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CDL / truck driving schools in North Dakota
North Dakota has 30 accredited campuses awarding cdl credentials. If you finish and work as a tractor-trailer truck driver in North Dakota, expect to start around $47,990–$52,310 and reach a median of $60,910 with experience; the top quarter earn $67,110 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, North Dakota). Graduates of these North Dakota 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 North Dakota
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 11,870 employed in North Dakota. National median: $58,640.
Campuses in North Dakota, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BelcourtBismarckColumbusDickinsonFargoFort TottenFort YatesGraftonGrand ForksHankinsonHarveyHazeltonLakotaMandanMayvilleMinotNapoleonParshallWatford CityWest FargoWillistonWyndmere
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Mountain Community College | Belcourt | non-profit college | 27 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Cankdeska Cikana Community College | Fort Totten | Public community college | 12 | not reported | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| Sitting Bull College | Fort Yates | Public college | 5 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Aasheim Enterprises, Inc. | Columbus | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| All States Driving Academy | Grand Forks | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Bismarck | Bismarck | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Bismarck State College - National Energy Center of Excellence | Mandan | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Bismarck State College TrainND & Continuing Education | Bismarck | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Busy Bees Hot Oil Inc. | Williston | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Commercial Education and Safety, LLC | West Fargo | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Dickinson | Dickinson | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Harlow's School Bus Service Inc. of Montana | Watford City | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Harvey Public School District | Harvey | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock Public School PreK-12 | Hazelton | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Mandan - Harlow's School Bus Service | Mandan | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| NDSCS Fargo | Fargo | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| North Country Oil | Parshall | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| North Valley Career and Technology Center | Grafton | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Paulson Gravel Service, Inc. | Mayville | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Richland County Highway Department--Don Witt | Hankinson | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Schaffner Transit LLC | Napoleon | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Skaw ND Precast | Minot | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Sundeen Ag | Lakota | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Truck West , Transport / Spooling | Dickinson | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Veritas Crane, LLC | Fargo | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Williston | Williston | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Williston State College - TrainND Northwest | Williston | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Williston State College - TrainND Northwest | Minot | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| Wyndmere Public School | Wyndmere | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
| YMCA of the Northern Sky | Fargo | CDL training provider | — | On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data. | |||
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.