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General Assembly

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General Assembly is a technical education provider that teaches students the skills, career advice and networking opportunities needed to make a career change into a tech role, in as little as three months. General Assembly offers bootcamps and courses in web and mobile development, product management, data science and more. 

To help students land their first job in a tech role, the full time bootcamp experience is led by instructors who are expert practiti...

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  • Syakirah Nasser
    Freelance Designer • Student • User Experience Design (Part-Time) • Singapore
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    Jan 26, 2022
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    A great kickstart into UI/UX

    I'm based in Singapore and I enrolled into this part time course after seeing this institution being recommended by IMDA Singapore (Sg's Media Development Authority). Prior to this, I just graduated with a Bachelor in Communication Design. However, I'd like to expand my skillset and learn more about UI/UX design so that I'll be able to land a job in this field.  This part time course was held twice a week via Zoom over the period of 3 months. I personally felt that ...
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  • Timothy Cebula
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    Jan 25, 2022
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    Veterans using GI Bill: BEWARE

    I decided to enroll at GA, dropped out of college, did all the hours of prework, got my GI bill approved, and was ready to go. My class moved from in-person to remote pretty early on in the process. About two weeks go by until they finally decide to tell me on the Friday before my class start date that the VA was not going to approve my GI Bill. Highly confused, I call the VA who assures me that the loan will very much be accepted and that the financing people at GA need to submit a form...
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  • Riana
    Jr Developer • Graduate • 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • New York City
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    Nov 09, 2021
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    Great Experience But It's Not Easy!

    I had a great experience at GA. My instructors were knowledgable and passionate about what they were teaching and they worked really well together, which led to a positive classroom experience. Bootcamps pack in a lot of information in a short amount of time, so you have to be good at learning things quickly or you might be at risk of falling behind and feeling overwhelmed. Luckily I also had a great group of classmates. We helped each other whenever one of us was stuck on a problem/topi...
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  • d
    Graduate • 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • New York City
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    Nov 06, 2021
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    scam

    I took this "boot camp" few years back they accept anyone willing to pay. I took the UX program and my instructors were promoting their DJ stuff and playing favorites(certain females who brownnosed). In my cohort we had a guy who didn't even know how to use a computer. He sold his mechanic shop to apply for this program with a promise of a six figure salary. I looked his profile up on linkedin and saw that he wasn't currently working many years later. My "career" advisor changed right as...
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  • Christopher Burwell
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    Sep 17, 2021
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    Great if you want to break into coding

    A really great program for breaking into Software Engineering! It’s fast paced but my instructors were very knowledgeable, and helped me and my fellow classmates keep up. We studied the MERN stack along with Python and Django, and created some great projects along the way. I've also gained resources I never would have had before. I'm very glad I deiced to take this boot-camp, I know I couldn't have learned this on my own especially without my great instructors help! Would recommended to ...
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  • Jennifer O'Neill
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    Sep 08, 2021
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    SEI Course

    Even though a tech bootcamp is very "you get what you put in" when it comes to the work and building connections, for a 13k+ price tag it is absolutely reasonable to have expectations regarding the quality of education and how you are treated by staff. Since day one, getting in touch with the individuals that you literally need to communicate with as part of the process was near impossible. Not long after I got to their outcomes stage I was hit by a car and hospitalized with broken bones...
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  • Marissa Levigne
    UX Generalist • Graduate • Chicago
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    Aug 11, 2021
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    UX Design Course

    This course was an introduction into UX Design. However it covered more than just design practices—the course also went into user research, usability testing, competitor analysis and portfolio building/job hunting. 
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  • Colin
    Product Manager • Graduate • 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • Denver
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    Jun 10, 2021
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    Making a Career Change, Consider a Bootcamp

    When I decided to make a shift from being a business analyst and database admin to more design and user-oriented work, I chose to take the General Assembly (GA) User Experience Design Immersive. Candidly, there may never be a perfectly designed boot camp for you, it's all about balancing trade-offs, which I think GA did well. In particular, huge credit is due to the passion and hard work put in by our instructors and their real-world experience anecdotes. We touched on the tools, process...
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  • Tommy
    UX Designer • Graduate • User Experience Design Immersive - Remote • Online
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    Jun 04, 2021
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    Great curriculum. Amazing instructors. The real prize is the friends you make along the way.

