Coding Bootcamp Scholarships: The Definitive List

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• Are there scholarships for coding bootcamps?
• 8 Full Tuition Coding Bootcamp Scholarships
• List of Every Coding Bootcamp Scholarship

Coding bootcamp tuition can range from $9,000 to $21,000, and without the help of traditional loans and financial aid, scholarships can make or break your decision to change your career. Below is our comprehensive list of over 30 bootcamps around the world that offer coding scholarships. We've included scholarship specifics like the amount of the discount and eligibility requirements – good luck!

Can't get a scholarship? Most bootcamps also offer financing options, payment plans, and loan partnerships through companies like Earnest, Ascent Funding, Pave, and Climb Credit in addition to scholarships and discounts for women, military veterans, and underrepresented groups. And remember – Course Report offers $500 bootcamp scholarships to over 85 coding schools around the world!

Are there scholarships for coding bootcamps?

Yes! Many coding bootcamps around the world offer scholarships and sometimes automatic tuition discounts to students. These coding bootcamp scholarships may be applied to in-person and/or online programs and may be geared towards military veterans, underrepresented folks in tech, and those affected by financial hardship. According to our research, bootcamps offered $13.5M in scholarships for students impacted by COVID-19!

8 Full Tuition Coding Bootcamp Scholarships

Some programs offer full-tuition scholarships to make it possible for students to enroll in a coding bootcamp. Oftentimes, these full-tuition scholarships are need-based and/or aimed at veterans and underrepresented folks in tech in order to increase access to a tech education and diversify the tech pipeline. 

 Curious about other bootcamp scholarship opportunities? Check out our other scholarship roundups:

• Coding Bootcamp Scholarships for Women
• Coding Bootcamp Scholarships for Veterans
• Coding Bootcamp Scholarships for Bootcampers of Color
• Exclusive Course Report Scholarships
• Workforce Development Grants

List of Every Coding Bootcamp Scholarship

Accurate as of 2023. Listed in alphabetical order. 

1. Ada Developers Academy Scholarship

Ada Developers Academy waives the full cost of tuition.

2. BrainStation Scholarship

BrainStation offers the following 6 scholarships:

• Women in Technology Scholarship
• Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship
• Veterans Scholarship
• University and College Scholarship
• Not-for-Profit Scholarship
• Entrepreneurship Scholarship

3. Claim Academy Scholarships

Claim Academy offers various scholarships to meet funding needs.

1. $2,000 Black Women in Tech Scholarship
2. $1,000 College Upgrade Scholarship
3. $500 Women in Technology Scholarship
4. $500 Minority Scholarship
5. $500 Veteran Scholarship

4. Code Fellows Scholarship

The Scholarship Fund at Code Fellows features numerous scholarships that are need-based, covering up to 70 percent of tuition for recipients. Scholarships are awarded based on financial need and the applicant's ability to meet the requirements of the course and scholarship application. Whether you are a career changer, recent college grad, female, code school student looking to join a better program, military veteran, unemployed or underemployed, Code Fellows' scholarships are intended to assist individuals from a variety of backgrounds and financial circumstances.

5. Code Platoon Scholarships

Code Platoon offers various scholarships to meet the funding needs of their veteran students:

1. $12,500 CP Veteran and Spouse Partial Scholarship
2. $15,000 Women in Technology Full Scholarship
3. $15,500 Remote Attendance Full Scholarship
4. $15,500 Transgender Veteran Full Scholarship
5. $15,500 SkillBridge Full Scholarship
6. $12,500 - $15,500 Milspouse Coders Scholarship

6. CodeCore Bootcamp Scholarship

Scholarship grants to the under-represented demographic of women with $500 off tuition price.

7. Codesmith Scholarships

Codesmith offers several scholarships for applicants:

1. The Codesmith Scholarship is for people who have a passion for coding, go above and beyond for their community, and potential in the 5 capacities of a software engineer.
2. The Prior Bootcamp Grad Scholarship is for students who attended another program and are now attending Codesmith to pursue a mid/senior level role.
3. The Veterans Scholarship is for for U.S. veterans. 
4. The Minorities in Tech Scholarship is for those who identify as Black, Latinx, Pacific Islander, and Native American.
5. The LGBTQ Scholarship is aimed at helping members of the LGBTQ community.
6. The Women's Scholarship is for those who identify as a woman to help close the gender gap in tech. 
7. Black Engineers Scholarship is offered to students who identify as Black or African-American. The scholarship covers 100% of tuition for Codesmith's Full-Time or Part-Time Software Engineering Immersive programs.
8. Latine Engineers Scholarship is offered to students who identify as Latine, and covers 100% of tuition for Codesmith's Full-Time or Part-Time Software Engineering Immersive programs.

8. Coding Dojo Scholarships

Coding Dojo offers several scholarships for applicants:

1. Kickstart Scholarship ($1,500)
2. Career Reinvention Scholarship ($1,000)
3. Women in Tech Scholarship ($1,000)
4. Diversity Scholarship ($1,000)
5. Military Heroes Scholarship ($1,000)

9. Code Platoon Scholarships

All veterans and military spouses are eligible for large scholarships, which cover most of the $13,000 tuition cost.

1. Veteran & Spouses Partial Scholarships (everyone per cohort): median scholarship is $10,000
2. Women in Tech Full Scholarship (one per cohort): $13,000
3. Remote Attendance Full Scholarship (all Remote students): $13,000
4. Transgender Veteran Full Scholarship (one per cohort): $13,000

10. Columbia Engineering Boot Camps Scholarship

Columbia Engineering Boot Camps (powered by edX) offer a $500 tuition discount. 

