Nearly 23,000 Will Graduate from Coding Camps in 2017

According to Course Report, 22,949 students are expected to graduate from coding boot camps this year. That’s up from 15,077 last year and more than 10 times the 2012 total.^[1]

These programs are currently offered by 95 schools, operating in 74 cities and 40 states.

The average program lasts 14.1 weeks, up from 12.9 a year ago. The average tuition is $11,400 for a total industry revenue of $266 million. "Most computer science students spend 4 years to complete their Computer Science degree."

The Firehose Project's "Definitive Guide to Choosing a Coding Bootcamp" says that "coding bootcamps isolate the most relevant skills from a 4 year degree and infuse it with relevant industry skills to bridge the gap between the theoretical world of academia and the real world of startups."^[2] The boot camps are designed to help "students with very little coding proficiency . . . change their career, launch their own idea, and directly driv[e] technical innovation at their current job." ^[2]

The New York Times reports, however, that the industry may be facing a sobering moment as some schools are closing. They quote Michael Horn, an education consultant, as saying, "You can imagine this becoming a big industry, but not for 90 companies." ^[3] Course Report notes that six schools closed this year, while 15 new schools were launched.

Footnotes:

1. Course Report, "2017 Coding Bootcamp Market Size Study," July 19, 2017
2. The Firehose Project, "The Definitive Guide to Choosing a Coding Bootcamp," accessed September 4, 2017
3. The New York Times, "As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check," August 24, 2017

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