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General Assembly

Average Rating4.3
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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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  • Anonymous
    Student • Data Analytics (Part-Time) • Austin
    Feb 14, 2021
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    Strong Foundational Course

    This GA course was a comprehensive and practice-based overview of Excel, SQL, and Tableau. It was immediately applicable to my work, and it was so valuable to learn these skills in a class context, with instructors willing to answer questions and provide support. I wish we'd allocated a little more time to SQL.
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  • Anonymous
    User Experience designer • Graduate • 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • Singapore
    Feb 14, 2021
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    Best education experience of lifetime

    Very efficient profesional and systematic way of understanding of the course materials. It's a great way to gain new knowledge through this career transition phase.

    The cons is definitely the course could have been slightly longer and have different range of project scenarios because after a while we realized that the project kinda have the same scope after a while.
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  • Anonymous
    UX Designer • Student • 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • San Francisco
    Feb 14, 2021
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    UX Design Immersive

    One of the main benefits of General Assembly’s 10-Week User Experience Design Immersive is learning to let go of overthinking and the inertia of perfectionism by applying lean UX design principles to real-world collaborative exercises and cohort work. Culminating in a real client project and design pitch, the immersive scaffolds and builds on ever-more complex frameworks and methodologies so it does not feel like an overwhelming information download. The level of instruction is consisten...
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  • Anonymous
    Graduate • 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • Singapore
    Feb 13, 2021
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    Got the career kickstart I wanted

    It will be rigorous and stressful. You have to have a growth mindset and put in the work. Be ready to listen, pivot, and get out of the comfort zone. They don't waste time and cram every lesson with things you need to know to understand the fundamentals of the field. Guest speakers from the industry are invited every now and then to talk about their experience and how they got there, which is helpful. You will be rewarded with readiness to approach the industry and also have a portfolio ...
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  • Anonymous
    Full Stack Dev • Graduate • 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • London
    Nov 15, 2020
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    const generalAssembly = [lies, useless, expensive]

    Graduated from General Assembly Software Engineering curriculum which isn't on 12 weeks but 9.
    Why? Because you have 3 x 1 project week where the interaction with GA educational team is nearly none existant.
    Their curruciculum covers the basics but do not go in depth.
    They are promoting their affiliation with the Adecco Group which does not provide any job nor operational support, whatsoever.
    General Assembly Outcomes program is completely useless - you will be on your own wh...
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  • Anonymous
    Graduate • Chicago
    Sep 19, 2020
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    Dont waste your time here coz there is no job support

    I attended their immersive a few months ago and I would discourage everyone from attending this school at any of their locations.  Why?

    The course material is very mediocre and covers only basic development tools; it is mainly because they accept anyone without any prior screening. So students who are really serious and motivated about being a coder have to work at slow pace with outdated material. The teacher to student ratio is bad too like sometimes there will only ...
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  • Anonymous
    Graduate • 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • Los Angeles
    Jun 18, 2020
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    Don;t waste your money...

    If you are thinking of attending General Assembly for data Science don't waste your money.  Your $16k could be spent far better elsewhere.  

    They spend less than a 1/2 a day in a 12 week course on SQL and waste too much time on things that employers aren't looking for,  Honestly, the instructors at General Assembly are really full of themselves.  I'm not happy I wasted $16k on the course and I would advise anyone looking to avoid...
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  • Anonymous
    Digital Marketing Assistant • Graduate • HTML, CSS & Web Design - On Demand • Online
    May 01, 2020
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    Awesome!

    Everyone should use General Assembly. Their instructors are so knowledgeable and the courses really catered to my style of learning. 
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  • Anonymous
    Graduate • Washington
    May 01, 2020
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    Web development

    This course is a waste of 15k. They make it pretty clear that they only care about the money. I was struggling with the program as I had never done programming before and was ignored by the lead instructor when I reached out for help. When I went to the head of the DC program she was very condescending and told me to just get through the program (so I couldn’t get a partial refund for the course). You will be better off teaching yourself and hiring a private tutor, you will save thousand...
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  • Anonymous
    Graduate • 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • Singapore
    Apr 01, 2020
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    Review on Software Engineering Immersive Course

    This course gives a big picture on what the world of web development is about. The course is structured in a way whereby they introduce each concept one by one, from front end -> back end -> a new language -> front end library. There are teaching assistants (TA) to help you as the class can be quite big for the instructor to handle alone. Besides that, after the end of each project, instructor/TA will be doing post mortem and provide you with constructive feedback. Overall, it i...
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  • Anonymous
    Product Designer • Graduate • Product Management (Part-time) • Sydney
    Jan 14, 2020
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    Great experience

    Had a great experience in the part time 10 week product management course. The instructor was very helpful, knowledgeable and very passionate about product with years and years of experience.

    Everyone at GA was really helpful, it's a great environment to learn in!

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  • Anonymous
    Data scientist • Graduate • 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) • New York City
    Dec 18, 2019
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    Data Science Immersive

    A great course for someone with a solid background in statistics and calculus, otherwise you're going to suffer.

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General Assembly Alumni Outcomes

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Employment Rate
82%
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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.

Where does General Assembly have campuses?

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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