(updated April 2018)
Slide across the roof of the General Lee, we’re heading south of the Mason-Dixon to check out the best coding bootcamps in the southern United States. There are some fantastic code schools from the Carolinas to Georgia and all the way to Texas, and we’re covering them all. Talk about Southern Hospitality!
Hack Reactor
Why: Even as they’ve expanded to San Francisco and Los Angeles, Hack Reactor has maintained their base in Austin and continued to graduate qualified JavaScript developers thanks to their rigorous schedule. If you want serious coding (and a sweet job afterwards), MakerSquare has it.
Where: Austin, TX
Cost: $17,980
Program Length: 12 weeks
Wyncode
Why: Miami doesn’t always register as a tech hub, but the startup scene here is constantly growing. Wyncode has partnerships throughout the city and is a major part of the burgeoning tech community, creating and supplying a tech talent pool. They teach Ruby on Rails in an intensive environment that promises to take even total beginners to a competitive professional level. Come for the beautiful beaches, stay for the awesome opportunities.
Where: Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Beach, FL.
Cost: $11,500
Program Length: 9 weeks
Tech Talent South
Why: It’s right there in the name, Tech Talent South is a southern code school through and through with their newest campus springing up in New Orleans. TTS is beginner focused and promises to teach students the fundamentals of code in Ruby on Rails and JavaScript. It’s an ideal starting point.
Where: Asheville, NC. Atlanta, GA. Charlotte, NC. Dallas, TX. Jacksonville, NC. New Orleans, LA. Phoenix, AZ. Raleigh-Durham, NC. San Antonio, TX. Winston-Salem, NC.
Cost: $6750
Program Length: 8 weeks
DigitalCrafts
Why: DigitalCrafts offers intensive classroom experiences for full and part-time students, transforming beginners into full stack software developers trained in JavaScript, React, Node.js, Python, and more. Unique to DigitalCrafts is the Elective Program, where students or alumni may elect to study rotating concepts like “CS Fundamentals” as an additional perk of joining their network.
Where: Atlanta, GA and Houston, TX
Cost: $9500 - $13,950
Program Length: 16-week, full-time and a 24-week
Nashville Software School
Why: Nashville Software School is a community-funded non-profit that is committed to increasing the tech workforce of mid-Tennessee. Nashville Software School offers training, mentorship, and apprenticeship in both part time and full time options. The 6-month program is divided into 3 months of front-end development foundations (HTML/CSS, JavaScript) and 3 months of specialized training in either Ruby on Rails, .NET/C#, or Node.js. If Nashville’s where you want to be, then Nashville Software School is where you want to learn to code.
Where: Nashville, TN
Cost: $11,900
Program Length: 6 months
IronHack
Why: Offering courses in iOS development as well as Ruby on Rails, IronHack provides intensive programming education in Miami. While it’s not for complete beginners, IronHack takes people with basic knowledge of programming with a genuine interest in learning and takes them to the level of a junior developer. By the end of the course you’ll be ready to show your stuff at their demo day where plenty of hiring partners will be in attendance.
Where: Miami, FL
Cost: $10,000
Program Length: 8 weeks
Codeup
Why: Located in San Antonio, Codeup is trumpeted as a supportive learn-to-code environment, intended to give everybody a chance. They make no demands of your prior programming knowledge, education, or age. Codeup teaches JavaScript and PHP and has high placement rates to go with their egalitarian philosophy. It’s the marriage of a good cause with great results. What could be better than that?
Where: San Antonio, TX
Cost: $17,500
Program Length: 4-6 months
CODEcamp Charleston
Why: CODEcamp Charleston divides their courses into a front-end and back-end “track” that allows students to pick and choose what’s most important to them. CODEcamp has hiring partners throughout the Charleston Digital Corridor where tech employment and industry is on the rise and the need for qualified workers keeps going up.
Where: Charleston, SC
Cost: ~$250 per course
Program Length: Varies
Austin Coding Academy
Why: With their three potential curricula in front end, back end, or one specifically tailored to the needs of your company, Austin Coding Academy is a pragmatic, intensive coding education. ACA has 3 levels (Intro, Intermediate, Advanced) that take students and get them job-ready. It’s project-based learning with mentorship along the way and hiring partnerships at the end. They invite anyone to apply as long as they’re ready to work hard.
