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CDL Schools in Iowa

58 schools44 cities36 countiesfrom the Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationAbout this dataUpdated October 2026

58 schools in Iowa are on the official list published by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The most are in Cedar Rapids (5), Davenport (4), Waterloo (3). 53 publish a phone number.

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58 schools in Iowa

Instructors who come to you in Iowa (7)

Registered as traveling providers: they have no training site of their own and deliver training at a location you or your employer provide. Each one names Iowa among the states it serves.

How to get a CDL in Iowa: the steps, where to test, schools and costs.

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44 towns, each with its own page

About this data

Where the list comes from and what it does and does not say
58in the directory
58in the state register
44cities
36counties
33rated
4.5average score
27thby size in this category

The largest concentration is in Cedar Rapids: 5 of 58 (9%). Other cities covered include Davenport (4), Waterloo (3), Atlantic (2), Muscatine (2), Ottumwa (2), and 38 more.

By county, the 58 entries fall across 36 counties; the largest are Linn (6), Polk (5), Scott (4), Black Hawk (3).

These 58 entries come from a register that publishes no registration dates at all. They were on the register when it was last refreshed, on September 22, 2026.

All 58 hold the same class of registration: FMCSA-registered ELDT training provider.

57 of the 58 (98%) hold more than one class of registration. Across this page the classes held include Class B (56), Class A (48), Passenger (47), School Bus (44), Hazardous Materials (36).

By what they actually deliver: 57 offer behind-the-wheel training on a range, 56 offer behind-the-wheel training on public roads and 52 offer classroom or online theory instruction. 56 of the 58 can deliver both the range and the public-road portions, which matters because 49 CFR 380.707(c) allows the theory and behind-the-wheel portions to come from different providers but requires both behind-the-wheel portions to come from the same one. 1 offers theory only, so a trainee using it needs a second provider for the driving half.

53 of 58 publish a phone number and 46 have a website.

The Training Provider Registry publishes a phone number and a website for some providers and not for others, so the coverage below varies by place.

17 of the 58 entries could not be placed on a map: the register gives a PO box, a bare route number or a road junction rather than a street address, and 17 of those are currently on the register. They are listed and searchable here by name, city and county, but not on the map.

33 of the 58 have a Google rating, averaging 4.5 across 1611 reviews. Scores run from 3.9 to 5.0.

Iowa ranks 27th of the 49 states covered in this category, holding 1% of the listings, ahead of 22 others.

Every record on this page comes from Training Provider Registry, published by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov as dataset training-provider-registry.

What the rules require

Iowa: questions

Which cities in Iowa have schools?
By count: Cedar Rapids (5), Davenport (4), Waterloo (3), Atlantic (2), Muscatine (2), Ottumwa (2), Peosta (2), Sioux City (2), Altoona (1), Audubon (1), plus 34 more. Addresses, registration class and, where the register publishes them, registration dates are in the list above.
Are these schools currently licensed?
The state register these records come from publishes no registration dates. Each of these 58 facilities appeared in the register when it was last refreshed, on September 22, 2026. Confirm the current position with the facility or the issuing authority before relying on it.
Why does one address hold several licenses?
Because a row in the source register is a registration, not a business. 57 of the 58 entries on this page hold more than one class of registration at the same address. They are merged into a single entry here, keyed on the place rather than on the registration, so one business is one listing and every class it holds is shown in its record detail.
Which of these can do the behind-the-wheel training?
56 of the 58 are registered for both the range and the public-road portions. 1 offer theory only. The distinction matters: 49 CFR 380.707(c) permits the theory and behind-the-wheel portions to be delivered by separate providers, but requires both behind-the-wheel portions, range and public road, to come from the same provider. Breakdown here: behind-the-wheel range training 57, behind-the-wheel public-road training 56, theory instruction 52.
How many are rated?
33 of 58 have a Google rating, averaging 4.5 across 1611 reviews.
Why are some entries missing from the map?
17 of these 58 records give a PO box, a bare route number or a road junction instead of a street address, so no coordinate could be derived for them. They are still listed and searchable by name, city and county, and they are left out of the map and the "nearest to me" results. Placing a PO box at a plausible-looking point would make the map look complete and be wrong.

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