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 4.64
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Courses
Courses
Cyber Security Career Track
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $8,900 Class size 15 Location Online Springboard is a leading digital skills bootcamp that has empowered thousands of students to get their dream job. The Cyber Security Career Track we offer is the first online 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 will get hands-on practice with 30+ labs and 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"Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Lending partner available: Climb Credit
Deferred Tuition: Coming SoonTuition Plans $1,590/month, $8,900 upfront, or financing available. Deferred tuition coming soon. Refund / Guarantee Your money back if you don't land a job within 6 months after graduating from our online bootcamp and receiving your Security+ Certification. Scholarship $750 scholarship for veterans and women in tech. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level All backgrounds are welcome, as long as you can demonstrate strong analytical skills and a determination to work through and complete all required course activities. Placement Test Yes Interview Yes
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 Rolling Start Date 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
$750 Springboard Scholarship
Course Report is excited to offer an exclusive Springboard scholarship for $750 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
Shared Review
- Ms- 5/13/2019Dzekem Christa Maria • Course: Intermediate Data Science: Python • Campus: Online • Verified via GitHub
Springboard is the best online platform every one wishing to gain skills or upgrade their skilled knowledge should get there. Coupled with the mentorship guidance which is a necessity especially when new in the field of interest.
- Organized and Hands-on- 12/20/2020Sonia Abdulbaki • Graduate • Course: UI / UX Design Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInSpringboard provided an organized way for students to learn the design thinking methodology and apply it! The community support and the hands-on approach were well done. The community was helpful, responsive and positive and the hands-on coursework really helped me develop skills I didn't even know I had. I was even able to apply my skills to a project with a real world company.
- UI/UX Career Track- 12/15/2020Erica Meng • Applicant • Course: UI / UX Design Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedIn- Intensive online program with hands-on projects
- Like the career coach team and weekly mentor. They are extremely helpful to guide me throughout the cross.
- Advisor team is also very supportive and timely in response to any requests
- Supportive every step of the way- 12/11/2020Gabrielle Pangilinan • Design Development Engineer • Student • Course: UX Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI love that I got to meet my mentor once a week plus emailing him whenever I needed feedback or advice during the course. The process of going through each unit was pretty fluid and Springboard continues to make improvements to the user experience of their platform for everyone no matter what section they’re on. The advisors always get back to me whenever I had questions. Something that I hope they add to the curriculum is a feature that either shows a call-to-action if a work submitted for a unit was approved or not. Sometimes I submit work and turns out I need to go back to make edits when I’m already on the next unit. Also when it came to moving on to the IDP, I didn’t know that I had to email my advisor. So maybe adding a button in the IDP unit to confirm that the student is ready to start the IDP could make it easier.
I just completed the UX Career Track, which took me more than 6 months because I was working full time. I ended up leaving my job because 1) I wasn’t happy, and 2) I didn’t have the capacity to balance both responsibilities. I was fortunate to be living with my parents at the time so it made it easier to just focus on school rather than needing a job to pay for rent.
Before graduating, I got a job near the end of my course. I was actually scouted due to updating my portfolio and LinkedIn with feedback from my career coach.
- Just finished UX Design Course- 12/10/2020Kyle Schwenn • Graduate • Course: UX Design • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI had a great time and I learned a lot. The structure of the program was very helpful. My favorite thing was that you get to work at your own pace.
- Data Analytics Career Path- 12/6/2020Richard Pisano • Data Analyst • Graduate • Course: Data Analytics Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInSpringboard is an awesome place to get your start in data analytics. While their curriculum is intensive (as it cover a large breadth industry skills and knowledge), it is impressively structured to keep you on track to finish the program within 6-months. Springboard also has amazing mentors! From your 1-on-1 industry expert mentorship to Springboard's dedicated career and support advisors, Springboard has got it down. I would 100% recommend Springboard to anyone who is looking for a data analytics program that offers both support and substance.
- Theofilus Pujianto • Graduate • Course: Data Science Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInP.S. I took this class while busy working full time during this pandemic
This program is not just a classroom. It is something new to me since I've only been in traditional school or classroom. I think what Springboard taught me is pretty practical and on top of that, the mentor. Imagine if you have a TA but this is from the industry, that's my experience with my mentor.
More than just the curriculum, what I found very helpful is the job search support. Of course, I could not speak that much since I have not found a job as DS yet, but I do feel like it's helpful. Instead of just blindly applying for jobs posted on job boards, I was taught more methodically profound approach (which hopefully I can testify with a success in the near future).
The cons - it's quite overwhelming. Unless you have DS background or similar, you would need to work hard to get as much as possible from this program. For me personally, it was quite too much at times. I allocated times after finishing the program to actually review / relearning data science from other articles to sharpen my data science skills. Do you have to do the same? probably not. During my review, I found I picked up the materials pretty fast. Doing review on your own will give you extra confidence in your knowledge but it'd come back to you.
- Speechless- 12/2/2020Dmitriy Polumiskov • Graduate • Course: Software Engineering Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI've been looking for an organized way to learn and study because I found that lurking the web on my own did not contribute to my learning too much. I am not disappointed with my choice, as Springboard provides an affordable, structured and completely relevant knowledge, that will definitely assist you in starting your SWE career. In addition to that, you get a personal mentor, who will guide you and provide valuable resources during you studies. And, of course, there is a very supportive and caring team, who will assist you at any time
- Data Analytics Career Track- 11/30/2020Cha Vang • Student • Course: Data Analytics Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInSpringboard has given me a change for a career change from educator to data analysis. I am thankful for an effective curriculum and awesome mentor that has helped me grow.
- Great Bootcacmp for Software Engineering- 11/23/2020Thomas Adams • Graduate • Course: Software Engineering Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInThe curriculum was thorough and gave a me a great foundation and confidence that I can pursue a career in software engineering.
- Great Data Analytics Boot Camp- 11/23/2020Daniel Ramey • Graduate • Course: Data Analytics Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInJust finished the Springboard Data Analytics boot camp and would strongly recommend it to anyone who is looking to learn data analytics and pursue a career. Overall, I thought the Springboard curriculum was well curated and I feel very prepared to begin a career in data analytics. The course gave me strong skills in Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python and more. As I was finishing my final project, I was really pleased with how much I could already do in Python and SQL and feel more than prepared to contributed to a company with my data analytics skills. There were a few projects and subunits that were confusing or hard to followup but the Springboard team is great at soliciting feedback and improving its curriculum based on that feedback. Overall, a great course.
- Excellent Mentorship- 11/19/2020Benjamin Lanier Taylor • Student • Course: Data Science Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI didn't know what pandas was when I started the Data Science Career Track program, and now I feel mostly confident while applying to jobs.
Because I have not experience in data science, I'll probably work up from a data analytics role.
Biggest Pro: Excellent Mentorship. My mentor was competent, kind, and genuinely wants to help people achieve their goals.
Biggest Con: Didn't communicate I need to be practicing on websites like HackerRank or LeetCode. I wish they had recommended it from the start. For beginners, I suggest Edabit.com.
- UI / UX Design Career Track Certification- 11/19/2020Jared Beck • Graduate • Course: UI / UX Design Career Track • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInAfter being laid off from my market analyst job in April, I decided to enroll in Springboard's UI/ UX Design Track to educate myself on the world of UX methodologies. The curriculum was intensive and very informative, and my 1:1 sessions with my mentor, and later my career coach, were exceptional. I landed a full-time UX Researcher role within a month of completing my certificate! I highly recommend the UX programs at Springboard as your foot in the door to the industry, and their career facilities are exceptional.
