springboard
About
About
Springboard is an online coding school offering online, flexible, mentor-led courses including the Data Science Career Track, UX Design Career Track, and Machine Learning Career Track (all offer job guarantees). While learning cutting-edge digital skills entirely online, students receive teaching and mentorship from industry experts. Springboard offers a number of self-paced, mentor-led workshops, plus a full Data Science Career Track program. The Data Science Career Track includes a deferred tuition option, so students can enroll for a small deposit and finish paying after starting a job. In all of Springboard’s self-paced courses, students develop job-ready skills that display industry-worthy capstone and portfolio projects. Throughout the entire process, students receive support from their industry mentor, as well as Springboard's resident advisors and the larger student/alumni community. Springboard combines expert-curated curricula with one-on-one mentorship. Springboard has served thousands of students from around the world.
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.
All graduates receive 1:1 career coaching including networking tips, resume and LinkedIn assistance, interview prep, and salary negotiation. Graduates go on to considerable success: those who accepted new jobs reported an average annual salary increase of $19,919. And because of the job guarantee, students who don’t find a job within six months of graduation receive a full refund.
Recent Springboard Reviews: Rating 4.63
Recent Springboard News
- Data Engineering vs. Data Science vs. Machine Learning Engineering
- August 2020 Coding Bootcamp News
- What Is Design Thinking? An Intro with Springboard
Courses
Courses
Data Analytics Career Track
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $5,500 Class size N/A Location Online 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.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Lending partner available: Climb Credit
Deferred tuition plan: Pay $500 and the rest when you get a job.Tuition Plans $5,500 upfront or $1,100 monthly payments, or deferred tuition plan. Refund / Guarantee Become a data analyst. Job Guaranteed. Scholarship $500 scholarship for veterans and women in tech. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level 2 years of professional work experience working regularly with office, design or programming tools. Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Prep Work None Placement Test No Interview No
Data Engineering Career Track
ApplyStart Date None scheduled Cost $7,500 Class size N/A Location Online Data Engineering students will learn to translate business needs into data infrastructure. The curriculum is designed to teach students the framework, skills, and tools the world's top technology companies demand. Some of the topics the curriculum covers include ETL and data pipelines, big data technologies like MapReduce, Apache Hadoop and Spark, and data warehousing, data schema, and modeling.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Lending partner available: Climb CreditTuition Plans $1490/month, $7500 upfront, or financing available. Refund / Guarantee Full tuition refund if you don't land a job within 6 months of graduating. Scholarship $750 scholarships for veterans and women in tech. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level - 6+ months of work experience in any analytical role, ideally working with SQL - 6+ months of work experience as a software engineer using Python or Java or C++ - Bachelor's degree in CS or other degree that involves extensive programming skills Placement Test No Interview No
Data Science Career Track
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $7,500 Class size N/A Location Online 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.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Lending partner available: Climb Credit
Deferred Tuition available: Pay $700 and the rest when you get a job.Tuition Plans $1490/month or $7,500 upfront or deferred tuition plan. Scholarship Women in Tech Veterans Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Comfortable programming and comfortable with statistics. Placement Test Yes Interview No
Data Science Career Track Prep
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $490 Class size N/A Location Online 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.Financing
Deposit None Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Beginnger Prep Work None Placement Test No Interview No
Introduction to Design
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $349 Class size N/A Location Online 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.Financing
Deposit N/A Tuition Plans There is a one time fee of $349 at the time of enrolling in the course. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level No minimum skill level required. Prep Work No prep work needed for this course. Placement Test No Interview No
Machine Learning Engineering Career Track
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $7,940 Class size N/A Location Online Fast-track your machine learning career through our mentor-guided, hands-on machine learning engineering course—the first to come with a job guarantee. Our curriculum, designed for people with software engineering experience, is rigorous and deeply technical, teaching the foundations of machine learning and deep learning. But it’s also hands-on. Of the 400 hours of work we estimate it will take to complete this course, 100 hours go toward capstone projects. You’ll build and deploy large-scale AI systems—with guidance from your mentor, an experienced machine learning engineer currently working in the industry.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Lending partner available: Climb Credit
