THE BEST Cleveland CODING BOOTCAMPS OF 2017

Our comprehensive guide to Cleveland coding bootcamps, including the best Cleveland code schools, reviews, scholarships, and more!

Cleveland, Ohio may not seem like an obvious place for joining the tech community. It’s known for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the successful steel manufacturing industry, the NASA Research Center, and for having some of the best healthcare facilities in the US. But in the early 2000s, former Cleveland mayor Jane Campbell decided to make the city a technology hub, and appointed a technology czar. From there Cleveland was named by Intel as a “Worldwide Digital Community” in 2005, and now attracts so many startups that the Cleveland area is calling for more investment from the wider community.

Thriving local Cleveland startups include expense processing app Expensebot, startup accelerator Flashstarts, and apartment finder app Quo. Nonprofit business incubator JumpStart is also offering $500,000 in funding to entrepreneurs who move their startups to Ohio. And with all those tech companies, comes a need for developers.

We Can Code IT was one of Cleveland’s first full stack coding bootcamp, launching in 2013. It offers 3-month full time and 6-month part time programs covering the .NET framework. With a focus on diversity, We Can Code IT offers grants to women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans.

Tech Elevator launched in October 2015 and offers a choice of two immersive 14-week bootcamps in .NET or Java. Both bootcamps also cover client side web programming including JavaScript, JQuery, and Bootstrap. All Tech Elevator instructors have at least eight years of development experience.

Boole Institute will start its first cohort in June 2016. The 16-week program covers full stack technologies including JavaScript, Node, and agile development.

Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) is launching Cleveland Codes in March 2016, a 24-week immersive coding bootcamp teaching C# and .NET. Tuition is subsidized for those who meet eligibility requirements.

5 Best Coding Bootcamps in Cleveland

Tech Elevator
Overall Rating: (4.89) (46 reviews)
Tech Elevator offers an immersive 14-week coding bootcamp in Cleveland, Ohio with tracks in Java and .
LOCATIONS: Cleveland, Columbus
CURRICULUM: JavaScript, .NET, HTML, C#, SQL, jQuery, CSSsee more
COST: $14,000
NEXT DATE: August 28, 2017
Eric Intihar says:
NOT a scam
Tech Elevator actually lives up to the hype and delivers on their promises, if you are willing to put in the work. The program itself is not easy. There is a to...read more
Review By: Eric Intihar
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We Can Code IT
Overall Rating: (4.67) (45 reviews)
Founded in 2013, We Can Code IT is a full stack coding bootcamp with campuses in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, with 3-month full-time and 5-month part time options.
LOCATIONS: Cleveland, Columbus
CURRICULUM: JavaScript, .NET, HTML, Git, C#, SQL, jQuery, CSSsee more
COST:
NEXT DATE: August 14, 2017
Carrie Ryan says:
Great experience!
I know that this is a cheesy and cliche way to start, but We Can Code IT changed my life. Prior to starting the program, I was working a full-time job that did ...read more
Review By: Carrie Ryan
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Cleveland Codes
Overall Rating: (5.0) (1 review)
Cleveland Codes is a full-time, 16-week IT Fast Track Program in Cleveland, OH.
LOCATIONS: Cleveland
Top Review:
Great Bootcamp
As a current student, I can honestly say this is a great program. It's longer than most bootcamps (16 weeks), has a lot of hands on exercises and feedback, a gr...read more
Review By: Anonymous
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Case Western Reserve University Coding Boot Camp
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Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Coding Boot Camp is a 24-week, part-time full-stack web development course offered in Cleveland, OH.
LOCATIONS: Cleveland
CURRICULUM: MySQL, Front End, JavaScript, MongoDB, HTML, Java, Django, jQuery, CSS, Node.js, React.jssee more
COST: $9,500
NEXT DATE: October 10, 2017

Cleveland coding bootcamps received an average 4.9 of 5 based on 95 reviews