Coding Bootcamp Scholarships: The Definitive List

Table of Contents

• Are there scholarships for coding bootcamps?
• 5 Full Tuition Coding Bootcamp Scholarships
• 1. Ada Developers Academy Scholarship
• 2. Alchemy Scholarships
• 3. BrainStation Scholarship
• 4. Claim Academy Scholarships
• 5. Code Fellows Scholarship
• 6. Code Platoon Scholarships
• 7. CodeCore Bootcamp Scholarship
• 8. Codesmith Scholarships
• 9. Coding Dojo Scholarships
• 10. Code Platoon Scholarships
• 11. DevLeague Scholarship
• 12. DevPoint Labs Scholarship
• 13. DigitalCrafts Scholarship
• 14. Flatiron School Scholarships
• 15. Fullstack Academy Scholarships
• 16. Galvanize Scholarships
• 17. General Assembly Scholarships
• 18. Grand Circus Scholarship
• 19. Hack Reactor Scholarships
• 20. Hackbright Academy Scholarships
• 21. Recurse Center Scholarship
• 22. IronHack Scholarship
• 23. Launch Academy Scholarship
• 24. LearningFuze Scholarships
• 25. Lesbians Who Tech Scholarship
• 26. Makers Academy Scholarship
• 27. Metis Scholarship
• 28. Nashville Software School Scholarship
• 29. RMOTR Scholarship
• 30. Sabio Scholarship
• 31. The Software Guild Scholarship
• 32. Texas A&M University Bootcamp Scholarship
• 33. Tech Elevator + Niantic Full Scholarship
• 34. Thinkful Scholarship
• 35. V School Scholarships
• 36. Wagner College Bootcamp Scholarship
• 37. We Can Code IT Scholarship
• ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

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 scholarships to over 85 bootcamps 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!

5 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

Accurate as of 2022. Listed in alphabetical order. 

1. Ada Developers Academy Scholarship

Ada Developers Academy waives the full cost of tuition.

2. Alchemy Scholarships

Alchemy offers various scholarships to meet funding needs:

1. $500-$7000 Diversity in Tech Scholarship
2. $5000 PDXWIT + Alchemy Scholarship for Black & Indigenous Women
3. $2500 WWCode Portland & Alchemy Scholarship for Women

3. BrainStation Scholarship

BrainStation offers merit-based scholarships and automatic scholarships for women and members of the Canadian Armed Forces.

4. Claim Academy Scholarships

Claim Academy offers various scholarships to meet funding needs.

1. $500 Women in Technology Scholarship
2. $1000 College Upgrade Scholarship
3. $500 Minority Scholarship
4. $500 Veteran Scholarship

5. 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.

6. 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

7. CodeCore Bootcamp Scholarship

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

8. 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. The Black Engineers at Codesmith 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 for 10 students through the end of 2022.

9. Coding Dojo Scholarships

Coding Dojo offers several scholarships for applicants.

1. The Military Retraining Scholarship is intended to assist military veterans and current servicemen/women to transition their careers to web software development. Awards up to $1500.
2. The Women in Tech Scholarship is intended for aspiring female computer programmers who require financial assistance to launch their careers. Awards up to $2000.
3. The Diversity Scholarship is intended to support and encourage underrepresented groups in the technology industry. Awards up to $1500.

10. 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

11. DevLeague Scholarship

The Elevate Scholarship Fund provides a $10k scholarship fund to new students. 25% of the funds are for women and the remaining 75% of funds are distributed based on need.

12. DevPoint Labs Scholarship

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

13. DigitalCrafts Scholarship

The Builder Scholarship allows students to receive up to $1500 for the Immersive Program and up to $1000 for the Flex Program. The You Belong in Tech Scholarship is aimed at students from underrepresented groups in technology, including all female, Black, and Latinx students

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.
3. The Women Take Cyber Scholarship is a $5,000 scholarship towards tuition when qualified applicants are accepted into the cybersecurity program at Flatiron School's Colorado Springs campus. 

15. Fullstack Academy Scholarships

1. $1,000 Ada Lovelace Scholarship for Women given to all female students.
2. $1,000 scholarship for veterans.
3. $2,000 scholarship given to every immersive student at Fullstack Chicago.