Deferred Tuition Plan Available: $700 refundable deposit at the time of enrollment, pay the rest after landing a role in machine learning engineering.Tuition Plans $7,940 upfront $1490/month Climb Credit Loan Refund / Guarantee Job Guarantee. Get a job after 6 months or get your money back. Scholarship Women In Tech: $750 Veterans: $750 Getting in
Minimum Skill Level N/A Placement Test No Interview No
Software Engineering Career Track
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $8,500 Class size N/A Location Online 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.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Lending partner available: Climb Credit. Pay $500 upfront. Then make low monthly payments of
$61-121 during the course, and $346-380 for 33 months after.Tuition Plans One-time Upfront Payment: $8500 Month-to-month: $1,150/month Refund / Guarantee Land a software engineering job in 6 months of graduating or get a full tuition refund. Scholarship We offer a $750 scholarship for women in tech and veterans. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Prerequisites: JavaScript fundamentals & programmatic problem solving skills. Recommended: HTML & CSS fundamentals Placement Test No Interview No
Software Engineering Career Track Prep
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $490 Class size 1 Location Online 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.Financing
Deposit N/A Getting in
Minimum Skill Level N/A Placement Test No Interview No
UI / UX Design Career Track
ApplyStart Date None scheduled Cost $10,000 Class size N/A Location Online 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.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Lending partner available: Climb Credit
Deferred Tuition: Pay $700 upfront, and the rest when you get a job.Tuition Plans $1299/month, $10,000 upfront, or deferred tuition Refund / Guarantee Job Guarantee Scholarship $750 for women and veterans Getting in
Minimum Skill Level All backgrounds are welcome as long as you can demonstrate strong visual, creativity, and communication skills. Placement Test Yes Interview No
UX Career Track
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $6,900 Class size N/A Location Online 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.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Tuition Plans $1299/month, $6,900 upfront, or deferred tuition Refund / Guarantee Job Guarantee Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Academic or professional experience in user design or development oriented fields. Placement Test Yes Interview No
Scholarships
Scholarships
1 Scholarship
$500 Springboard Scholarship
Course Report is excited to offer an exclusive Springboard scholarship for $500 off tuition!Eligibility
Offer is only valid for new applicants. Applicants who have already submitted an application cannot claim this scholarship. & This scholarship cannot be combined with other offers.Qualifying Courses
- UX Career Track (Online)
- UI / UX Design Career Track (Online)
- Software Engineering Career Track (Online)
- Machine Learning Engineering Career Track (Online)
- Data Science Career Track (Online)
- Data Analytics Career Track (Online)
Reviews
Springboard Reviews
- The best Bootcamp- 9/2/2020Lucien Meteumba • Data Scientist • Graduate • Course: Data Science Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI am really happy for the time spent at Springboard.
Springboard has a great mentorship team quality and system. My mentor was really knowledgeable and really patient with me. Things that would take me days to understand, he will provide me the right resources and the right knowledge to get a better understanding of the matter.
Springboard has a great curriculum. If you just follow the curriculum, you will be unbeatable in Data Science. You will be above in knowledge and skill college students and those in the work force.
I found a new job when i was still finishing the program. It is to let you the efficiency of Springboard Job assistance.
- Data Science Career Track - Student- 9/1/2020Yuwen Hsieh • Student • Course: Data Science Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInGreat mentor support. Career support is good, but can improve. Need more original course contents, and provide data close or like the data you get in a real job for projects.
- UX Researcher- 8/30/2020Fan • UX Researcher • Graduate • Course: UX Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInStrengths about the Springboard UX Design career track:
- A great overview of important topics to help you think like a UX designer
- A mentor to keep you focused on the curriculum and to help navigate the UX industry and process
- Incredible career coaches who will help you devise strategies for your job search efforts
- 2 UX projects that follow the ideal UX design process and a real-world project with an organization that allows you to flex those new design skills
- Flexibility with the course and target finish dates during difficult times
Don't expect that a 6 month bootcamp will land you a UX job right now. This should be seen as more of an introductory to UX design. The bootcamp is easy but time consuming. The real work happens after you finish.
