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CDL / truck driving schools in Kentucky

Kentucky has 12 accredited campuses awarding cdl credentials. If you finish and work as a tractor-trailer truck driver in Kentucky, expect to start around $38,670–$47,810 and reach a median of $56,340 with experience; the top quarter earn $70,020 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Kentucky). Graduates of these Kentucky 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 Kentucky

$38,670starting (10th percentile)
$47,810early career (25th)
$56,340median, all experience
$70,020experienced (75th)
$85,630top earners (90th)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 31,760 employed in Kentucky. National median: $58,640.

Campuses in Kentucky, ranked by what their graduates earned

12campuses in Kentucky
921credentials awarded / yr
not reportedmedian earnings, yr 1 (Kentucky)
$38,603median earnings, yr 1 (U.S.)

Cities: AshlandElizabethtownFlorenceHazardHopkinsvilleLouisvilleMadisonvilleMaysvilleOwensboroPikevillePrestonsburgSomerset

CampusCityTypeGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Program debtCompletionCost / yr
Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland Public 140 not reported not reported 51% not reported
Gateway Community and Technical College Florence Public 140 not reported not reported 59% not reported
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown Public 114 not reported not reported 60% not reported
Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville Public 113 not reported not reported 36% not reported
Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville Public 109 not reported not reported 45% not reported
Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard Public 87 not reported not reported 48% not reported
Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro Public 73 not reported not reported 54% not reported
Madisonville Community College Madisonville Public 54 not reported not reported 49% not reported
Somerset Community College Somerset Public 45 not reported not reported 43% not reported
American National University-Pikeville Pikeville for-profit 25 not reported not reported not reported not reported
Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg Public 15 not reported not reported 38% not reported
Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville Public 6 not reported not reported 57% 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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