CDL School ShortlistTexas

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro

CDL training schools in Houston, TX

80 training locations from the federal ELDT registry: 35 open enrollment, 45 private enrollment.

32Class Aopen enrollment31Class Bopen enrollment4With a pricepublished

Choose a training type

Each list shows every Houston location of that type, with search and filters.

Start here: Houston schools

Open-enrollment locations first, the ones we have checked at the top.

See all 32 Class A CDL training locations

Who pays in Houston?

Three doors, counted from the 80 locations on this page.

Door 1

I pay the school

$4,000 to $7,695

4 programs listed here in Houston publish a price for the whole program. Ask what it covers.

See the prices

Door 2

An employer trains me

45

company-sponsored locations in Houston. Many are employers that train their own drivers or new hires; ask whether they take outside students, and whether there is a contract or payback if you leave.

See them

Door 3

Workforce Solutions may pay

4

programs in Houston on the Texas Workforce Commission’s eligible training list (WIOA). Local Workforce Solutions offices fund training from that list for some students; being on it does not promise funding.

See the WIOA-listed schoolsHow WIOA can pay

Prices in Houston, cheapest first

On one scale with every Texas program that publishes a price. The marker is the Texas median.

  1. Houston City College$4,000
  2. Kindle Trucking School$4,850
  3. Houston Trade Institute LLC$5,500
  4. Roadmaster Drivers School (HOU)$7,695

Houston at a glance

Open enrollment35 how we count, as of
Private enrollment45 how we count, as of
On the FMCSA training registry list80 of 80 (100%) how we count, as of

Willing to drive? Nearby cities

Straight-line distance, approximate.

Order: listings we have checked come first, then the most complete. Payment never changes this order. How we check listings.

Verified on 2026-10-24