Springboard
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, 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 ma...
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, 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 tuition-back guarantee allows students a six-month runway to land a job.
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.
Springboard Courses
Cyber Security Career Track
This Cyber Security Career Track is the first online cyber bootcamp to guarantee your first cybersecurity job or your tuition back. In this fully online Cyber Security Career Track, you will learn from the comfort of your home and at your own pace with 1:1 support from a skilled cybersecurity mentor and dedicated support from career coaches. You’ll complete 30+ labs and 35+ mini-projects while getting everything you need to pass the Security+ certification test. By the end of the bootcamp, you'll have all of the blue team technical and communication skills you need to start a cybersecurity analyst role (A job that helps you earn about $100,000 in average salary). Units include: - Cybersecurity Basics (optional) - Cybersecurity Fundamentals - IT Project Management - Host-based security - Network Security - Identity and Access Management - Security Assessment and Training - Security Operations - Application Security - Security+ Prep
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Data Analytics Career Track
Become a data analyst in six months, job guaranteed! Through this course, developed in partnership with Microsoft, you’ll master the technical and business thinking skills needed to get hired. In addition to learning fundamental business statistics concepts, key tools (like Excel, SQL, Python, Power BI, and Tableau), and advanced analysis techniques, you’ll develop your problem-solving skills—something hiring managers told us most job applicants lack. Two capstone projects will allow you to bring all of your skills together, becoming the center of a powerful portfolio. And you’ll do it all with the guidance of your personal mentor and career coach, plus support from your fellow students and Springboard alumni.
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Data Science Career Track
Get a job, or your money back, through Springboard’s mentor-guided online bootcamp. With our job guarantee, if you don’t land a job within six months of graduating, your tuition will be refunded. Students will master the data science process, from statistics and data wrangling to advanced topics like machine learning and data storytelling, by working on real projects designed by industry experts. With the guidance of your personal mentor and career coaches, you will graduate with an interview-ready portfolio and a network of data scientists. We won’t stop there. We know that career transitions are hard, and we’ll support you every step of the way—until you get hired.
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Data Science Career Track Prep
Need more prep before you begin the Data Science Career Track? In this mentor-led course, you'll spend 4-6 weeks mastering the foundational Python and statistics skills needed to pass the admissions challenge and start your career. This course was designed specifically for go-getters who want to enroll in our Data Science Career Track, but who need an introduction to, or a refresher in, Python programming, statistics, or other core data science concepts. With guidance from your personal mentor, you’ll finish the course having learned how to use Python to complete real-world coding exercises. You’ll also be able to ace our Data Science Career Track admissions challenge and begin your data science journey.
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Digital Marketing Professional Certificate
This 60+ hour digital marketing curriculum features custom and curated content. Students graduate with the skills to create and measure campaigns across key channels including SEO, SEM, social media, content, email, influencer, affiliate and more. Assessments include 7 quizzes as well as 13 hands-on projects graded by your mentor. Units include: - Digital Marketing Fundamentals - Buyer Personas and Positioning - Content Marketing - Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - Search Engine Marketing (SEM) - Social Media Marketing - Email and Partnership Marketing - Measurement and analysis
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Introduction to Data Analytics
This course is designed to help students decide if a career in data analytics is right for them. It will also help them decide if Springboard is the right educator for them. The course will introduce students to data analytics fundamentals, including structured thinking processes, Excel foundations, and how to present data-driven insights.
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Introduction to Design
This four-week, online course allows students to experience the Springboard curriculum in a bite-sized, easily digestible format. It’s created for those who want to test if online learning is for them, and those who are simply curious to see if their interest in design could lead them towards a new career. Introduction to Design students have access to one-on-one mentorship from a design expert, a one-on-one call with a career coach, hands-on, exercise-based learning, access to a dedicated student advisor, a teaching assistant, student operations support and a community of aspiring designers and design experts.