- Andrew Russell • Student • Course: Machine Learning Engineering Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInThe springboard Machine Learning course was fun and my 1-on-1 with the mentor was superb and the career coaches they give you access to are amazingly helpful. Though the course is extremely hard and requires a lot of time to dedicate if you want to keep up with their study plan that they give you to suggest the pace you should take the course
- UX Career Track- 8/27/2020Summer Song • Graduate • Course: UX Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInHighly recommend Springboard UX Career course! The curriculum is well structured and the biggest reason for my recommendation would be having a privilege to have unlimited (1 and 1) mentor calls to exceed my UX skills throughout my project.
- Springboard Did Not Disappoint- 8/21/2020Gabe Gibitz • Graduate • Course: Data Science Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI did exhaustive research before picking a Data Science Bootcamp. I looked online, in-person -- even considered the DIY route. I landed at Springboard, and I was so pleased with (even surprised by) my experience.
Springboard excels at combining a solid curriculum with hands-on learning, but what set them apart (and what surprised me) were their weekly 1-on-1 mentor meetings and rigorous career coaching focus. I wasn't alone simply learning how to become a data scientist. I was part of an encouraging community that prepared me to confidently create machine learning projects, network with the data science community and apply for jobs the day I left the program. Would highly recommend.
- Very helpful and Informative- 8/19/2020Chelsea • Student • Course: UI / UX Design Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInThe courses are very well put together with a lot of great content from different sources. Everyone I interacted with was very kind and helpful. I learned a lot from my time spent in it! And while I was taking courses I was paid to design a website! These are very marketable skills. A con would probably be that it is a bootcamp, so you really need to make sure you have the time, energy, and mental capacity to put the work into it. I personally found that working while trying to do the courses was very difficult.
- Data Science Career Track- 8/8/2020Alwyn Pinto • Data Scientist & Project Manager • Graduate • Course: Data Science Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInPros:
- The course work is extensive and to me seemed to be equivalent to a Masters Degree.
- EXCELLENT mentor support and without which I would have given up. This is a key factor in my completion. Previously I tried the pathetic Udacity Business Analytics course and they lacked mentor and course work support.
Cons:
- Timeline is very aggressive.
- Would love to have placement support as part of the course (this is now being offered due the covid situation).
- Job interviews guaranteed but placement is extremely difficult if you dont have a PhD or Masters.
- Data Science Career Track- 8/6/2020Jimmy Smart • Graduate • Course: Data Science Career Track Prep • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInThe program was very beneficial. It allowed me to see various aspects within the world of Data Science. The course offered a little bit of everything to at least get me familiar with what I may see once I am able to dive into my career. Considering there are many avenues to pursue from a career prescriptive, myself (or someone ) will probably need to find outside resources to dive deeper depending on what they'd like to fully immerse themselves in. Coming out of the program, I feel that I have a strong understanding of Python, SQL, as well as machine learning techniques. The main wealth of knowledge came from working on my 2 capstone projects. It was within these 2 projects that I was able to use information learned from the coursework as well as learn to properly research other techniques and/or look for deeper learning. All the while, I was able to work with my mentor as I made mistakes and more importantly learned from them. A suggestion I would have for future students of the program is to work with a networking coach early on in the process. I spoke with a mentor on a weekly basis but I somewhat slacked on the network side of things as I feared I wasn't ready to "talk the talk". Looking back on it, I should have bunch more effort into this aspect, earlier on instead of leaving a majority of it to the end. The networking coaching if very beneficial to help prepare for life after the course. They offer very good networking tips. I truly enjoyed my experience!
- Data Analytics Taught RIGHT!!!- 8/4/2020Tajram Bissoondial • Student • Course: Data Analytics Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI have applied to Springboards Data analytics program early this January and I must say that it is amazing. From the mentors to the career coaches, they do there best for you to succeed and be able to launch a new career. Every week I would have a one on one meeting with my mentor who doesn't give me answers but guild me on the right path to get to correct solution to the hypothesis we are trying to solve for that week. It is not only tools for programing but Springboard offers you the tools and inside knowledge on how to land a great job in the outside world. This is a great program and I would highly recommend anyone who wants a change in their career to choose springboard.
- UX Design Career Track- 8/1/2020Natalie Breuner • Graduate • Course: UX Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInLoved my experience!! Would absolutely recommend.
- Great Experience- 7/27/2020David Godinez • Graduate • Course: Data Science Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInGreat Experience. Great mentorship! Awesome Program!
