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For-profit College

HDS Truck
Driving Institute

For-profit College in Tucson, AZ. Median 10-year earnings $40,059.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
HDS Truck Driving Institute · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$40,059
Federal loan default
0%
Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
Transfer-out rate
Student:faculty
17:1

This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. At 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate body is just 1,171, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$3,606
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
34%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
3%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,171 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

At $3,606 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. 34% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Only 3% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.

Entering first-year students

A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.

% receiving grants
62%
Average grant
$4,759

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 254 students

Federal student loans went to 33 of these 1,171 students, totalling $115,890 — an average of $3,512 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Pima County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$967/mo
1 bedroom
$1,081/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,402/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
45
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate HDS Truck Driving Institute

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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