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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 Money-Back 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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  • Maya Jackson
    Maya Jackson
    Graduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • Online
    May 20, 2023
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    Thorough, Supportive, Complete

    I enrolled in Springboard's UI/UX Design Career Track after spending a year debating which Bootcamp to attend and I couldn't be happier with my experience. I ultimately decided to attend Springboard because of their mentorship program, which pairs students with a one on one mentor who has worked in-field for at least three years. The combination of mentor support and the asynchronous curriculum worked really well for me. It allowed me to complete the curriculum on my own schedule while s...
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  • Christina Johnson
    Christina Johnson
    Graduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • Online
    May 17, 2023
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    No regrets about Springboard

    I just completed my UI/UX Design Career Track cert. Set to complete in 9 months but I finished in 11 months. Taking on this course is a lot of work but it is worth it if you are seriously looking to make a meaningful career change. The curriculum is in-depth and aligns with what most designers talk about online. I can confidently say I understand the process of designing a solution and the research that goes into it. The mentorship is what really stands out about this boot camp as oppose...
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  • Hunter David Hudson
    Hunter David Hudson
    Graduate • Software Engineering Career Track • Online
    May 17, 2023
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    Informative, Innovative, Rigorous

    Overall, I had a good experience at Springboard. The curriculum is very straightforward in the way programming concepts are explained. This combined with Colt Steel's personality, charm, and sense of humor also make the videos worth watching (even the long ones). However, there are some areas in which they can improve. 

    First of all, the videos are understandable, but not very beginner-friendly. I didn't have a hard time understanding them because I came into the course with progr...
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  • Emma Maytham Thrash
    Emma Maytham Thrash
    Graduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • Online
    May 15, 2023
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    UX/UI Design Bootcamp - Career Track

    Overall, the course was great and left me feeling prepared for a career in UX/UI design. What I really liked about the course was the mentorship, the student support, the internship project (IDP) and the career services. The course was expensive but the job guarantee has made me confident that it was well worth the price. 
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  • Matt Featherstone
    Matt Featherstone
    Graduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • Online
    May 11, 2023
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    Overall Strong

    Overall a good course.
    The curriculum is excellent with some great reads and projects to do along the way.
    But in my experience the mentor support and case study reviewers can be very hit or miss. Some weeks great and others not showing up.
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  • Brandi Cole
    Brandi Cole
    Student • UI / UX Design Career Track • Online
    May 05, 2023
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    Supportive, Interesting, