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Flatiron School

Average Rating 4.45
581 Reviews 5 Courses

Flatiron School offers structured, skills-focused online certificate programs designed to build a strong technical foundation in disciplines like software engineering, AI & data science, and cybersecurity. Flatiron School’s Work-Integrated Immersive programs combine coursework with a paid apprenticeship, giving students the opportunity to gain real-world experience while they learn.

During the work-integrated phase, students spend 20 hours per week in structured coursework and 20 hours per week working for a company. By graduation, learners have built a professional portfolio, gained production experience, and earned income that can help offset tuition costs. Programs are facilitator-led with defined schedules, hands-on projects, and ongoing support to keep students accountable and progressing. 

For certificate programs, the application process asks prospective students to share a bit about themselves and what is driving them to start a career. The process includes speaking with an Admissions representative in a non-technical interview to allow for the opportunity to get to know each other better in a friendly conversation. Applicants will also need to complete a 15-minute critical thinking and problem-solving assessment afterwards. Applicants will receive an acceptance decision from Admissions. If an applicant wants to try for the Accelerated Immersive path, they will need to go through a technical interview in addition to the steps above.

Flatiron’s programs are cohort-based and facilitator-led with structured deadlines and a defined path. Facilitators provide guidance and support throughout the program.

Reviews

581 reviews of Flatiron School

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  • Rich
    Graduate · Graduated 2018

    Full Stack Web Development Course

    Going to the Flatiron School was a fantastic decision and served me so well. I completed an in-depth, comprehensive curriculum involving Ruby, Ruby-on-Rails, JavaScript, React/Redux, SQL, HTML/CSS, among many other frameworks. The support of the faculty and...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted November 13, 2018
  • Ryan
    Junior Software Engineer · Software Engineering Certificate (Full-Time) · Graduated 2018

    Web Development immersive

    I had an amazing time at Flatiron. If you are new to programming I would highly recommend this program for how conducive it is to learning. The environment on campus in NYC was amazing. Everybody is incredibly welcoming and for such an intense program the f...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    3.0
    Flag Submitted November 11, 2018
  • Kosta
    Student

    Data Science Bootcamp Prep

    Good intro to data science principles and using python lists and dictionaries to organise data, perform anaylsis and create graphs. I enjoyed the course but I have a major complaint and it concerns a typo. A typo in the code that flatiron school wrote. A ty...
    Overall
    4.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    2.0
    Flag Submitted November 7, 2018
  • Irfan Maknojia
    Student · Online Software Engineering Immersive · Graduation year 2019

    Flatiron Bootcamp Prep Course

    Before I started the Flatiron Bootcamp Prep course, I was trying to learn front-end development through website such as Code Academy and Udemy. While those websties were somewhat helpful, they didn't challenge and test what I learned. Flatiron's Bootcamp Pr...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted October 29, 2018
  • Joseph Lorenzo
    Applicant · Software Engineering Certificate (Full-Time) · Graduation year 2019

    Bootcamp Prep

    Firstly, what an incredible course prep right out of the box. I've never worked with ruby and this prep course has been so incredibly helpful. They give a great amount of info per page, you never feel really overwhelmed but know that everything you're learn...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    4.0
    Flag Submitted October 28, 2018
  • Sarah
    Full Stack Software Engineer · Software Engineering Certificate (Full-Time)

    Flatiron School

    This is a great program! The instructors really work with everyone to make sure the information is well understood. The school also pairs a career coach with each student to make sure everyone finds a job. If you're unsure about the program, you can do the ...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted October 21, 2018
  • Skyler Phillips
    Applicant

    Flatiron's Bootcamp Prep Course

    Super helpful. Had next to no coding experience and this provided a smooth and easy introduction. The reading portions allow you to learn at your own pace (and also have a lot of personality), whereas the labs let you get hands on instead of just copy and p...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted October 21, 2018
  • IMH
    Student

    Teaches you how to think like a coder!