    :::Curriculum:::UX is an ever-changing field and GA recognizes this very well. They are constantly updating their curriculum based on feedback from instructors, students, and industry trends. All of the topics and tools covered were relevant and helpful. Attending UX events or reading UX articles really demonstrated how much information I learned in the bootcamp. 
    Building a portfolio was one of my key goals for taking this course. By the end, I had a ...
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  • Hannah
    Product Designer • User Experience Design Immersive - Remote • Online
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    May 18, 2021
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    UXD Immersive - You will only succeed if you put in the work

    Intro:In my experience, the online UXD Immersive was an amazing environment to learn the basic foundations of UXD. Don’t think however that going through a bootcamp is an easy and effortless way to make a career switch and a surefire way to score a UXD job post-course. The curriculum, instructors, and career coach give you the tools to become successful, but you need to go above and beyond to make the most out of it. 
    Pros:Amazing learning e...
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  • Carmelle
    Product Design Intern • Graduate • Online
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    May 15, 2021
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    UX Design Immersive

    This was one of the best experiences I have had! The instructors are veterans in the field, extremely patient and helpful, and willing to help whenever needed. Not only were the instructors incredible, but I have met some of the most talented and friendly people through this bootcamp. Although the price is a bit hefty, the experience and outcome are worth every penny.
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  • Mahdi Shadkam-Farrokhi
    Data Engineer • Graduate • 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • New York City
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    May 10, 2021
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    Great curriculum and instructors

    I was a student, then an instructor, and then got hired in the industry I was concentrating in. I took the Data Science Intensive and found the curriculum to be solid and the instructors very knowledgeable. Given the intensive nature of the course, outside effort was required but extremely rewarding. Do NOT go into an intensive unprepared; do the pre-work and commit to the course as if it were a job. 
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General Assembly Alumni Outcomes

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Of the students who enroll at General Assembly, 82% graduated. 64% of graduates were job-seeking and 97% of job-seeking graduates found in-field employment after 180 days and report a median income of . Below is the 180 Day Employment Breakdown for 2767 graduates included in this report:
180 Day Employment Breakdown
DescriptionPercentage
Full Time, In-Field Employee92.3%
Full-time apprenticeship, internship or contract position0.0%
Short-term contract, part-time position, freelanceN/A
Employed out-of-fieldN/A
Notes and Caveats
Download the General Assembly 2021 Outcomes report reviewed by KPMG here: https://ga-public-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/General-Assembly-Outcomes-Report-Latest.pdf
* These outcomes are not audited by Course Report. In some cases, data is audited by a third party.

General Assembly Scholarships

$1500 Diversity Tuition Discount

Course Report is excited to offer an exclusive diversity discount for $1500 off tuition at General Assembly! To be eligible to receive $1,500 USD* toward your tuition for a full-time immersive course by General Assembly, you must meet the following criteria:

  • You’re 18 or older.
  • You self-identify as a woman, transgender person, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, or nonbinary person.
  • Your current income is less than $40,000 USD (£28,000 GBP,  30,000€ EUR, $40,000 AUD, $40,000 SGD, or $40,000 CAD) per year.
  • You’ve been admitted to one of the following courses: Software Engineering Immersive, Data Analytics Immersive, Data Science Immersive or UX Design Immersive.
  • Ineligible for NY residents.
  • Tuition discount can not be used in conjunction with any other General Assembly tuition discount or offer.

*$1,500 USD, £1,500 GBP, 1,500€ EUR, $1,500 AUD, $1,500 SGD, or $1,500 CAD

Eligibility

This scholarship cannot be combined with other offers.

Qualifying Courses

  • 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
  • 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
  • 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
  • 4. Data Analytics Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)

$1595 Military Tuition Discount

Course Report is excited to offer an exclusive military discount for $1595 off tuition at General Assembly! To be eligible to receive $1,595 USD* toward your tuition of a full-time immersive course by General Assembly, you must meet the following criteria:

  • You’re 18 or older.
  • You’ve been admitted to one of the following courses: Software Engineering Immersive, Data Analytics Immersive, Data Science Immersive or UX Design Immersive
  • You are an active military member or veteran, or partner of a military member or partner of a veteran.
  • Ineligible for NY residents.
  • Tuition discount can not be used in conjunction with any other tuition discount.

*$1,595 USD, £1,500 GBP, 1,500€ EUR, $1,500 AUD or $1,500 CAD

Eligibility

This scholarship cannot be combined with other offers.