16. Galvanize Scholarships

Galvanize offers partial and full scholarships based on merit, demonstrated financial need, and increasing participation in technology among underrepresented groups such as women, veterans, minorities, and people who identify as LGBT.

17. General Assembly Scholarships

1. Merit Tuition Discount: up to $1,000 USD towards their full-time immersive programs. Apply here by January 31, 2023.
2. Accessibility Tuition Discount: up to $1,000 USD towards their full-time immersive programs. Apply here by January 31, 2023.
3. Diversity Tuition Discount: up to $1,500 USD towards their full-time immersive programs
4. Military Tuition Discount: up to $1,595 USD towards their full-time immersive programs
5. 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.

18. 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.

19. Hack Reactor Scholarships

1. The Hack Reactor Scholarship offers various scholarships to new applicants.
2. The Docker Scholarship program gives financial support and mentorship to three Hack Reactor students. 

20. Hackbright Academy Scholarships

1. Hackbright $2500 Partial Scholarships for applicants with financial need.
2. Women Who Code Partial Scholarships
3. New Relic Partial Scholarships for applicants who live in the Portland Metro area.
4. Lesbians Who Tech $5,000 Partial Scholarship
5. Girls In Tech $8,500 Partial Scholarship

21. Recurse Center Scholarship

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

22. IronHack Scholarship

IronHack offers a 1000€ scholarship for women.

23. Launch Academy Scholarship

$500 scholarships for their Boston program for women and underrepresented minorities in tech. They sometimes announce full scholarships on their blog.

24. LearningFuze Scholarships

1. Significant discounts for students with an undergrad and graduate CS degree from an accredited college in the U.S.
2. $600 discounts for women and U.S. military veterans.
3. $500-$1000 early registration discounts.

25. 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.

26. Makers Academy Scholarship

£500 discount for women.

27. Metis Scholarship

All women and underrepresented minorities (includes African Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Mexican-Americans, Native Americans (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians), Pacific Islanders, and mainland Puerto Ricans), and veterans or members of the U.S. military are eligible for a $3,000 scholarship to apply toward their tuition.

28. Nashville Software School Scholarship

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

29. RMOTR Scholarship

RMOTR offers 25% off tuition for their online bootcamp for new applicants who identify as women and for applicants who are already current students at another educational program.

30. Sabio Scholarship

Sabio offers $500 scholarships for courses and a $1500 Jill H. Mays Women in Tech Scholarship.

31. The Software Guild Scholarship

The Software Guild gives a $2000 Women in Tech Award for eligible females and a $2000 Veterans Who Code Award for eligible military personnel who are admitted into the full-time online coding bootcamp program or Louisville on-ground program.

32. Texas A&M University Bootcamp Scholarship

A number of $500 scholarships are available with no minimum eligibility requirements

33. 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

34. Thinkful Scholarship

Self-identifying women and active or former US service members are eligible for $300 off each month of enrollment in Thinkful's Full Time Web Development Bootcamp and $100 per month for Thinkful's Flexible Web Development Bootcamp and Flexible Data Science Bootcamp. Thinkful Atlanta offers 5 scholarships of $3,000 towards either the Flexible or Full Time Web Development Bootcamp.

$200-500 discounts for women, non-binary individuals and military veterans. Discount amounts vary by program; ask your Admissions Rep for details if you fall into any of these categories.

35. V School Scholarships

1. You Belong in Tech Scholarship is a full-ride scholarship and internship for underrepresented minorities. 
2. My Base Scholarship is a full-ride scholarship for veterans and military spouses.
3. Veterans in Tech Scholarship is a full-ride scholarship for veterans and military spouses. 
4. Community Scholarship is for those affected by the COVID-19 health crisis.

36. Wagner College Bootcamp Scholarship

A number of $500 scholarships are available with no minimum eligibility requirements

37. We Can Code IT Scholarship

We Can Code IT has a $1,000 scholarship for women and African American, Hispanic American, or Native American students. 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

• Ultimate Guide to Coding Bootcamp Loans and Financing
• Bootcamp Scholarships for Women
• Bootcamp Scholarships for Veterans
• Exclusive Course Report Bootcamp Scholarships
• 7 Tips to Financially Prepare for a Coding Bootcamp
• The Definitive List of Programming Bootcamp Scholarships

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