    As someone who has just been accepted onto Flatiron School's Immersive Software Engineering Course in London, I can't tell you what a valuable resource their online Bootcamp Prep Course was in preparing me for the interview process. After using a number of ...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted October 15, 2018
  • J. Gladstone
    Student · Online Software Engineering Immersive

    Online Bootcamp Prep Course

    I was pleasantly surprised at the level of instruction and information for the Bootcamp prep. Because online courses are pricey you really want to make sure you pick the right program. The Flatiron Bootcamp Prep is very well constructed. I have experience i...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    4.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted October 14, 2018
  • Dymock B
    Student

    Data Science Bootcamp Prep

    This is a great introductory course of around 75 hours covering the basics of Python, giving you a flavor of what's to come with the full Data Science course offered at Flat Iron. There are lots of challenging labs and the learning curve is quite steep, but...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted October 13, 2018
  • Rosanna Brown
    student

    Bootcamp prep & admissions

    I started the bootcamp prep after hearing great things about the Flatiron School. As a mom, and full-time professional, I have tried different tutorials and online courses with minimal traction. I felt that this program in particular has a cohesive curricul...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted October 9, 2018
  • Jim Jacisin
    Student

    Data Science Prep/Admissions

    I started the data scient bootcamp prep in March or April of this year with the aim of taking the technical interview in early August. The bootcamp prep was really useful for me as a beginner to programming in general, but I did have some background in Alge...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    4.0
    Flag Submitted October 9, 2018
  • Gabriel Seijo
    Student · Data Science (Full-Time)

    Bootcamp Prep Course

    Simple, concise, and practical. Applying to Flatiron School became a real goal and a success in great part, if not totally because I immersed myself in their Bootcamp Prep Course. Did I mention it's free!!! With the perfect combination of conceptual knowled...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted October 7, 2018
  • Kayla H.
    Student · Data Science (Full-Time)

    Bootcamp Prep Course - Excellent Dive into Data Science

    Having no Python experience and little coding history, I was nervous when I found out about the technical interview portion of the Immersive Data Science Bootcamp application process. With the help of the Bootcamp Prep Course, however, I had a boost of conf...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted October 5, 2018
  • Anthony Harvey
    Ruby on Rails Developer · Online Software Engineering Immersive

    Great Experience - Highly Recomend

    I've had a great experience at Flatiron and am so glad I decided to take the online software engineering bootcamp. The curriculm was excellent and was a good mix of lessons, labs and videos for me. The curriculum did a good job of introducing concepts and e...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted September 24, 2018
  • Stephan Osterburg
    Student

    Online Data Science Bootcamp Prep

    Well written curriculum, which gives you a very good idea what you will be getting in to. The coding which is ask of you is challenging if not used to coding in python. But helpful in order to understand what is covered in the chapter.

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    3.0
    Flag Submitted September 11, 2018
  • Randy

    Intuitive Prep Course

    The bootcamp prep course has been incredibly helpful on my journey to learn Javascript. The IDE is very intuitive, and the community is very helpful and responsive when called upon. Now, I am using the same tool to learn Ruby and am having a great time buil...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted September 7, 2018
  • Roberto Samia
    Student · Online Software Engineering Immersive

    Bootcamp Prep Course

    I am new to programming and looked at different boot camps and I have decided to choose Flatiron School because I think they are the best scholl to help me learn coding. I am excited to attend the online software engineering bootcamp this coming October ..W...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted September 1, 2018
  • Dilyan Kovachev
    Student

    Data Science Prep Bootcamp and Admissions Process

    For someone with zero prior coding experience like myself, the free online Data Science bootcamp was a game changer. The content was challenging enough to get me to really push myself and work hard and learn a LOT by the end, but it wasn't as intimidating a...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted August 29, 2018
  • David Lewitan
    Front End Web Developer · Online Software Engineering Immersive

    Loved It!

    I had spent a few years studying on my own and was amazed by how much they taught me. The course is split into a few section. Each section has its own instructor. I did the online program, and had coaches available until 1am to answer questions! They assign...
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted August 23, 2018
News