Qualifying Courses

  • 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
  • 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
  • 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
  • 4. Data Analytics Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)

Recent General Assembly News

Liz Eggleston
Updated March 27, 2023
In honor of International Women's Day this year, we hosted a Live Alumni Q&A featuring four women who broke into tech by attending bootcamps! The panel answered real questions from the audience like What inspired these women to make a career change into tech and why they chose bootcamps like General Assembly , Sabio , LearningFuze , and Skillcrush ? What does mentorship look like for women making career changes into tech? Are you ever too old to make a career change into tech? ...
Jess Feldman
Updated March 22, 2023
Welcome to Ask a Career Coach , an advice-column where real bootcamp career coaches answer a question from a Course Report reader. Today, Bradford Smith from General Assembly is answering a question about whether bootcamp graduates are still landing high-paying tech roles in spite of the turbulent job market of 2023. Bradford has a background in technical recruitment and is the Outcomes Manager & Senior Career Coach at General Assembly. Have a question for the Career ...
Jess Feldman
Updated March 29, 2023
Course Report February 2023 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup We re bringing you news of 70M in fundraises and acquisitions this February, and how a few coding bootcamps are making the shift to include apprenticeships. Layoffs at big tech companies continued to loom in the headlines — but are those layoffs actually affecting bootcamp graduates? We dive in! Plus, there was more movement around OPM regulation and a new Pell Grant bill for short-term programs, and 7 bootcamps new to ...
Jess Feldman
Updated January 03, 2023
Course Report 2022 The Year in Review for Coding Bootcamp News As we wrap up 2022, we re reporting on the biggest coding bootcamp news about fundraises and new campuses that we saw in December. A new study released this month detailed how to increase bootcamp graduate outcomes in today s job market. A tech-recruiter-turned-software-engineer weighs in on why employers need to update their hiring processes to include skills-based hires. Plus, find out which 15 bootcamps we added ...
Jess Feldman
Updated November 30, 2022
Course Report November 2022 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup This November, two bootcamps announced acquisitions and 70 million was invested in alternative education. We re covering how November s midterm elections here in the U.S. could impact support for education and workforce development in the upcoming years. Tech apprenticeship programs continue to grow and gain bipartisan support, and we were excited to learn of a tech training progra aimed at supporting women. Plus, ...
Liz Eggleston
Updated January 04, 2023
What is on the horizon for tech bootcamps in 2023? In this Live Q&A, we covered the major trends that our experts from General Assembly , Springboard , Coding Temple, and Code Fellows are expecting in 2023. Table of Contents Jump to the questions that you're most interested in! What were the most popular courses/subjects in 2022? Will Web3 grow in the future? Which past careers translate best into specific tech paths? What are technical hiring managers looking for in 2023? ...
Jess Feldman
Updated November 17, 2022
When COVID hit, Justin leapt at the opportunity to pursue a career in software engineering. He chose the online Software Engineering Immersive bootcamp at General Assembly (which he could attend from his home in Seattle). And after graduating, Justin got an internship with the U.S. Census Bureau to build a cross-functional app for The Opportunity Project, a platform to turn federal open data into new technologies that solve real-world problems. Today, Justin attributes ...
Jess Feldman
Updated November 02, 2022
Course Report October 2022 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup Happy October, Course Report readers! This month, interest in blockchain continued to gain traction as we saw a new fundraise in the blockchain bootcamp space. We ve got an update on ISA regulation, and we re rounding up several public/private partnerships with bootcamps. In this news roundup, we ll touch on the importance of skills-based hiring in light of a new Deloitte report, and a tech school in Brooklyn that could ...
Liz Eggleston
Updated October 06, 2022
In this Live Q&A, admissions representatives from 5 coding bootcamps General Assembly , Tech Elevator , Springboard , Devmountain , and Flatiron School offer their expert insight on the bootcamp admissions process. They re answering popular questions like What is the bootcamp application process like? Do I need previous coding experience to apply for a bootcamp? Is there an ideal bootcamp applicant? When s the best time to apply to a bootcamp? Is there pre-work before ...
Jess Feldman
Updated October 01, 2022
With their hard-working determination and unique ability to clarify difficult material, teachers have long been an asset to their teams. But with the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 alongside low teacher salaries and long hours on the job, many educators began to reconsider their career choice. According to LinkedIn , the number of teachers on the site who left for a new career increased by 62% in 2021! The grit that most teachers show have made them an attractive applicant ...

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General Assembly costs around $16,450. On the lower end, some General Assembly courses like Digital Marketing On-Demand cost $950.

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General Assembly has in-person campuses in London, New York City, Paris, Singapore and Sydney. General Assembly also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.

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