Springboard is an online learning platform that prepares students for the tech industry’s most in-demand careers with comprehensive, mentor-led online programs in software engineering, data science, UI/UX design, cybersecurity, tech sales, healthcare, and more. All Springboard courses are 100% online, remote, and self-paced throughout an average of 6-9 months. Springboard acts as a support system, coach, and cheerleader for working professionals who are ready to level-up or make a major career shift. Students have access to a unique community of industry mentors, thought leaders, and alumni, who are on hand to offer insights, networking opportunities, and support throughout the program and well past graduation. Every Springboard student is matched with a personal student advisor and industry mentor who guides them throughout the program through regular video calls.
To apply, applicants fill out an online form, take an aptitude test, then talk with a school representative about their background and motivations. For the data science career track a background in statistics and/or programming is required. For the UX career track, students should have academic or professional background in user design or development-oriented fields.
Before graduation, Springboard’s career services team supports students in their job search, helping prepare them for interviews and networking, and facilitates their transition into the tech industry. Springboard's programs are backed with a Money-Back Guarantee.
Springboard’s support does not end when students graduate. All graduates benefit from an extensive support network encompassing career services, 1:1 career coaching, networking tips, resume assistance, interview prep, and salary negotiation. Since Springboard was founded in 2013, 94% of eligible graduates secured a job within one year, earning an average salary increase of $26,000.
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1,767 reviews of Springboard
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Kevin Vo Verified via LinkedInGraduate · Software Engineering Career Track · Graduated 2022
Amazing learning experience
My experience with Springboard has been phenomenal. Springboard provides very heavy learning from basic computer knowledge to advance such as Python and Node. With 4 in-depth projects, I was able to learn and research on the coding languages that I've always wanted to. Additionally, Springboard provides a mentor that great knowledge in the field and with tremendous help on projects and questions. I would definitely recommend Springboard for people that would like to have a career as a Software Engineer.Overall5.0Curriculum5.0Job supportN/AInstructors5.0 -
Abimbola Alao Verified via LinkedInGraduate · Data Analytics Career Track · Graduated 2022
Data Analytics Career Track
I had a great experience on the Data Analytics Career Track with Springboard. The curriculum was well crafted encompassing both technical and non technical areas of the program. My mentor was amazing and always there to guide through all my learning process. My career coach was awesome in making sure I position myself as a exceptional candidate always. Overall I have acquired invaluable learning experience. Thank you Springboard Team. Great job!!!Overall5.0Curriculum4.0Job support4.0Instructors5.0 -
Sarahann Erinn Durmick Verified via LinkedInGraduate · UI / UX Design Career Track · Graduated 2022
Springboard was a great choice!
Springboard was a great bootcamp. I completed their UX UI Design course and I couldn’t be happier with my experience. I particularly liked their mentor program and the career program. The curriculum is great, and getting assistance from professional career coaches a long the way was amazing.Overall5.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors5.0 -
ELENA NURULLINA Verified via LinkedInGraduate · Software Engineering Career Track · Graduated 2022
I made a great choice to choose Springboard!
Overall I can say that I am really happy with my great choice about the Springboard bootcamp! They are always above and beyond with students. Springboard is helpful with any problem and issues if you have, life situation, and have great student support. Specially if you a mommy and pregnant the same time, you still have all chances to finish your study, I started to this course with 1 years old baby and 6 month pregnant with second child, and my way was longest then usual people have but not everyone can be like me and the greatest support came from Springboard, even I would say it is the best bootcamp in the world! Just be sure about your desire and don’t be ashamed to ask for help if you need it. Springboard has awesome mentors, and their students community as well. I got my Springboard Software Engineering Career Track Certification with still two babies on my both hands. Thank you very much Springboard team!Overall5.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors5.0 -
Paa Kwesi Verified via LinkedInData Analyst · Data Analytics Career Track
A Boot Camp worth more than a Master's Degree
After going through the Springboard Data Analytics Career Track, I must say feel more complete as a data analyst. My mentor and career coach were fantastic and they have really shaped my career. I would recommend this Boot Camp to anyone who wants to reboot his or her career.Overall5.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors5.0 -
Nathan Gagnon Verified via LinkedInStudent · Cyber Security Career Track · Graduation year 2022
Great Way to Get Started in Cybersecurity
Great bootcamp! I learned a lot and have confidence for being able to find work in this new field. Springboard helps with technical knowledge, how to apply technical knowledge in real world and how to properly interview. This is a great path for someone looking to break into the industry!!!!Overall5.0Curriculum4.0Job support5.0Instructors5.0 -
Fatemeh Kamyabkalantari Verified via LinkedInData Analyst · Data Analytics Career Track · Graduated 2022
I've achieved huge informative insights in Springboard
It was a fantastic opportunity to enhance the tech and interpersonal skills that I was looking for which aligned well with my career and made me a great fit for the data analyst position. The content of each unit was well prepared and trailed perfectly to each subject.
