Coding Bootcamp Cost Comparison
April 1, 2019
April 1, 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.
Epicodus Cost: $7800
Financing: Climb Credit and Skills Fund
Scholarship: Info here
Length: 27 weeks
Pre-work: Included in total length
Location: Portland, OR; Seattle
Grand Circus Cost: $9750
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)
DevPoint Labs Cost: $9995
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)
Bottega Cost: $10,000
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
IronHack Cost: $11,000
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)
Code Fellows Cost: $12,000
Financing: Available through Climb Credit and Skills Fund
Scholarship: A variety available here
Length: 10 weeks
Pre-work: Self-paced
Location: Seattle
Coding Temple Cost: $11,000 - $12,495
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)
Claim Academy Cost: $12,500
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
Launch Academy Cost: $12,500
Financing: available through Skills Fund
Scholarship: Occasionally
Length:18 weeks full time onsite
Pre-work: 50-100 hours
Location: Boston, MA
Wyncode Cost: $12,500
Financing: Skills Fund and Climb Credit
Scholarship: Available for women and military
Length: 10 weeks full time onsite
Pre-work: Optional assignments
Location: Miami
We Can Code IT Cost: $12,900
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
Eleven Fifty Academy Cost: $13,500
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: Contact school
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: 1 week
Location: Indianapolis
The Software Guild Cost: $10,000 - $13,750
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)
Redwood Code Academy Cost: $13,500
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: Contact school
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: Unknown
Location: Irvine, Orange County, San Diego
DigitalCrafts Cost: $13,950
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
LearningFuze Cost: $13,995
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
Learn Academy Cost: $14,500
Financing: Skills Fund and Affirm
Scholarship: Contact school for details
Length: 17 weeks
Pre-work: HTML and JavaScript exercises
Location: San Diego
Coding Dojo Cost: $10,495 - $14,995
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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General Assembly Cost: $13,950 - $14,950 (Web Development Immersive)
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.
V School Cost: $14,900
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
Flatiron School Cost: $15,000 (USA), £10,000 (London)
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)
Tech Elevator Cost: $15,500
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: Contact school
Length: 14 weeks
Pre-work: 30-40 hours
Location: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit
New York Code + Design Academy Cost: $15,000
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
Sabio Cost: $15,499 - $16,950
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)
Codesmith Cost: $17,200
Financing: Skills Fund
Scholarship: A variety available here
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: 4 weeks
Location: Los Angeles, New York City
devCodeCamp Cost: $16,900 - $17,800
Financing: Climb Credit and Skills Funda. GI Bill Approved.
Scholarship: Unknown
Length: 12 weeks
Pre-work: Unknown
Location: Milwaukee, Madison
Fullstack Academy Cost: $15,910 - $17,910
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)
Hack Reactor Cost: $17,980
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
Galvanize Cost: $17,980
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
Turing Cost: $20,000 (includes laptop)
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
Rithm School Cost: $24,000
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.
Grace Hopper Academy Cost: $3000 deposit + $16,910 paid in monthly installments once you find a job (women only)
Financing: No
Scholarship: No
Length: 13 Weeks
Pre-work: 4 weeks part time remote
Location: New York City
App Academy Cost: $3000 - $9000 refundable deposit + $14,000 - $25,000 once you find a job
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
Holberton School Cost: 17% of your salary for 3 years
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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