and work as a tractor-trailer truck driver in Alaska, expect to start around $48,080–$60,500 and reach a median of $70,100 with experience; the top quarter earn $78,060 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Alaska). Graduates of these Alaska programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of not reported in their first year, against $38,603 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn in Alaska
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 3,420 employed in Alaska. National median: $58,640.
Campuses in Alaska, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AnchorageDelta JunctionFairbanksJuneauKenaiNaknekPalmerSoldotna
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Driving Academy | Soldotna | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Anchorage | Anchorage | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| CEE (Anc Office Training) | Anchorage | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| CEE (Fai) | Fairbanks | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Delta Driving Academy | Delta Junction | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Fairbanks | Fairbanks | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Juneau | Juneau | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Kenai Peninsula Driving Instruction LLC | Kenai | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| King Salmon | Naknek | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Northern Industrial Training, LLC | Palmer | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Northern Industrial Training, LLC - Fairbanks | Fairbanks | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Southeast Trucking and Training | Juneau | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.