CDL SCHOOLS IN TEXAS — Federal Data, September 2026
CDL Schools in Texas, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
8 accredited institutions in Texas report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.
See The RankingU.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.
Across the 8 ranked programs in Texas, the median graduate needs 2.0 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $7,875, against median earnings of $46,909 one year after completion.
That is exactly in line with the national median of 2.0 months for this field, measured across the 87 institutions in our national CDL schools ranking. The best performer in the state is South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco in Weslaco, at 2.0 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Texas institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about CDL schools in Texas
The Ranking
8 CDL schools in Texas, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-WeslacoWeslaco, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 2.0 | $7,875 | $46,909 | 80% |
| 2 | Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllenMcAllen, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 2.0 | $7,875 | $46,909 | 78% |
| 3 | South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-BrownsvilleBrownsville, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 2.0 | $7,875 | $46,909 | 78% |
| 4 | Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 2.0 | $7,875 | $46,909 | 68% |
| 5 | Miller-Motte College-STVT-San AntonioSan Antonio, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 2.0 | $7,875 | $46,909 | 69% |
| 6 | Miller-Motte College-STVT-ArlingtonArlington, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 2.0 | $7,875 | $46,909 | 84% |
| 7 | CET-El PasoEl Paso, TX | nonprofit | Certificate | 2.3 | $6,650 | $34,665 | 64% |
| 8 | M T Training CenterDesoto, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 2.8 | $6,754 | $28,532 | 83% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.
The Top Five, In Detail
The five fastest payback programs in Texas, one by one
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco
Weslaco, TX
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco is a private for-profit institution in Weslaco. Its truck driving graduates leave with a median federal debt of $7,875 and report median earnings of $46,909 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.0 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and right on the Texas state median of 2.0. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 80% completion rate.
Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllen
McAllen, TX
Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllen is a private for-profit institution in McAllen. Its truck driving graduates leave with a median federal debt of $7,875 and report median earnings of $46,909 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.0 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and right on the Texas state median of 2.0. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 78% completion rate.
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville
Brownsville, TX
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville is a private for-profit institution in Brownsville. Its truck driving graduates leave with a median federal debt of $7,875 and report median earnings of $46,909 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.0 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and right on the Texas state median of 2.0. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 78% completion rate.
Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX
Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi is a private for-profit institution in Corpus Christi. Its truck driving graduates leave with a median federal debt of $7,875 and report median earnings of $46,909 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.0 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and right on the Texas state median of 2.0. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 68% completion rate.
Miller-Motte College-STVT-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Miller-Motte College-STVT-San Antonio is a private for-profit institution in San Antonio. Its truck driving graduates leave with a median federal debt of $7,875 and report median earnings of $46,909 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.0 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and right on the Texas state median of 2.0. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 69% completion rate.
Read It Carefully
What this ranking does not measure
Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.
The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.
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