Springboard
Average Rating4.6
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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 programs are backed with a job 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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Fatima Maroni-RanaGraduate • UX Career Track • OnlineJul 13, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceUX Career Track
After completing the UX career track at Springboard I felt fully equipped to take what I had learn and proceed in a new career direction. There is a lot of material to cover and even more that is optional, so you really get out as much as you put in. My favorite part was the 1:1 mentoring, the expert guidance really helped me stay on track, move in the right direction and get a much better understanding of concepts. Also I'm working with the career services team now while job hunting and...After completing the UX career track at Springboard I felt fully equipped to take what I had learn and proceed in a new career direction. There is a lot of material to cover and even more that is optional, so you really get out as much as you put in. My favorite part was the 1:1 mentoring, the expert guidance really helped me stay on track, move in the right direction and get a much better understanding of concepts. Also I'm working with the career services team now while job hunting and they have been so great. I've never really had the support or guidance like this before, it has been so helpful and beneficial. I would definitely recommend Springboard.- Talayeh MotameniJul 13, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Career Track
I have really enjoyed my course at Springboard, the 1:1 mentorship, career coaching, and industry project were highlights of my course. I believe the job assistance is very helpful, they stay accountable to their promises and you stay accountable to your deliverables. I really enjoyed my industry project as I received 1st hand experience as a UX Researcher/ Designer. It is a great course that you can take remotely and I highly recommend it! - Brett OliverDigital Designer • UX Career Track • OnlineJul 10, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Career Path
Springboard has a great curriculum that explains the UX design process while implementing hands on learning with projects. You also get a personal industry expert mentor who you speak with every week and even get to speak with career coaches throughout the course that help with the job searching. I would highly recommend this course for anyone trying to start a career in User experience. - Sayantan ChattopadhyayGraduate • Data Science Career Track • OnlineJul 09, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
"A worthwhile experience to get more hands on with data science."
I have recently completed the Data Science Career Track at Springboard and am very pleased with the overall experience. I believe that the 1-on-1 mentorship is the real strength of this course along with all the projects that give great hands-on experience. It is extensive and can take a long time to complete but the course is designed in a way that people without technical backgrounds and strong coding skills should not feel lost. If like me you do have a coding background, while the in...I have recently completed the Data Science Career Track at Springboard and am very pleased with the overall experience. I believe that the 1-on-1 mentorship is the real strength of this course along with all the projects that give great hands-on experience. It is extensive and can take a long time to complete but the course is designed in a way that people without technical backgrounds and strong coding skills should not feel lost. If like me you do have a coding background, while the initial portions of the course may seem easy, there is a great variety of resources that are great for review. The team at Springboard is also supportive and flexible allowing you to proceed at your own pace offering breaks and extensions when applicable. Career support is also an important aspect of the course and the career coaches take time to help you optimize your job search and narrow down what you really want. It is expensive but I believe the resources provided give you all the opportunity to get your money's worth. Finally, I would like to add that while there are flexible methods of payment, some allowing you to pay a majority of the course fees after completing the course and getting a job, a lot of these options were exclusive to American citizens when I applied. The job guarantee does cover Toronto, which is where I am based, so I would love Springboard to provide similar options of payment for Canadian citizens - Nick VarnerStudent • Software Engineering Career Track Prep • OnlineJul 06, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
I would skip it
I thought I would give Springboard a try based on some of the reviews and price, but I would recommend skipping it. Although the syllabus for the program is attractive and taught by a good instructor you could find a lot of his courses on Udemy for a fraction of the cost. One of the reasons I went with Springboard was they advertised a Mentorship who you could call on and meet up with at the end of every week. I ended up NEVER getting matched with a mentor throughout the entire course. I...I thought I would give Springboard a try based on some of the reviews and price, but I would recommend skipping it. Although the syllabus for the program is attractive and taught by a good instructor you could find a lot of his courses on Udemy for a fraction of the cost. One of the reasons I went with Springboard was they advertised a Mentorship who you could call on and meet up with at the end of every week. I ended up NEVER getting matched with a mentor throughout the entire course. It was a pretty big waste of money overall. At the end they give you some practice problems, but there's no solutions so if you end up getting stuck, you're stuck there. Maybe that is what the mentor call thing was for, but like I said I was never matched. I would skip this and buy some cheaper options.