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Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate
Learn everything you need to win customers and grow your business through social media. In this mentored online certificate you will use the latest tools and techniques to strategize, create and measure a ready-to-implement, multi-platform social media campaign. Gain real-world experience and put your skills to the test with 8 hands-on projects. You'll receive personalized support, meeting regularly 1-on-1 with your mentor who works professionally as a social media marketer. The program is designed for those who want to apply their new social media marketing skills immediately and build content and campaigns for platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Software Engineering Career Track
Launch your career as a software engineer with 1:1 mentorship, career coaching, and a job guarantee. If you don’t land a job within six months of graduating, your tuition is refunded. We’ve partnered with legendary coding instructor Colt Steele to develop a cutting-edge curriculum covering everything from Python and SQL to the latest JavaScript frameworks that employers are hiring for, React and Node. As part of the course, you’ll build your own production-ready web apps to showcase to employers. You’ll also be paired with a personal mentor, an experienced software engineer currently working in the industry, who will guide you throughout the course.
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Software Engineering Career Track Prep
Learn HTML/CSS and JavaScript in this online self-paced course from your own senior software engineer mentor. The perfect foundation to becoming a software engineer and taking more advanced job-guaranteed bootcamps like Springboard’s Software Engineer Career Track.
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Tech Sales Career Track
The Tech Sales Career Track is designed to prepare students to successfully land and perform in sales development representative (SDR) and/or business development representative (BDR) roles in B2B Tech sales landscape. All backgrounds are welcome, as long as you can demonstrate strong communication and relationship-building skills, along with the ability to learn new concepts quickly. Before enrolling, applicants will be asked to pass an evaluation of baseline soft skills centered around communication skills, motivation, professionalism, a commitment to learning, and a resilient mindset. As a tech sales student, you’ll also benefit from one of Springboard’s most sought-after features: a community of support that includes a live instructor, a dedicated student advisor, a career coach, a course teaching assistant, and a grader/assessor, who will provide written feedback on assessments. As with all Springboard courses, the Tech Sales Career Track will be a 100% online experience. The course is fixed-paced, with weekly live classes to help you practice new concepts and techniques.
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UI / UX Design Career Track
Want to break into the tech and have a creative impact? Even if you have no previous design or tech experience, you can become a UI or UX designer in 9 months, equipped to own the product design process end-to-end. With our guarantee, if you don’t land a job within six months of graduating, your tuition will be refunded. The course curriculum is ideal for those looking to career transition from non-design related backgrounds. You'll learn to apply design tools and concepts in the context of real-life design problems. Receive rigorous training from user research and wireframes to high fidelity mockups and working with developers to implement them. Build your confidence and a stellar portfolio curated from hands-on projects with clients. You have the flexibility to study online whilst working full time. Plus get 1-1 expert mentor support and a dedicated career coach to ensure your success throughout your journey.
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UX Career Track
Become a UX designer in six months, job guaranteed! The UX Career Track is an intensive user experience course with a full career services component. With our guarantee, if you don’t land a job within six months of graduating, your tuition will be refunded. This self-paced, mentor-guided, online bootcamp is designed for people with adjacent skills from a few specific backgrounds: visual design, coding, marketing, and research. With the fundamentals already in place, you'll master design thinking, develop cross-functional communication skills, and create real-world projects that you can show off in a unique portfolio. After graduation, you’ll continue to enjoy the support of career coaches and access to our employer network so that you can land an entry-level UX job.