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Nicole C Gabino Verified via LinkedInGraduate · UI / UX Design Career Track
Smooth ride into the design world
Pros: On demand mentor support via call and messages. An experienced UX & UI mentor with valuable advice weekly. Helpful and supportive advising and support staff. A flexible schedule, different payment options, tons of resources, connections, and tools.
Cons: you’re on your own when it comes to time management, none actually enjoyed my time hahaOverall5.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors5.0 -
Nichole Murphy Verified via LinkedInStudent · Software Engineering Career Track Prep · Graduation year 2022
Comprehensive and digestible!
I came into this course with no prior coding experience. Colt does a great job going through the foundations of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript which helped me feel prepared for the Career Track program. The final practice tests really set me up well for the final Technical Skills Survey. So glad I took this course!Overall4.0Curriculum5.0Job supportN/AInstructors5.0 -
Kai Christie Verified via LinkedInStudent · UI / UX Design Career Track · Graduation year 2022
You get what you put into it
Springboard has been extremely helpful in providing the tools you need to succeed. They only provide the tools, it’s up to you what you do with them. If you work hard and are very determined to do your best you’ll come out ahead with a great job ready portfolio. I have already landed my first job and haven’t even completed the course yet. Also, create your portfolio early on an apply before you graduate to get a head start. It helped me land my job early and couldn’t be happier.Overall5.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors5.0 -
Tracie Ivy Verified via GitHubSenior Analyst · Data Analytics Career Track · Graduated 2022
Helped me to make a career change
I joined the Springboard Data Analytics career track to make a career change from professor to data analyst. I had a lot of experience with research and quantitative methods, but needed to learn the tech (SQL, Python, Power BI/Tableau). I also really wanted the career support to help me pivot my CV to a top-notch resume. The capstones and case studies are really helpful to create portfolios. There are great support staff - personal mentor, career coaches, and an active Slack channel where you can ask for help at any time. I was getting contacted by recruiters before I even finished. I took a job as a Senior Analyst that began a week after I completed the course.Overall5.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors5.0 -
Zachary Frame Verified via LinkedInTest Analyst · Software Engineering Career Track · Graduated 2022
Springboard Rocks
I had a terrific experience with Springboard. Main features for me: Job guarantee, great mentorship program, up to date curriculum. If you're able to work completely self paced and have the time each week to put forth some effort, this program might be for you.Overall5.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors5.0 -
Josh Abenojar Verified via LinkedInUser Experience Designer · UI / UX Design Career Track · Graduation year 2022
UX/UI Design Career Track Certification
Springboard UI/UX Design Career Track Certification is everything the website says it was going to be. No lies no frills, builds up your core UI and UX design skills and apply them to 3 or 4 projects that you can put on your portfolio (which the curriculum also helps up build!).
Springboard does a great job preparing you for post-completion - the dreaded job search. Springboard has career modules embedded in the curriculum that focuses solely on representing yourself as the best UI/UX Designer you can be, and even gives you interview practice and presentation practice. You and your career coach will go back and forth week after week, job application after job application, interview after interview, until you land your first job!
I was offered a job as a User Experience Designer prior to completion, so I never fully utilized the post completion career coaching all students has access to (regardless of your job guarantee status). BUT, that goes to show how well Springboad does in preparing you for the UI/UX Design field!Overall4.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors4.0 -
Wendy Bujalski Verified via GitHubSoftware Engineer I · Software Engineering Career Track · Graduated 2022
Excellent Curriculum, Good Job Support
The best part of the Springboard Software Engineering Career Track is the quality of the curriculum materials. They don't just teach you the bare minimum to be able to build things - the course gives context, history, and deep technical understanding of why modern web applications are built the way they are.
The job support is also very good, though I would've appreciated a little more hands-on guidance. I got a job before finishing the program, so perhaps I would've had more help/guidance if I'd needed it.
Anyway, I am very happy with the education I got from Springboard and would recommend it to anyone looking for a bootcamp they can do online at their own pace.Overall4.0Curriculum5.0Job support4.0Instructors5.0 -
Stasos Clark Verified via LinkedInApplication Developer · Software Engineering Career Track
Great learning experience with Springboard!
As I'm writing this review I have completed about 12% of the Springboard Software Engineering Career Track material and (just a couple days ago) accepted a job offer as an Application Developer for a local financial services company.
Here are the pros and cons of my experience with Springboard:- Pros
- Colt Steele presents all the instruction materials (via recorded video). He does a great job and was super easy to follow along with. It was pretty rare that I would complete a video and not understand the concepts he had presented.
- I found the Career Services very impressive. The career coaches are really high-caliber individuals in the field of job searching, recruiting, resume building, etc. Very, very helpful. They even made themselves available to me outside of the allotted career calls.
- The mentors are also a great resource. My mentor was very easy to get ahold of and a highly-skilled programmer who was able to show me lots of little details that the curriculum would not have had the time to get into. He is actively involved in the industry right now so he is able to translate "classroom" material into how it works in the real world.
- Obviously I don't have experience with other bootcamps to compare, but I think the price of Springboard is very, very reasonable.
