Private for-profit · Community college
Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana · Midsize city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $13,587
- Avg net price
- 73%
- Grad / completion
- $38,740
- Median earnings
Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Shreveport, Louisiana (midsize city setting), enrolling 191 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Shreveport was established to create a town at the meeting point of the Red River and the Texas Trail. The Red River was made navigable by Captain Henry Miller Shreve, who led the United States Army Corps of Engineers efforts to clear it. Shreveport was formerly a major player in United States oil business, and once hosted the Standard Oil of Louisiana offices, a branch of Standard Oil. The Louisiana branch was later absorbed by Standard Oil of New Jersey. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 4 miles to Shreveport, LA
- To the ocean
- 172 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Shreveport (SHV)
How Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport compares
Higher than 67% · #23 of 73 in Louisiana
Higher than 64% · #5 of 61 in Louisiana
Cheaper than 56% · #31 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana
Lower than 90%
Lower than 86%
Larger than 44%
Percentiles compare Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Louisiana.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women2111%
- Men17089%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White8.9%
- Black86%
- Hispanic2.1%
- Other or multiracial3.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 191
- Student–faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 63%
- First-generation students
- 69%
- Students over 25
- 64%
- Median family income
- $15,587
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $13,587
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 73%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,377
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,740
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 69%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 52%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $38,740
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 16%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 51%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $8,985 (29%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 93°F
- Winter low
- 37°F
- Annual rain
- 53″
- Annual snow
- 1.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Shreveport Wfo, LA US station (3.2 mi from campus).
What Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.