Coding Bootcamp Cost Comparison
November 21, 2019
November 21, 2019
How much do coding bootcamps cost? From students looking for free coding bootcamps to those wondering if an $18,000 bootcamp is worth it, we understand that cost is important to future bootcampers! While the average full-time coding bootcamp in the US costs $13,584, bootcamp tuition can range from $7,800 to $21,000, and some coding bootcamps have deferred tuition. So how do you decide what to budget for? Here, we break down the costs of coding bootcamps from around the USA.
This is a cost comparison of full stack (front end and back end) in-person (on-site) immersive bootcamps that are nine weeks or longer, and many of them also include extra remote pre-work study. We have chosen courses which we think are comparable in course content – they all teach HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, plus back end languages or frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Python, Angular, and Node.js. All schools listed here have at least one campus in the USA. To find out more about each bootcamp or read reviews, click on the links below to see their detailed Course Report pages.
Financing: Leif Income Share Agreement
Scholarship: Available for veterans, women, and financial need. Info here.
Length: 18 weeksPre-work: Included in total length
Location: Tahoe, California; Bali
Financing: Climb Credit and Skills Fund
Scholarship: Info here
Length: 27 weeks
Pre-work: Included in total length
Location: Portland, OR; Seattle
Financing: Skills Fund, Even, Climb
Scholarship: Automatic $1000 scholarship for veterans, women, and ethnic minority groups underrepresented in tech
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: n/a
Location: Grand Rapids ($9750), Detroit ($7500)
Financing: Mountain America Credit Union
Scholarship: Women and Diversity in Tech scholarships available
Length: 11 weeks
Pre-work: 15-20 hours remote
Location: Sandy, Utah (at the University of Utah)
Financing: In-house financing available
Scholarship: Available for veterans, women, minorities, and financial need
Length: 11 weeks
Pre-work: 70-hour free prep course
Location: Scottsdale, Salt Lake City, Online
Financing: Climb and Skills Fund
Scholarship: 10% scholarship for women
Length: 9 weeks
Pre-work: Yes
Location: Miami
DevMountain Cost: $10,900 - $11,900
(housing included)
Financing: Climb and Skills Fund. More info here.
Scholarship: Details here
Length: 13 weeks
Pre-work: Yes
Location: Provo ($11,900), Phoenix ($10,900), Dallas ($11,900)
Financing: Available through Climb Credit and Skills Fund
Scholarship: A variety available here
Length: 10 weeks
Pre-work: Self-paced
Location: Seattle
Financing: Skills Fund + in-house financing options
Scholarship: A variety available here
Length: 10 weeks
Pre-work: 60 hours/3 weeks
Location: Boston ($12,495), Chicago ($11,995), Dallas ($11,000), Washington DC ($12,495)
Financing: Skills Fund and Pave
Scholarship: $500 women in technology scholarship, $1000 college upgrade scholarship, $500 minority scholarship, $500 veteran scholarship
Length:19 weeks
Pre-work: Yes
Location: St Louis
Financing: available through Skills Fund
Scholarship: Occasionally
Length:18 weeks full time onsite
Pre-work: 50-100 hours
Location: Boston, MA
Financing: Skills Fund and Climb Credit
Scholarship: Available for women and military
Length: 10 weeks full time onsite
Pre-work: Optional assignments
Location: Miami
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: $100 Diversity Grant for women, African American, Hispanic, or Native American
Length: 14 weeks
Pre-work: Not required
Location: Columbus, Cleveland
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: Contact school
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: 1 week
Location: Indianapolis
Financing: Skills Fund and Climb
Scholarship: $2000 Women in Tech scholarship, $2000 Veterans Who Code award
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: Online intro course
Location: Minneapolis ($13,750), Louisville ($13,750), Atlanta ($10,000), Online ($10,125)
Financing: Loan available only for on-site Web Development Immersive program; deferred tuition available only for the Software Engineering Immersive program.
Length: Web Development Immersive is 8 weeks long; Software Engineering Immersive is 12 weeks long.
Pre-work: n/a
Location: New York ($9,200–$13,800); Austin ($8,500–$12,800)
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: Contact school
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: Unknown
Location: Irvine, Orange County, San Diego
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: Available for underrepresented groups and veterans
Length: 16 weeks full-time onsite
Pre-work: 30-40 hours remote
Location: Atlanta, Houston
Financing: Skills Fund or Deferred Tuition Scholarship
Scholarship: $500 for applicants through Course Report
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: 2 weeks remote or on-site
Location: Irvine, CA
Financing: Skills Fund and Affirm
Scholarship: Contact school for details
Length: 17 weeks
Pre-work: HTML and JavaScript exercises
Location: San Diego
Financing: Pave and Upstart
Scholarship: $1000-$1500 for college students, recent college grads, career reinvention, veterans and $2500 for females.