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1,290 Springboard Reviews
- Zachary FrameTest Analyst • Graduate • Software Engineering Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInAug 10, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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. - Josh AbenojarUser Experience Designer • Student • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInAug 10, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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 ...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! - Wendy BujalskiSoftware Engineer I • Graduate • Software Engineering Career Track • OnlineVerified by GitHubJul 14, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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...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. - Stasos ClarkApplication Developer • Student • Software Engineering Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInJul 13, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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 wo...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. - Maulikkumar VaghelaStudent • Software Engineering Career Track • OnlineVerified by GitHubJul 03, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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 ...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. - Osvaldo PeñaStudent • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInJul 01, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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. - Mounira GadGraduate • Data Analytics Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInJun 29, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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. - Dr. Nathan C. WalkPhysician • Graduate • Data Science Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInJun 24, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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 (e...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. - KomalVerified by LinkedInJun 20, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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. - Priyank Shukladata scientist • Graduate • Data Science Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInMay 16, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
great bootcamp to be a data scientist
My journey started a year back when I first joined springboard. Because of my background (I have MBA, PhD and 4+ years of research experience) advisor suggested me to enroll in data scientist program even though I applied for data analyst track. So, you will find a great support team here who will always have best interest of yours in mind right from the start. The program is not cheap but you get the full team working for you. Help is just an email away. So, after I got admitted to the...My journey started a year back when I first joined springboard. Because of my background (I have MBA, PhD and 4+ years of research experience) advisor suggested me to enroll in data scientist program even though I applied for data analyst track. So, you will find a great support team here who will always have best interest of yours in mind right from the start. The program is not cheap but you get the full team working for you. Help is just an email away. So, after I got admitted to the program, I had to cancel my admission and it was very easy and hassle free. Later I decided to join the cohort again and was admitted without any trouble. Even though I had to change my cohort a couple of time, springboard team is very supportive and they will always respect your decision. So, I know it's expensive but program is not for money. You get support from experts in the industry. Before my interview, I needed an urgent guidance for my interview and was able to get timely help from a mentor. I shared with him job details and my resume and he provided me great tips for the interview. I am extremely happy that I joined the bootcamp. Only thing different I would suggest you to do is enroll early and start working on exercises. There are jobs out there and with the training and support from springboard, you will get the job in no time. - Adedamola IloriStudent • Cybersecurity Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInMay 11, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Cybersecurity career trackj
Going through the cybersecurity career track program at Springboard helped open me up to diverse information in the cybersecurity space. The program, especially the mentor - student relationship helped instill more knowledge of the industry into me and the program flexibility made it more fantastic. - Giovanni RufinoGraduate • Software Engineering Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInMay 11, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Comprehensive Program for SWEs
Springboard’s program is a comprehensive program for software engineers. The bulk of the course is video based instruction taught by Colt Steele. Colt’s instructions are easily digestible, although he does fail to provide adequate mistakes in his instruction to provide practice on how to find and fix bugs. The TA team does a great job of filling this gap. There is a weekly meeting with a mentor, but 30 minutes sometimes is not adequate to explain, debug, conceptualize and plan for the ne...Springboard’s program is a comprehensive program for software engineers. The bulk of the course is video based instruction taught by Colt Steele. Colt’s instructions are easily digestible, although he does fail to provide adequate mistakes in his instruction to provide practice on how to find and fix bugs. The TA team does a great job of filling this gap. There is a weekly meeting with a mentor, but 30 minutes sometimes is not adequate to explain, debug, conceptualize and plan for the next week. The largest downfall is in the community. Although it is improving, YMMV when it comes to your particular cohort. Because the course is self paced, your cohort will be progress through the course at varying speeds. This makes it difficult to schedule study groups or coordinate on specific topics. The career services team is good, but there is no defined consensus as to what Springboard defines as to the correct way to create a resume, cover letter or LinkedIn. If you stick with one career counselor throughout the entire course, you will have a better experience than bouncing around.
I recommend Springboard to aspiring developers as long as they get the correct mentor and career counselor early on in the course. Make good progress at the start of the course, because as the material gets dense, the estimated completion time for project become flawed.
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Springboard Scholarships
$1000 Springboard Scholarship
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- UX Career Track (Online)
- UI / UX Design Career Track (Online)
- Data Analytics Career Track (Online)
- Data Science Career Track (Online)
- Cyber Security Career Track (Online)
- Tech Sales Career Track (Online)
$500 Springboard Digital Marketing Scholarship
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- Digital Marketing Professional Certificate (Online)
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