Recent Flatiron School News

Imogen Crispe
Imogen Crispe
Updated February 28, 2018
A lot happened in the world of technology education in February 2018! In case you missed it, we put together a roundup of all the coding bootcamp news we found interesting at Course Report. We read about government support for bootcamps and vocational education, we heard about companies training their employees at bootcamps, we saw coverage on the debate between colleges and bootcamps, and ther...
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Updated February 08, 2018
Since WeWork acquired Flatiron School in October 2017, the bootcamp has started taking advantage of the opportunities the new partnership brings. A month after the acquisition, Flatiron School’s online students received complimentary membership to their local WeWork space. Flatiron School also has plans to open a host of campuses at WeWork locations around the country in 2018. The first new cam...
Imogen Crispe
Imogen Crispe
Updated July 16, 2021
Welcome to the first News Roundup of 2018! We’re already having a busy 2018 – we published our latest outcomes and demographics report, and we’re seeing a promising focus on diversity in tech! In January we saw a significant fundraising announcement from an online bootcamp, we saw journalists exploring why employers should hire bootcamp and apprenticeship graduates, we read about community coll...
Lauren Stewart
Lauren Stewart
Updated December 04, 2024
Women make up only 24% of the tech workforce, and this number could shrink to 22% over the next 10 years. The US isn’t just lacking women in tech, there’s a general shortage of tech talent: universities only graduate about 52% of the technology workforce needed to satisfy a growing job market. Without alternative education funnels like coding bootcamps, which are particularly conducive to women...
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Lauren Stewart
Updated November 27, 2024
Most high-salary industries need more diverse workers, and tech is no exception. The conversation about diversity in tech usually focuses on gender, diversity encompasses racial, socioeconomic, cognitive, and experiential differences. Think pieces and diversity reports show large tech companies admitting they have a problem and beginning to address the diversity in tech crisis, but can the indu...
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Imogen Crispe
Updated December 28, 2017
In our End of Year Podcast, we're rounding up the most interesting news of 2017 and covering all the trends, thought pieces, controversies and more. Many schools are hitting their 5 year anniversaries – a reminder that although there is a lot going on in this industry, it’s still nascent and there is still room for new innovative approaches to the bootcamp model. We’ve chosen the most defining ...
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Updated December 01, 2017
On the Course Report Coding Bootcamp News Roundup, we keep you up to date with the blossoming coding bootcamp industry. This November, we're covering the WeWork/Flatiron School acquisition, over $2M in funding to various bootcamps, and why tech is booming in "Heartland" cities. Of course we also look at new schools, new campuses, and our favorite pieces to work on this month for the Course Repo...
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Lauren Stewart
Updated November 20, 2017
Pedro Acosta was a security guard training with the NYPD when he realized a career in software development would allow him to really excel and stimulate his mind like never before. Pedro quit the NYPD training and chose to learn part-time with Flatiron School’s Online Web Developer Program so that he could continue working full-time. See how Flatiron School helped Pedro prepare for the job sear...
Imogen Crispe
Imogen Crispe
Updated April 30, 2019
Allstate Product Design Manager, Dustin Hamilton, started mentoring Designation (now Flatiron School) UX and UI students, and soon realized that many of them would be great additions to his team. He has now hired six Designation graduates, and continues to mentor and get to know many of the designers as they go through the program. Dustin tells us why Designation is his first port of call over ...
Liz Eggleston
Liz Eggleston
Updated November 09, 2017
One of the challenges that bootcamps face and have really taken head-on is building diverse classrooms. If you’ve looked at demographics research, you know that tech is not diverse – and that means everything from a lack of racial to gender to cognitive diversity. But a lot of bootcamps are doing interesting things in this realm, around scholarships, community outreach, and partnerships with lo...
Imogen Crispe
Imogen Crispe
Updated December 05, 2017
October 2017 was a busy month for the coding bootcamp industry with news about growing pains in bootcamp outcomes, mergers, acquisitions, investments, a trend towards bootcamp B2B training, and diversity initiatives. To help you out, we’ve collected all the most important news in this blog post and podcast. Plus, we added 12 new schools from around the world to the Course Report school director...
Avi Flombaum
Avi Flombaum
Updated October 03, 2017
Learning to code is tough when you’re a beginner. There is so much information to sort through and it can feel like you’ll never learn enough to become a legitimate developer. But if you know what to expect before you start, then you’ll be prepared for these inevitable challenges. Flatiron School dean and co-founder Avi Flombaum taught himself to code, and went through the same struggles that b...