Length: 14 weeks full-time onsite
Pre-work: optional online course
Location: Chicago ($12,995), Seattle ($13,995), Silicon Valley ($14,995), Los Angeles ($11,995), Berkeley ($13,995), Dallas ($11,495), Tysons Corner ($13,495), Tulsa ($10,495), Boise ($10,495)
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Financing: Climb, Meritize or Catalyst Income Sharing Agreement
Scholarship: Sometimes available. Check out the Opportunity Fund.
Length: 12 weeks full-time onsite
Pre-work: 40 hours
Location: San Francisco ($14,950), Washington DC ($14,950), New York ($14,950), Chicago ($13,950), Austin ($13,950), London (£8,000), and 10 other locations.
Financing: Climb, Skills Fund, Pave
Scholarship: $1400 for women, minorities, military and financial Hardship
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: 30 hours
Location: Salt Lake City
Financing: Payment plans available via Climb and SkillsFund
Scholarship: Available for students from underrepresented groups
Length: 12 weeks full-time onsite
Pre-work: 150 hours (required)
Location: New York ($15,000), Houston ($14,000), Atlanta ($14,000), Seattle ($15,000), Washington DC ($15,000), London (£10,000)
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: Contact school
Length: 14 weeks
Pre-work: 30-40 hours
Location: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit
Financing: Income Share Agreement, Skills Fund, Climb Credit
Scholarship: Scholarships vary upon location
Length: 14 weeks
Pre-work: Yes
Location: New York City, Washington DC
Hackbright Academy Cost: $16,895
(get $3000 back if they place you with a partner company)(women only)
Financing: Pave, Skills Fund or Deferred Tuition
Scholarship: A variety available here
Length: 10 weeks full-time + 2 weeks career prep (full-time) or 24 weeks part-time.
Pre-work: 20 hours + (required)
Location: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose
Financing: Skills Fund, Pave
Scholarship: $500 Course Report Scholarship; $1500 Jill May Women Scholarship
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: 4 weeks
Location: Irvine ($15,499), Los Angeles ($16,950), Online ($16,950)
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: A variety available here
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: 4 weeks
Location: Los Angeles, New York City
Financing: Climb Credit and Skills Funda. GI Bill Approved.
Scholarship: Unknown
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: Unknown
Location: Milwaukee, Madison
Financing: Pave, Skills Fund, and Upstart
Scholarship: $1000 scholarship for women and veterans
Length: 13 weeks
Pre-work: 4 weeks part time remote (required)
Location: New York ($17,910), Chicago ($15,910)
Financing: Skills Fund and Climb
Scholarship: See Hack Reactor's Scholarship Fund
Length: 12 weeks full time onsite
Pre-work: 4 weeks part time remote (required)
Location: San Francisco, Austin, Los Angeles, New York City, Online
Financing: Climb, Skills Fund
Scholarship: Partial and full scholarships based on merit, financial need, or underrepresentation
Length: 12 weeks (onsite)
Pre-work: 4 weeks part time remote (required)
Location: Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, Boulder, Austin, New York, Phoenix, London
Financing: Earnest, Climb, Pave, Skills Fund and in-house financing. Turing accepts GI Bill benefits.
Scholarship: $4000 diversity scholarships available
Length: 28 weeks
Pre-work: No
Location: Denver
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: Rithm awards scholarships to support diversity and strong merit.
Length: 16 weeks
Pre-work: 80-120 hours
Location: San Francisco
Coding bootcamps with Deferred Tuition or Income Sharing Agreements allow a student to pay little to nothing upfront, followed by a percentage of their salary once they find a job.
Financing: No
Scholarship: No
Length: 13 Weeks
Pre-work: 4 weeks part time remote
Location: New York City
Full details of Deferred Tuition
Financing: GoFundMe, Upstart, Pave, Affirm
Scholarship: No
Length: 12 weeks full time onsite
Pre-work: 50-100 hours remote
Location: San Francisco; New York
Length: 9 months + 6 month internship
Pre-work: 2-weeks (part of admissions process)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Check out these resources for information on how to fund your bootcamp experience:
Imogen is a writer and content producer who loves writing about technology and education. Her background is in journalism, writing for newspapers and news websites. She grew up in England, Dubai and New Zealand, and now lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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