CDL Training S.E. Wisconsin

I am researching training and would prefer going to a state run school in South East Wisconsin. The big reason I am choosing a state school is an instructor told me its the best bargain due to the school getting money from the state. Also with the two I have chosen I could stay at home. 1. Waukesha County Technical College 2. Milwaukee Area Technical College I have been querying different carriers to try and see which one they prefer. So far I have been only able to get one company to reply. They told me they liked Waukesha County Technical College and was unaware of Milwaukee Area Technical College. This lead to prefer Waukesha County. My question for you is you don't show either on your list for private schools. Do you have any feedback on either of these schools?

You are going to have a hard time to find someone on this site who has gone to those specific schools..

However I did a private school instead of with a company. My suggestion to you would be to talk to someone involved with the School rather it be the department head an instructor or whoever and see what kind of job placement they have. They may have a list of companies they are teamed up with that will hire drivers directly from their school. That's how it was with my pivoted school and that is probably the best way to go about it. You want to make sure you will have a job waiting for you once you get out.

Kelvin, Max is exactly right, we just don't have the ability to have information on every single school out there, but if they have some major carriers hiring from their school, then you should be fine. Also I would add that you should make sure that they will provide you with a training certificate that indicates that you have received 160 hours of training upon your successful completion of their course. That 160 hour certificate is of utmost importance when you start trying to land a job.

I did an internet search to find out what companies are hiring in my area and then called them up. First ask them if they hire fresh off the presses CDL holders and if they do ask what schools do they hire from. Also asked the schools which companies hire their graduates and then call those companies. I found out the college in the next county over had more graduates hired than the college in my county. I decided to pay the extra $5 for out of county tuition.

Thanks Max, Old School, and Colleen for the info its all good. I didn't call carriers directly because I thought they wouldn't talk to me. I was trying to get them to reply to emails and got only a few back. The only people I have talked directly to was an instructor at M.A.T.C. and people in the admissions department at both M.A.T.C. and W.C.T.C. But from you guys response I did not ask all the right questions. I will get on the phone and talk with some people. I did get and overview from both schools and they are very similar on paper and both are 160 hours.

The carriers I talked to were very helpful, I had to call some of them a few times before getting a real live person. I don't think they were annoyed by me.