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CDL / truck driving schools in Illinois
Illinois has 103 accredited campuses awarding cdl credentials. If you finish and work as a tractor-trailer truck driver in Illinois, expect to start around $39,710–$48,550 and reach a median of $60,320 with experience; the top quarter earn $75,600 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Illinois). Graduates of these Illinois programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $33,907 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 Illinois
$39,710starting (10th percentile)
$48,550early career (25th)
$60,320median, all experience
$75,600experienced (75th)
$86,300top earners (90th)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 84,200 employed in Illinois. National median: $58,640.
Campuses in Illinois, ranked by what their graduates earned
103campuses in Illinois
879credentials awarded / yr
$33,907median earnings, yr 1 (Illinois)
$38,603median earnings, yr 1 (U.S.)
Cities: AddisonAlsipAshlandAuroraBelvidereBlue IslandBroadviewCantonCartervilleChicagoCiceroCrystal LakeDanvilleDeLandDecaturDes PlainesDixonDowners GroveEast AltonEast DundeeEast PeoriaEffinghamElginElmwood ParkFairfieldFreeportGodfreyGranite CityHarrisburgHickory HillsInaJerseyvilleJolietLansingLemontMacombMadisonMarengoMarshallMason City
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Community College | Elgin | Public | 32 | $40,454 | $2,952 | 41% | not reported |
| Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield | Public | 141 | $37,427 | $5,500 | 48% | not reported |
| Midwest Technical Institute-Illinois | Springfield | for-profit | 32 | $30,388 | $6,333 | 69% | $33,634 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College | Chicago | Public | 64 | $21,132 | not reported | 21% | not reported |
| Highland Community College | Freeport | Public | 122 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Illinois Valley Community College | Oglesby | Public | 107 | not reported | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Southeastern Illinois College | Harrisburg | Public | 66 | not reported | not reported | 55% | not reported |
| Shawnee Community College | Ullin | Public | 53 | not reported | not reported | 60% | not reported |
| Spoon River College | Canton | Public | 50 | not reported | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Danville Area Community College | Danville | Public | 49 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Richland Community College | Decatur | Public | 38 | not reported | not reported | 60% | not reported |
| Sauk Valley Community College | Dixon | Public | 36 | not reported | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Illinois Central College | East Peoria | Public | 28 | not reported | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Rend Lake College | Ina | Public | 28 | not reported | not reported | 63% | not reported |
| Wabash Valley College | Mount Carmel | Public | 24 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Frontier Community College | Fairfield | Public | 7 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| John Wood Community College | Quincy | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Lewis and Clark Community College | Godfrey | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 44% | not reported |
| A-C Central School District | Ashland | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Advantage Driver Training LLC | Joliet | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Alamo Truck Driving School | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| All Pro Truck Driving School LLC | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Alpha Truck Driving School Inc | Elgin | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| America Business College | Cicero | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| America Business College | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Blue Horizon Co | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Borchardt Transport Inc | Summit | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Bulldog Driving School (Chicago) | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Bulldog Driving School (North) | Elmwood Park | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Bulldog Driving School (South) | Palos Hills | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Bulldog Driving School (Yard) | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| CDL America Inc | Aurora | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Center Cass School District #66 | Downers Grove | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| City of Taylorville | Taylorville | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Clutch Performance Truck Driving Academy | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| College of DuPage Truck Driving School | Addison | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Columbia Driving School | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Compass Transportation | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| DESA Logistics Inc | Schaumburg | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Davis Bus Lines Llc | Nora | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Division Truck Driving School | Blue Island | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Duncheon Construction | Mason City | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Eagle Training Services | Crystal Lake | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Echo Windy City Transportation | Broadview | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Experior Truck Driving School | Alsip | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Expert Driving School, Inc. | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| First International CDL school | Riverdale | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Getcdlschool Holdings Llc | Schaumburg | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Gully Transportation, Inc | Quincy | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| H Trucking Inc | Jerseyville | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| H Trucking Inc | Granite City | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Hawk Truck Driving School Llc | Palatine | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Illini Central CUSD | Mason City | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| J.T. Barrier Llc | Lemont | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Juarez Driving School | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Kieffer Construction Co Inc | Mount Carmel | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Kohl Wholesale | Quincy | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Kotra Truck Driving School | Park City | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Lake Land College | Marshall | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Lake Land College | Effingham | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Lewis and Clark Community College | East Alton | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Madison Community Unit School district 12 | Madison | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Marengo Community Middle School | Marengo | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Marvin Keller Trucking Inc | Sullivan | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Mexico-Juarez Driving School | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Mid-City Truck Driving Academy Inc. | chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Midwest Safe Driver, LLC | Rochelle | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Midwest Technical Institute - Springfield, IL | Springfield | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Minooka Transporation | Minooka | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Mon Pride Express Inc | West Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Olive-Harvey College/City Colleges of Chicago | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Pawnee CUSD #11 | Pawnee | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Pro Driver Cdl School - Central Office | Des Plaines | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Pro Driver Cdl School - Training Yard | East Dundee | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Professional Truck Driving School | Summit | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Progressive Truck Driving School | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Progressive Truck Driving School, INC (Belmont) | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Progressive Truck Driving School, INC (Cicero) | Cicero | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Progressive Truck Driving School, INC (Lansing) | Lansing | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Regional Office of Education #26 | Macomb | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Regional Superintendent of School # 1/ Quincy Public Schools | Quincy | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Rend Lake College | Pinckneyville | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Road Runner Driving School | Park Forest | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Rock Valley College | Belvidere | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Ruler CDL School Inc | West Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Safe Truck Parking Location | Elgin | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| School Bus Operations | Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Shawnee Community College Main. | Ullin | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Shawnee Community College Metro. | Metropolis | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Southeastern Illinois College | Carterville | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Southeastern Illinois college | carmi | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Stark County CUSD #100 | Toulon | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| T&T Cdl Training Academy Plus Llc | Joliet | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Transport 911 | Morton Grove | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Trimble Trucking | DeLand | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Viking Driving School Inc | Park Ridge | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| WD Right of Way Clearing | Springfield | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Western Egyptian Eoc | Steeleville | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Wolf Driving School | East Dundee | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Wolf Driving School | Schaumburg | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Xmax Driving Solutions Llc | Hickory Hills | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| alpha truck driving school inc. | West Chicago | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| alpha truck driving school inc. | Addison | — | — | 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.
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