Imogen Crispe
Imogen Crispe
Updated September 28, 2017
Need a rundown of everything that happened in the coding bootcamp industry this September? You’re in luck! We’ve collected all the most important news in this blog post and podcast. This month, we kept up with the status of the bootcamp industry, learned about how bootcamps are thriving in smaller markets, and explored different ways to pay for bootcamp. Plus, we added 7 new schools from around...
Liz Eggleston
Liz Eggleston
Updated February 04, 2025
Deferred tuition and income share agreements (ISAs) are becoming more widely available and can be attractive to students who don’t have $20,000 in the bank. ISAs and Deferred Tuition align a school’s incentives with those of their students – essentially, a school isn't successful unless their students get jobs. Plus, deferred tuition and ISAs remove the barrier of an upfront tuition, expanding ...
Will Shandling
Will Shandling
Updated April 30, 2019
As the co-founder of Designation (now Flatiron School), I have talked to a lot of aspirational designers. At last count, in the 3+ years we’ve been around, I have personally interviewed about 2000 candidates for the program. And in that time, I’ve identified some distinct patterns about the types of people that are well-suited to a career in UX or UI design. If this is at all a career path you’...
Imogen Crispe
Imogen Crispe
Updated December 08, 2017
Why do journalists and industry leaders think that two coding bootcamps are closing? And despite these “shutdowns,” why do companies like IBM still want to hire coding bootcamp graduates? We’re covering all of the industry news from August. Plus, a $3 billion GI Bill that covers coding bootcamps for veterans, why Google and Amazon are partnering with bootcamps, and diversity initiatives. Listen...
Liz Eggleston
Liz Eggleston
Updated August 02, 2017
Finding a tech job in San Francisco? Easy. Landing a tech job in Cincinnati, Ohio after learning to code online and switching careers from campus ministry? Sounds harder! Michael Casciato did just that with the help of Flatiron School Online, and shares his journey with us. He’s now a Software Developer at CRäKN, using the Rails and JavaScript skills he learned at Flatiron School’s Online Web D...
Imogen Crispe
Imogen Crispe
Updated August 01, 2017
Need a summary of news about coding bootcamps from July 2017? Course Report has just what you need! We’ve put together the most important news and developments in this blog post and podcast. In July, we read about the closure of two major coding bootcamps, we dived into a number of new industry reports, we heard some student success stories, we read about new investments in bootcamps, and we we...
Imogen Crispe
Imogen Crispe
Updated July 25, 2017
With the closing of Dev Bootcamp (slated for December 8, 2017), you’re probably wondering what other coding bootcamp options are out there. Dev Bootcamp changed thousands of lives, and built a great reputation with employers, so we are sad to see it go. Fortunately, there are still plenty of quality coding bootcamps in the cities where Dev Bootcamp operated. Here is a list of coding bootcamps w...
Imogen Crispe
Imogen Crispe
Updated June 29, 2017
Missed any news about coding bootcamps from June 2017? Course Report is here for you! We’ve compiled the most important news and developments in this blog post and podcast. In June, we heard John Oliver and Megyn Kelly talk about bootcamps, we read about new investments in bootcamps, a number of newspapers wrote about the impact bootcamps are having at a local level, and we were excited to hear...
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Find answers to the most-asked questions.

Is Flatiron School worth it?

Flatiron School hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 581 Flatiron School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Flatiron School on Course Report — you should start there!

How much does Flatiron School cost?

Flatiron School courses range from $11,900 for Accelerated AI Engineering Immersive (Full-Time) to $19,500 for AI Engineering Immersive (Full-Time).

Where does Flatiron School have campuses?

Flatiron School teaches students Online in a remote classroom.

Does Flatiron School offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?

Right now, it doesn't look like Flatiron School offers scholarships or accepts the GI Bill. We're always adding to the list of schools that do offer Exclusive Course Report Scholarships and a list of the bootcamps that accept the GI Bill.

Is Flatiron School legit?

We let alumni answer that question. 581 Flatiron School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Flatiron School and shared their experiences. Their overall rating is 4.45 out of 5.

Can I read Flatiron School reviews?

You can read 581 reviews of Flatiron School on Course Report! Flatiron School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Flatiron School and shared their experiences. Their overall rating is 4.45 out of 5.

Is Flatiron School accredited?

Flatiron School is licensed (or otherwise authorized) in various jurisdictions for all Immersive courses. See flatironschool.com for more details.

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