Private for-profit · Community college
HDS Truck Driving Institute
Tucson, Arizona · Fringe rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 83%
- Grad / completion
- $40,059
- Median earnings
HDS Truck Driving Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Tucson, Arizona (fringe rural setting), enrolling 200 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is the county seat of and the most populated city in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The Tucson area was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians, who were known to have been in southern Arizona about 12,000 years ago. Recent archaeological excavations near the Santa Cruz River found a village site dating from 2100 BC. The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show is one of the largest gem and mineral shows in the world and has been held for over 50 years. The show is only one part of the gem, mineral, fossil and bead gathering held across more than 45 different sites in Tucson. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 9 miles to Tucson, AZ
- To the ocean
- 146 miles
- Nearest airport
- 5 miles to Tucson (TUS) · major hub
How HDS Truck Driving Institute compares
Higher than 81% · #12 of 72 in Arizona
Higher than 69% · #20 of 61 in Arizona
Lower than 44%
Larger than 45%
Percentiles compare HDS Truck Driving Institute 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 Arizona.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women2312%
- Men17789%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White63%
- Black17%
- Hispanic4.0%
- Asian1.0%
- Other or multiracial15%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 200
- Student–faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 3%
- First-generation students
- 46%
- Students over 25
- 83%
- Median family income
- $16,758
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 83%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $44,593
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,059
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 3%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 47%
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%.
Does the school pay you to attend?
HDS Truck Driving Institute 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)
- $40,059
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 45%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 101°F
- Winter low
- 40°F
- Annual rain
- 10.6″
- Annual snow
- 0.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Tucson Intl AP, AZ US station (5.8 mi from campus).
What HDS Truck Driving Institute 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.