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DRM CDL Testing and Training

Not yet verified. Call to confirm. This listing comes from Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTECB), private career schools, but when we checked its own website on 2026-11-04 we could not confirm it (no listed trade on a program page of its own site). It is not counted in our totals or listed under any trade.

State-licensed career school in Tacoma, Washington, listed by Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTECB), private career schools (checked 2026-11-02). Programs it names: CDL.

Address: 7811 Portland Ave, Tacoma, WA 98445
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Website: drmcdltraining.org
Phone: (253) 324-1243
Type: State-licensed career school
Listed by: Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTECB), private career schools (status: Licensed (on WTECB licensed-schools list))
Federal student aid: Not in federal (IPEDS) data

Programs

Program names exactly as the source publishes them. Length and cost appear only where the source states them.

Trade	Program as published	Credential	Length	Cost
CDL	Class A CDL	Certificate	160 hours / 5 weeks	not published

What we could not confirm

Tuition and program length, unless shown above.
Start dates, completion and job placement.
Federal aid: this school is not in IPEDS, so Pell Grants and federal loans are usually not available there.

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Trade grads 2023-24: 136
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Median pay 10 yrs, all: $36,742

Clover Park Technical College

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New Sound CDL School

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Confirmed on its own site: CDL
Listed by: WTECB

Bates Technical College

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Green River College

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Trade grads 2023-24: 100
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Source: Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTECB), private career schools, https://careerbridge.wa.gov/learn/educational-institutions/123, downloaded 2026-11-02. Location: ZIP code center. Methodology.