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CDL / truck driving schools in Missouri

Missouri has 3 accredited campuses awarding cdl credentials. If you finish and work as a tractor-trailer truck driver in Missouri, expect to start around $37,860–$46,140 and reach a median of $54,550 with experience; the top quarter earn $63,400 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Missouri). Graduates of these Missouri programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $30,388 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 Missouri

$37,860starting (10th percentile)
$46,140early career (25th)
$54,550median, all experience
$63,400experienced (75th)
$77,510top earners (90th)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 47,760 employed in Missouri. National median: $58,640.

Campuses in Missouri, ranked by what their graduates earned

3campuses in Missouri
380credentials awarded / yr
$30,388median earnings, yr 1 (Missouri)
$38,603median earnings, yr 1 (U.S.)

Cities: Kansas CityNeoshoSpringfield

CampusCityTypeGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Program debtCompletionCost / yr
Crowder College Neosho Public 255 $35,031 not reported 49% not reported
Midwest Technical Institute-Missouri Springfield for-profit 125 $30,388 $6,333 81% $32,631
Zeta Commercial Driving School Kansas City 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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