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Coding Bootcamp Scholarships for Veterans + GI Bill Approval: The List

Last updated April 22, 2025

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We all know that veterans make great coders: discipline, collaboration, and technical skills are all synonymous with the military. Until 2017, the GI Bill, which covers education benefits for veterans, was slow to cover code schools, accelerated learning programs, or online education. However, with the enactment of the Forever GI Bill in August 2017, it's becoming easier for coding bootcamps to be approved for the GI Bill. Below, we break down which coding bootcamps accept the GI Bill, which coding bootcamps are part of VET TEC and VRRAP, and the 11 scholarships for veterans in coding bootcamps. From $500 automatic scholarships to 90% off of the cost of tuition, if it’s a scholarship for veterans, we’ve got it covered on this comprehensive list.

Want to hear from coding schools like Flatiron School, Turing School, and Operation Code about their thoughts on using the GI Bill for coding education? Check out our podcast on The GI Bill and Coding Bootcamps: Why (and How) It Works!

This guide is sponsored by Noble Desktop, a coding and design school in NYC and online. The school’s courses are designed to help veterans build tech skills they can bring into roles in areas like software development or data science. Noble offers several technology certificates that are approved for the GI Bill® and other veterans programs, including:

All programs include career-aligned training that can help veteran students transition to the civilian workforce. Veterans attending a training course will be able to utilize the school's career prep and support, as well as additional 1-on-1 mentoring outside of class, where they can polish a resume or get advice on applying for jobs.

Coding Bootcamps that Accept the GI Bill

As of July 2015, Skill Distillery is VA-Approved and began accepting the GI Bill.
As of June 2016, Galvanize acceptes the GI Bill for their 6-month bootcamp in Boulder and Denver, Colorado.
As of July 2016, Nashville Software School accepts the GI Bill at their Nashville campus.
Deep Dive Coding is eligible for GI Bill benefits at their campus in Alburquerque, New Mexico.
As of January 2017, SecureSet Academy accepts the GI Bill at their Colorado Springs campus.
As of June 2017, PDX Code Guild in Portland is eligible to accept the GI Bill.
As of November 2017, Cincy Code IT accepts the GI Bill at their Cincinnati campus.
As of November 2017, We Can Code IT accepts the GI Bill at their Cleveland campus.
As of January 2018, Code Platoon accepts the GI Bill at their Chicago campus.
As of January 2018, Big Sky Code Academy accepts the GI Bill.
As of January 2018, BoiseCodeWorks accepts the GI Bill.
As of February 2018, General Assembly accepts the GI Bill at their NYC and Washington, DC campuses for select courses.
As of February 2018, V School accepts the GI Bill at their Salt Lake City campus.
As of March 2018, Tech Elevator's Cleveland campus accepts the GI Bill.
As of May 2018, DevLeague accepts the GI Bill for their Honolulu campus.
As of January 2019, We Can Code It accepts the GI Bill for their Java Developer Bootcamp
As of September 2019, Claim Academy has been approved for the GI Bill.
As of May 2019, Evolve Security Academy has been approved to accept the GI Bill for their in-person (Chicago) Bootcamp.
As of March 2022, Divergence Academy accepts the GI Bill for two bootcamps: Cybersecurity Professional Penetration Tester and Data Science Immersive.
As of October 2024, NGT Academy through its partnership with International American University (IAU) accepts the GI Bill.

Coding Bootcamps That Accept VET TEC

VET TEC is a high-tech training pilot program that doesn’t use GI Bill benefits and pays a monthly housing stipend to students in the program. VET TEC stands for Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses. In other words, veterans can attend a coding bootcamp for free without using any GI Bill benefits! You can see which coding bootcamps are preferred and non-preferred partners with VET TEC here.

Coding Bootcamps That Accept VRRAP

VRRAP is the Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program. It was passed in March of 2021 as part of the economic stimulus package in response to COVID-19. VRRAP builds off of VET TEC, but there are a few big differences:

There's much more funding available in VRRAP. VRRAP has $386 million in funding over a 2-year period. Compare that to the $45 million/year in funding for VET TEC.
VRRAP is for veterans who no longer have a G.I. Bill benefit and lost their jobs due to coronavirus.
Like VET TEC and the G.I. Bill, VRRAP pays for both tuition and housing.

VRRAP is currently on pause, but you can see which coding bootcamps accepted VRRAP here.

Which Coding Bootcamps Give Automatic Veteran Discounts?

These 14 code schools offer automatic discounts for any veterans or military personnel who are accepted to their programs:

CodeCore offers a $500 (CAD) scholarship for all veterans. Only Canadian citizens are eligible.
Code Platoon is a nonprofit, veteran-only coding bootcamp offering 16 weeks of intense, in-person instruction with scholarships of $10,000 to $13,000 for all veterans and military spouses.
Coder Camps awards 20% of tuition to those in active duty and those who are veterans.
The Dev Masters offers scholarships up to 10% off of tuition to all persons with a military background and veterans.
DigitalCrafts offers $1000 - $1500 scholarships for veterans.
NGT Academy offers discounts for its military veterans.
NPower offers a free full-time, 14-week cyber security course with a 12-week paid internship; and a free full-time, 12-week, full stack web development course for active military personnel and veterans in New York City and Dallas, Texas.
RefactorU offers a 20% tuition discount ($2,700 value) to successful applicants of the Intensive Web Development Bootcamp who are either current or former U.S. military personnel (including their spouses). RefactorU also accepts to GI Bill!

Which Coding Bootcamps offer Scholarship Programs for Veterans?

These 8 coding bootcamps offer limited scholarships for select groups of veterans and military personnel- expect to apply for these unique scholarships!

School	Scholarship	Scholarship Amount	Details
General Assembly	Military Tuition Discount	$1,595 off of Immersive bootcamp tuition	The Military Tuition Discount is for an active military member or veteran, or partner of a military member or partner of a veteran. Tuition Discount applies to Immersive bootcamps, such as Software Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics, and UX Design.
Coding Dojo	Military Retraining Scholarship	$1000 scholarship	The Military Retraining Scholarship is intended to assist military veterans and current servicemen/women to transition their careers to web software development.
Code Platoon	Code Platoon Scholarships	Scholarship awards are typically $12,500	Transitioning service members may be eligible to participate in Code Platoon through the Department of Defense Skillbridge program.
Sales Platoon	Sales Platoon	Up to $12,000	Sales Platoon offers a full scholarship to active duty military and separated veterans. Sales Platoon also partners with Hiring Our Heroes to help students transition into a sales career.
Suncoast Developers Guild	Hero Award Scholarship	$1,900	Available to members (or the spouses, partners, parents, and children) of the veterans or active-duty military, first responders, law enforcement, and teachers.
Flatiron School	Access Scholarship	$2,000–$3,000.	Recipients who are in need of financial assistance (as outlined in the “Other Eligibility” section) may be eligible for an additional $1,000.
Zip Code Wilmington	Interdigital Scholarship	Up to $6,000

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