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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!
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!
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.
School | Scholarship Name | Scholarship Details |
Ada Developers Academy | Ada Developers Academy Scholarship | Full tuition scholarship and paid internship for women! |
Code Fellows | Scholarship Fund | Need-based scholarship that covers up to 70% of your bootcamp tuition! |
Code Platoon | Various scholarships | Multiple full-tuition scholarships are available for U.S. veterans and military spouses! |
Codesmith | These two full-tuition scholarships offered to students who identify as Black, African-American, or Latine. These scholarships are to be used towards the Full-Time or Part-Time Software Engineering Immersive programs. | |
Codeworks | Full-Tuition Scholarship | 10 full-tuition scholarships will be offered for the September and November 2023 cohorts at Codeworks. Scholarships are open to all applicants from all courses, with priority given to students from minority and underrepresented groups. |
Hack Reactor | Galvanize Scholarship | This full-tuition scholarship is for those 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. |
Hack Reactor | We Stand Together Scholarship | This full-tuition scholarship is for students who identify as Black or African American for Hack Reactor's Beginner Full-Time Coding Bootcamp. |
V School | Women in Tech Scholarship |
V School has partnered with RizeNext Tech-Moms to offer two full-tuition paid scholarships, which can be used towards the web development or UX/UI design online programs. |
Curious about other bootcamp scholarship opportunities? Check out our other scholarship roundups:
Accurate as of 2023. Listed in alphabetical order.
Ada Developers Academy waives the full cost of tuition.
BrainStation offers the following 6 scholarships:
Claim Academy offers various scholarships to meet funding needs.
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.
Code Platoon offers various scholarships to meet the funding needs of their veteran students:
Scholarship grants to the under-represented demographic of women with $500 off tuition price.
Codesmith offers several scholarships for applicants:
Coding Dojo offers several scholarships for applicants:
All veterans and military spouses are eligible for large scholarships, which cover most of the $13,000 tuition cost.
Columbia Engineering Boot Camps (powered by edX) offer a $500 tuition discount.
The Kingsland University Scholarship provides a $2,500 scholarship fund to new students.
The Women in Tech and Opportunity in Tech Scholarships offers 50% off tuition.
DigitalCrafts offers the following two 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.
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.
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.
$500 scholarships for their Boston program for women and underrepresented minorities in tech.
LearningFuze offers an automatic $500 Women and Veterans discount towards its in-person and online bootcamps.
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.
A limited number of scholarships are available for students from underrepresented groups like women and minorities.
The Recurse Center is free for everyone! Need-based grants available for living expenses for female programmers.
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.
Springboard offers two exclusive scholarships to Course Report readers:
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:
UT Austin Boot Camps (powered by edX) offer a $500 tuition discount.
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.
Know of a scholarship that we should include? Let us know in the comments or email us!
Liz Eggleston is co-founder of Course Report, the most complete resource for students choosing a coding bootcamp. Liz has dedicated her career to empowering passionate career changers to break into tech, providing valuable insights and guidance in the rapidly evolving field of tech education. At Course Report, Liz has built a trusted platform that helps thousands of students navigate the complex landscape of coding bootcamps.
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