Where: Austin, TX
Cost: $2490
Program Length: 10 weeks/track
General Assembly
Why: General Assembly offers a wide range of courses throughout the US and their national reputation for high quality holds just as true at their southern campuses in Atlanta and Austin. GA has full time courses in Product Management, UX, and Web Development to go with a myriad of part time courses and one off classes and workshops. General Assembly has the chops to back up the reputation they’ve built up as they’ve expanded from New York since 2011.
Where: Atlanta, GA. Austin, TX.
Cost: $9500-$13,500
Program Length: 8-12 weeks
Coder Camps
Why: Coder Camps has four campuses around the US, including one in Houston, TX. Students can choose from four full stack tracks including .NET, JavaScript, Java, and Ruby. Students also learn Agile techniques, team work skills, the application life cycle, and build mobile and cloud applications.
Where: Houston, TX
Cost: $11,900
Program Length: 12 weeks
DevMountain
Why: DevMountain started in Utah, and now offers its 12-week coding bootcamp in Dallas, TX, as well. Students are trained and mentored by industry experts through hands-on learning, a flipped classroom, and intense instruction. DevMountain offers a full-time immersive class, and an after hours part-time class.
Where: Dallas, TX
Cost: $10,500 (immersive), $4,500 (after hours)
Program Length: 12 weeks (immersive), 16 weeks (after hours)
Coding Dojo
Why: Coding Dojo has campuses around the US where students can choose to learn three out of five in-demand programming languages over 14 weeks. Options include Ruby on Rails, LAMP, MEAN, Python, Swift/iOS. Students build advanced web applications, solve job relevant problems, and have access to mentorship.
Where: Dallas, TX
Cost: $9450 (special Dallas price)
Program Length: 14 weeks
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Written by
Harry Hantel, Recruiter, Researcher & Writer
Harry Hantel is a recruiter, researcher, and writer with experience placing senior level professionals in a wide array of industries. As the Community Manager at Course Report, Harry developed expertise in subjects like iOS bootcamps, bootcamp scholarships, data science bootcamps, and more.
Comments (9)
I am looking to attend a boot camp, but I live in Augusta, GA. The closest ones are in Columbia, SC and Atlanta, GA. Are there any other options for me? Or are there online boot camps/classes?
I am looking to attend either Ironhack or General Assembly. Which one suggest if you had the choice.
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ReplyHi Sergio,
It really depends what you want to learn, and where you want to learn it.
Ironhack has courses in Ruby on Rails web development, mobile iOS, front end web development, and UX/UI design. GA teaches all of those, plus it has courses in JavaScript development, data science, data analytics, digital marketing, product management, and mobile Android development.
Ironhack has campuses in Barcelona, Madrid, and Miami. GA has campuses all over the USA, plus others London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. GA has no campuses in Spain.
I recommend you read Ironhack reviews and General Assembly reviews and compare which bootcamp sounds like the best to suit your needs.
I have already applied and have been accepted to IronHack Barcelona but I couldnt wait for the acceptance letter and did a little research on WIRED and they mentioned General Assembly in one of the articles they had. I would be interested in their LA camp if I were to choose them.
I am interested in the full web development immersive and I would like to learn as much as I can and cant really see to big of a difference between the two learning structures.
Hi Sergio,
Congrats on getting accepted to Ironhack Barcelona!
Another thing to consider when choosing which bootcamp is - where do you want to find a job after the bootcamp? Do you want to live and work in Barcelona? Or live and work in LA? Bootcamps usually help grads find work in the city they study in, but don't usually help with visas or work permits.
Other things to consider are size of classes, job placement outcomes, networking (in which city do you want to build a network), tuition cost, living costs etc.
What we have learned from talking to many bootcamp grads is you will get out of the bootcamp what you put in. If you're willing to work hard and make the effort at any bootcamp, then you have a good chance of succeeding.
Both Ironhack and GA have good reviews, so in the end it's up to you which one suits you. Good luck!
Thank you for all the quick replies. I was thinking the same thing about the job assistance after the bootcamp and as much as I want to go to Barcelona, LA may be more practical for me but I am going to sleep on it for a day or two and go from there. Again thank you so much for the quick replies and help!
Nashville Software School is by far the best or at least top 3 coding boot camp in the US! I highly recommend going to NSS. They have great instructors and great mentorships and the best part is that there's a lot of jobs in TN.
Coder Camps is in the south and I think we are among the best coding boot camps in the south. :)
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