- Nicole SmithStudent • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineJul 03, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Springboard UX/UI career track
Springboard is awesome and allowed me
The opportunity to become “unstuck” in life. I was able to learn at my own pace, since I needed more time than the 6 months I was able to do that easily. You have a lot of support in multiple forms. They understand the goal is to GET A JOB and I really appreciated their awareness of that. If you are interested in a career in UX/UI this option is beyond awesome - Teran TogiaUX Designer • Graduate • UX Design • OnlineJul 01, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Design Career Track
Springboard is not as expensive as other bootcamps, but it provides the same if not more value than many others. I think what I appreciated most about my experience was the fact that I had a personal mentor to check in with every week. I could ask questions and receive immediate feedback on projects so that I was clear on what I was doing. The job guarantee is just icing on the cake. - yuanchun wangStudent • Data Science Career Track • OnlineJul 01, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data science career track
1. The course designs very organized and even for a data science beginner, I start from easy part and dig into the difficult one.
2. The mentor is very professional and 1:1 mentor call encourages me to keep going and never give up.
3. The in-time response from career coach all and student advisor also give me a lot of instructions. - Chuanyi QinSpringboard UX Career Track Graduate • Graduate • UX Career Track • OnlineJun 30, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great course, highly recommended!
I am really glad that I took this course. The curriculum is well structured with a lot of reading and hands-on projects. Mentorship, in my opinion, is one of the most valuable parts of the course. I get to work with my mentor Noemi 1 on 1 each week, and her expertise and insight helped me tremendously. The slack student community is a perfect resource for recruiting participants for interviews and testings. But the course is not easy. I normally spent around 30 hours per week in th...I am really glad that I took this course. The curriculum is well structured with a lot of reading and hands-on projects. Mentorship, in my opinion, is one of the most valuable parts of the course. I get to work with my mentor Noemi 1 on 1 each week, and her expertise and insight helped me tremendously. The slack student community is a perfect resource for recruiting participants for interviews and testings. But the course is not easy. I normally spent around 30 hours per week in the study. It is a lot of work, but all worth it in the end. - Sudheera CharanBig data Engineer • Student • Data Science Career Track • OnlineJun 24, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
"Disappointing Spring board India Data Science Immersive - Poor Instructors and Incomplete Curriculum"
Participated in the Data Science cohort. It started off strong, but quickly fell apart after the first module, when the material shifted from standard coding techniques that were adapted from the datacamp course to more data/math focused topics. Our teacher was under-qualified to be teaching us Data Science, and we received essentially zero feedback on our coursework throughout the 15 week program. I honestly do not believe the curriculum was ready for launch, it felt way too rushed. Nu...Participated in the Data Science cohort. It started off strong, but quickly fell apart after the first module, when the material shifted from standard coding techniques that were adapted from the datacamp course to more data/math focused topics. Our teacher was under-qualified to be teaching us Data Science, and we received essentially zero feedback on our coursework throughout the 15 week program. I honestly do not believe the curriculum was ready for launch, it felt way too rushed. Numerous topics advertised as part of the course were skipped or rushed through. Some of the labs and lectures were riddled with errors, and often we were not provided lecture notes or videos as promised. The 3rd module consisted of watching youtube videos 50% of the time - didn't really need to pay 1.95 lakh for that.
The career guidance was misleading, we were told our guidance counselor would be randomly selected, yet 10 of 12 students received the same coach. The career team always seemed like they placed their personal interests ahead of mine.
I feel like the program was rushed, misleadingly advertised, and did not really prepare me for a job in Data Science.
As an aside, I recommend actually sifting through these reviews before signing up - many of them are from people who have only completed the free bootcamp prep. I was asked to write a review before starting the class but refused because I thought that was misleading.
Overall, if you are interested in a bootcamp, definitely attend one! Just be very skeptical of all promises made to you in inquiries, interviews, etc and I would definitely recommend going somewhere other than Spring board. - Sirisha pallamreddyStudent • Student • Data Science Career Track • OnlineJun 24, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
"Save your time and money. This is the worst bootcamp. Assignments and feedback do not exist for one to actually succeed."
I started this Spring board India data science Career track program with broken promises. Before enrolling the school GUARANTEED A FULL TIME JOB OR A FULL REFUND. None of it has happened. The first month was great the easy stuff. The months moving forward I was assigned about 7 different mentors. Reasons being they did not know data science or they would direct me to google. A lot of times the mentors would complain about the low rate of pay.
If they didn't like you or if you did...I started this Spring board India data science Career track program with broken promises. Before enrolling the school GUARANTEED A FULL TIME JOB OR A FULL REFUND. None of it has happened. The first month was great the easy stuff. The months moving forward I was assigned about 7 different mentors. Reasons being they did not know data science or they would direct me to google. A lot of times the mentors would complain about the low rate of pay.
If they didn't like you or if you did not meet a certain requirement they would again point you to google or say they don't know the subject matter. About 75 % of the Q & A's I registered for were cancelled, no reason was given. The curriculum is outdated and old it is a lot of reading and more reading. The mentors are not experienced at all. They just come to collect a paycheck and update their skills on the expense of the students. The school does not monitor the mentor sessions or the Q & A sessions which are just a waste of time. The slack channel your questions will go unanswered or if they answer it they will shame you and point you to an article on how to ask questions. I was not a professional programmer I was a student looking to learn. This program is not designed for students to be successful. Not a single assignment was graded or was any feedback given.
Save yourself the time and money go buy the same course on udemy for $10 bucks. Employers do not look at education they look what can you build. The stuff learned here I was not even able to get a UNPAID internship.
spring board is one of the most expensive bootcamps out there. And naturally, I thought it would be one of the best out there. It also had so many good reviews. Now, I think they remove all the bad reviews and just keep the good ones.
It is definitely not worth the money they ask. The curriculum is not that great and teachers are fine but pacing is just awful. Also, I can not stress this enough. You can not, You can not learn programming and become developer in few weeks. If you put effort and time, you can get same resources provided by springboard all over internet.
Do not go here. - Sudheer ChalasaniSoftware Engineer • Student • Data Science Career Track • OnlineJun 24, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Springboard India Data Science Track is a JOKE
I am currently enrolled in Springboard. This program is a complete joke. The curriculum is just a few articles and drills. You have a "mentor" who is supposed to answer questions and help you along the way. My mentor regularly just tells me to google things. They claim that is the best way to learn. If all I'm doing is googling then why pay them 1.95 lakhs? I tried to talk to my program manager who was very unhelpful also. I have been very displeased with this program from da...I am currently enrolled in Springboard. This program is a complete joke. The curriculum is just a few articles and drills. You have a "mentor" who is supposed to answer questions and help you along the way. My mentor regularly just tells me to google things. They claim that is the best way to learn. If all I'm doing is googling then why pay them 1.95 lakhs? I tried to talk to my program manager who was very unhelpful also. I have been very displeased with this program from day 1.
They label themselves as self paced but in fact they have a schedule they want you to keep to and you HAVE TO have meeting a week with your mentor. If you don't finish the program in 6 months you don't the job guarantee so I feel so much pressure to finish on time, when all I wanted was to be able to work at my own pace.
Would not recommend this to anyone. You're better off googling and taking free courses online.
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- Cyber Security Career Track (Online)
- Data Science Career Track (Online)
- Data Analytics Career Track (Online)
- UI / UX Design Career Track (Online)
- UX Career Track (Online)
- Software Engineering Career Track (Online)
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4.5
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FAQs
How much does Springboard cost?
Springboard costs around $10,900. On the lower end, some Springboard courses like Introduction to Design cost $349.
What courses does Springboard teach?
Springboard offers courses like Cyber Security Career Track, Data Analytics Career Track, Data Science Career Track, Data Science Career Track Prep and 6 more.
Where does Springboard have campuses?
Springboard teaches students Online in a remote classroom.
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. 1,722 Springboard alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Springboard on Course Report - you should start there!
Is Springboard legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 1,722 Springboard alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Springboard and rate their overall experience a 4.6 out of 5.
Does Springboard offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
Yes, For a limited time, Course Report readers can take $1500 off Springboard tuition with an exclusive scholarship! Be sure to enter CR1500SB in the Promo Code field of your application so Springboard can extend the discount to you upon acceptance.
Can I read Springboard reviews?
You can read 1,722 reviews of Springboard on Course Report! Springboard alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Springboard and rate their overall experience a 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 their accreditation status.