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Columbia CDL: four Richland County providers, with SC Path figures kept separate from provider prices
Columbia is the corridor where SC Path workforce listings matter most: they publish figures the providers themselves do not publish, and they conflict with provider pages in one case. This page keeps the two sources separate and labels each figure by its source.
Schools in this corridor
| School | Program | Length | Gross cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midlands Technical College — Columbia | Class A | 160 hrs; 4 weeks weekday; 8 weeks weekend | $4,999 est. (provider) / $5,099 (SC Path) — conflict shown |
| Roadmaster Drivers School of Columbia — Columbia | Class A | About a month | [UNVERIFIED] on provider page — SC Path $7,695, WIOA Yes |
| TransTech CDL — Columbia — Columbia | Class A and Class B | 160 hrs (SC Path); 4 weeks full-time; 10 weeks weekend | [UNVERIFIED] on provider page — SC Path $4,154, WIOA Yes |
| 160 Driving Academy of Columbia — Columbia (address conflict — see below) | Class A | 160 hrs (national program description) | [UNVERIFIED] |
Local evidence that makes this page different from a city swap
- Midlands Tech delivers its CDL program with Ancora Education, and its SC Path listing reads WIOA "No" for this program — a funding fact that must be verified with the school and local board before any WIOA claim is made about Midlands.
- Roadmaster and TransTech Columbia both have SC Path figures ($7,695 and $4,154, both WIOA Eligible: Yes on SC Path) that are not published on their own Columbia pages. This page labels those as workforce listings, not provider prices, and does not present them as quotes.
- 160 Driving Academy of Columbia has conflicting addresses in listings (Two Notch Road vs. Millwood Avenue). No street address is pinned here until the current address is confirmed. Its 160-hour figure comes from the national program description, not a Columbia-specific page, and is labeled as such in the data sheet.
- Out-of-county schools that appear in aggregator results for Columbia — including Lexington County schools in West Columbia and Lexington, and Sumter-area schools — are excluded from this corridor, not counted.