- The assignments (which may be the most important part of any program) were appropriately challenging. Most of them required going beyond what was explicitly taught in the lesson and forced you to go deeper (in a good way).
- Cons
- In my humble opinion, I think the curriculum spends a little too much time on Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). From what I understand, this model is beginning to be replaced by more functional programming. I also think React should be introduced much earlier. That seems to be the most prominent front-end framework right now, so it would be beneficial to learn that sooner rather than "mastering" traditional vanilla JavaScript.
- There were times where the Springboard site was a little bit glitchy, but it was never so much of an issue that it prevented me from working for much time. Definitely not glitchy enough to be a major concern.
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Maulikkumar Vaghela Verified via GitHubStudent · Software Engineering Career Track · Graduation year 2022
Software Engineering Career Track
I have been coding out of curiosity but never got my hands on projects or a systematic completion of any technology. Springboard's concise curriculum helped me doing all that and that, too, in a minimum period of time.
The best thing I feel about Springboard is the focus on Creating the projects. My Git hub is filled with 89 repositories thanks to Springboard. The flow and the structure of learning core technologies and frameworks and libraries helped me understand not only high level but also what is going on behind the scene when the coding is rendered, that allowed me to think more logically while debugging and applying my own ideas in the projects.Overall5.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors5.0 -
Osvaldo Peña Verified via LinkedInStudent · UI / UX Design Career Track · Graduation year 2022
Great course
This course was pretty challenging, but definitely a rewarding experience if you’re up for putting in the work. The mentor meeting were helpful and the career coaches were excellent. I would definitely recommend Springboard if you’re looking for a flexible way to switch career paths.Overall4.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors3.0 -
Mounira Gad Verified via LinkedInGraduate · Data Analytics Career Track · Graduated 2022
Data Analyst
Well structured program that helped gain skills and provided constant support while I was able to study from home and keep my job.Overall5.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors4.0 -
Dr. Nathan C. Walk Verified via LinkedInPhysician · Data Science Career Track · Graduated 2022
Worth the time and money
My name is Nathan Walk and I am a physician, specifically a Pathologist. I used Springboard and feel the experience was extremely worthwhile. Their educational framework – the foundation that they start with and how the instruction is pieced together into a whole – is very well done. While I did not complete the program (yet we get lifetime access to course materials) and it played only a partial role in my eventual job, it certainly helped. I recommend the program without reservation (except, make time for it and plan – it is real work). I also believe the Career Services and material presented there is nearly worth the price of admission. No searching around for ‘elevator speeches or structure of a corporation. Springboard succinctly gives you what you need to be in the know. Thanks for listening to one Doctor’s opinion.Overall4.0Curriculum5.0Job support5.0Instructors4.0 -
Komal Verified via LinkedIn
Data Analytics Career Track
I really liked this bootcamp, the mentors were very smart and the career coaches were great. having this bootcamp be self paced is awesome. Definitely recommend this to others, its more affordable and good at getting the basics down.Overall4.0Curriculum4.0Job support5.0Instructors4.0
Courses
9 Springboard Courses
Full details, syllabus, tuition, and reviews available on each course page.
Certified Medical Assistant Program
★ 1.0 (1)
24 weeks
$2,700
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UI / UX Design Career Track
★ 4.6 (354)
39 weeks
$7,190
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Data Science Career Track
★ 4.4 (331)
26 weeks
$9,900
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Data Analytics Career Track
★ 4.7 (243)
1 week
$8,900
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Software Engineering Career Track
★ 4.6 (153)
36 weeks
$9,900
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Cyber Security Career Track
★ 4.6 (82)
24 weeks
$10,900
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Software Engineering Career Track Prep
★ 4.1 (22)
6 weeks
$490
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Data Science Career Track Prep
★ 4.6 (16)
6 weeks
$490
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Generative AI for Business
8 weeks
$2,900
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Updated November 30, 2021
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Updated December 26, 2023
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Updated February 19, 2025
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Updated May 17, 2021
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Updated April 07, 2021
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Updated March 11, 2021
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Updated December 28, 2020
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Updated December 04, 2024
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Updated October 29, 2020
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Updated August 27, 2020
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Is Springboard worth it?
Springboard hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 1,767 Springboard alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Springboard on Course Report — you should start there!
How much does Springboard cost?
Springboard courses range from $490 for Data Science Career Track Prep to $10,900 for Cyber Security Career Track.
What courses does Springboard teach?
Springboard offers courses like Certified Medical Assistant Program, UI / UX Design Career Track, Data Science Career Track, Data Analytics Career Track and 5 more.
Where does Springboard have campuses?
Springboard teaches students Online in a remote classroom.
Does Springboard offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
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Is Springboard legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 1,767 Springboard alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Springboard and shared their experiences. Their overall rating is 4.6 out of 5.
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You can read 1,767 reviews of Springboard on Course Report! Springboard alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Springboard and shared their experiences. Their overall rating is 4.6 out of 5.
Is Springboard accredited?
While bootcamps must be approved to operate, accreditation is relatively rare. Springboard doesn't yet share information about its accreditation status.