11. DevLeague Scholarship

The Kingsland University Scholarship provides a $2,500 scholarship fund to new students. 

12. DevPoint Labs Scholarship

The Women in Tech and Opportunity in Tech Scholarships offers 50% off tuition.

13. DigitalCrafts Scholarship

DigitalCrafts offers the following two scholarships:

• You Belong in Tech Scholarship ($250)
• Builder Scholarship ($250)

14. Flatiron School Scholarships

1. The Women Take Tech Scholarship is designed for new enrollees in Flatiron School programs globally. Flatiron School will cover between $1,000 to $2,000 for each scholarship recipient in the form of a tuition credit, depending on program and eligibility requirements.
2. The Access Scholarship grants students is a partial scholarship of $1,000. Recipients who are in need of financial assistance (as outlined in the “Other Eligibility” section) may be eligible for an additional $500. Recipients that show excellence in all aspects of the admissions process may be eligible for the maximum scholarship of $2,000. Scholarships are limited and are available to 35–50 students per month across all campuses and online.

15. Fullstack Academy Scholarships

Fullstack Academy is now offering the AI & Machine Learning Founder's Scholarship of $3,500 for the upcoming AI & Machine Learning Bootcamp cohort. Applications are due by November 28th, 2023. 

16. General Assembly Scholarships

1. Merit Tuition Discount: up to $1,000 USD towards their full-time immersive programs. Apply by November 15, 2023.
2. Diversity Tuition Discount: up to $1,500 USD towards their full-time immersive programs
3. Military Tuition Discount: up to $1,595 USD towards their full-time immersive programs
4. General Assembly provides various scholarships through their Opportunity Fund. You cannot self-enroll in Opportunity Fund. Upon acceptance to a course, students should ask their admissions producer for a fellowship application if interested.

17. Grand Circus Scholarship

Grand Circus offers diversity scholarships from $1000-$1500 for veterans, those identifying as a woman, African Americans, Chicano or Latino people, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and those who identify as LGBTQ.

18. Hack Reactor Scholarships

1. Galavanize Scholarship is a full-tuition scholarship for applicants who identify as belonging to one or more groups that are historically underrepresented in the tech industry, including: BIPOC (Black/indigenous/person of color), formerly incarcerated persons, LGBTQIA+, persons with disabilities, persons over age 40, veterans, and women
2. We Stand Together Scholarship - This is a full-tuition scholarship for students who identify as Black or African American to Hack Reactor's Beginner Full-Time Coding Bootcamp.

19. Hackbright Academy Scholarships

Hackbright Academy offers the Changemaker Scholarship, which is a half-tuition scholarship that can be used towards the Full-Time or Part-Time Software Engineering Program. 

20. Launch Academy Scholarship

$500 scholarships for their Boston program for women and underrepresented minorities in tech. 

21. LearningFuze Scholarships

LearningFuze offers an automatic $500 Women and Veterans discount towards its in-person and online bootcamps. 

22. Lesbians Who Tech Scholarship

If you identify as LGBTQ or gender nonconforming and you want to learn how to code – Lesbians Who Tech wants to fund your coding tuition by 50% with their Edie Windsor Coding Scholarship.

23. Nashville Software School Scholarship

A limited number of scholarships are available for students from underrepresented groups like women and minorities.

24. Recurse Center Scholarship

 The Recurse Center is free for everyone! Need-based grants available for living expenses for female programmers.

25. Sabio Scholarship

Sabio offers a Women in Tech Scholarship, and the award can be up to $1,000.

Sabio is also offering a Back to School Scholarship ($3,500) for its January 8th, 2024 cohort. Applications are due by November 27th, 2023.

26. Springboard Scholarships

Springboard offers two exclusive scholarships to Course Report readers:

• $1,000 Springboard Scholarship (with promo code CR1000SPRINGBOARD) - This scholarship can be used towards UX Career Track, UI / UX Design Career Track, Data Analytics Career Track, Data Science Career Track, Cyber Security Career Track, and Tech Sales Career Track.
• $500 Springboard Scholarship (with promo code CRCYBER1K) - This scholarship can be used towards the Cybersecurity Career Track.

27. Tech Elevator + Niantic Full Scholarship

This program sponsors 20 students from underrepresented communities to complete Tech Elevator’s bootcamp for free, and then go on to either the Niantic Voyager Apprenticeship or through Tech Elevator’s Pathway Program. Eligible applicants must identify within an underrepresented group in tech, and must be in the Southern California, San Francisco Bay, and Seattle areas. 

For the purpose of the scholarship, Tech Elevator currently defines underrepresented personas as anyone who self-identifies with any of the following qualifiers:

• Racial or Ethnic Identities: Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, or Native American/American Indian
• Gender Identification: Female, Transgender, Non-Binary

28. UT Austin Boot Camps Scholarship

UT Austin Boot Camps (powered by edX) offer a $500 tuition discount. 

29. V School Scholarships

1. Women in Tech Scholarship (full-tuition scholarship)
2. Fresh Start Scholarship ($2,000)
3. Forever Scholarship for Service Members ($2,000)

30. Zip Code Wilmington Scholarships

Zip Code Wilmington offers Needs Based Scholarships & Stipends to eligible applicants. Candidates must be Delaware residents and who can prove their household has earned less than 350% of the national poverty level. Full-tuition scholarships may be awarded through this program.

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