Coding school grads don’t end up with 6-figure salaries out of these new bootcamps. But they still end up better than before, according to the Course Report.
You’ve probably heard the stories of restaurant workers going from minimal-wage gigs to 6-figure salaries within months, like , who graduated from the Galvanize program in San Francisco.
Crash-course coding schools are the new trend to get more people trained fast to fill the plethora of computer job openings. And Denver-based Galvanize, which expanded to San Francisco this year, of its data-science grads find a job within six months — at an average salary of $115,000.
But are coding schools really that magical?
Course Report’s handy infographic
A found that 66 percent of graduates did end up with full-time developer jobs — with a 33 percent salary boost, or $18,000 on average. The average student paid $11,852 in tuition. (Course Report surveyed graduates from 43 coding schools and heard from 665 of them.)
Grads landing jobs in Denver also managed to hit the third-highest salary nationwide — second to San Francisco and Palo Alto! Denver’s average annual salary was $73,565, compared to leader Palo Alto at $93,000. Boulder ranked at number six, with an average annual salary of $66,157.
And perhaps because we are home to Galvanize, , , and others, Colorado had the second-highest average salaries, at $73,582, compared to California’s $77,119.
The Course Report also of all the schools. Another site offering reviews of coding schools . and offer overviews of many of the schools.
Any coding-school graduates who’d like to share their job & salary stories? Let me know!
How much will coding bootcamp cost you?
If you’re having trouble figuring out which coding school to consider, created a handy to figure out how much this will cost — and how you sacrifice if you quit your day job to attend. Bloc, by the way, offers an online bootcamp that allows students to learn at their own pace.
And if you’re having trouble paying tuition, Course Report also put together a comprehensive list of available scholarships:
There are also programs like the , which pays a salary to students during the coding course. When deemed ready, the students then get hired by a client company “with no conversion fees, allowing companies to ‘test drive’ personnel before making hires,” according to Techtonic.
And if you don’t have the money — or time committment — but want to take a free look into the world of coding, there are a number of online schools that offer courses for free. TechRepublic has a handy roundup:
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