DriverTrack vs STARS Campus
Career-college SIS with a truck-driving configuration
STARS Campus is the most feature-complete rival — a career-college SIS configured for truck-driving schools. It is the only competitor that credibly touches both sides: it advertises direct FMCSA report submission and 380 range/BTW checklists AND full financial aid, GL, SAP, and placement tracking. The trade-off is that it is a general SIS adapted to CDL rather than CDL-native, and shows no explicit Workforce Pell 70/70 completion-and-placement dashboards.
| Capability | DriverTrack | STARS Campus |
|---|---|---|
| TPR certification submission | Yes One-click theory + BTW submission | Yes Direct FMCSA report submission (advertised) |
| BTW & program timekeeping | Yes Contemporaneous, range/road split | Partial Timeclock + range/road checklists; payroll-grade depth unconfirmed |
| Grading & proficiency records | Yes Class, range, and road rubrics | Yes Gradebook + 49 CFR 380 checklists |
| Billing & payments | Yes Plans, sponsors, ACH | Yes Student finance, GL, POS |
| Enrollment & student lifecycle | Yes Inquiry to transcript | Yes Admissions & registrar |
| Financial aid / Title IV / 70-70 tracking | Yes 70/70 dashboards, Title IV workflows | Partial Title IV + placement tracking, but no explicit 70/70 completion+placement dashboards |
Based on publicly available materials as of July 2026, including STARS Campus's site. "Not advertised" means the capability was not described publicly — not that it doesn't exist. Pricing reference: Quote-only (no public pricing).
Where DriverTrack differs
DriverTrack's premise is that TPR compliance, timekeeping, billing, enrollment, and financial aid belong on one student record. In the market today, Title IV-capable systems don't handle the TPR, and CDL compliance tools don't handle financial aid — DriverTrack is built to do both, which matters most if Workforce Pell's 70/70 tracking is in your future.
When STARS Campus might fit you better
A multi-program career college that needs one SIS across many verticals (medical, trades, CDL) with Title IV at the center may prefer STARS’s breadth. DriverTrack wins when CDL is the core of the business and the priorities are the Workforce Pell 70/70 test and contemporaneous, defensible behind-the-wheel records — built in, not configured on.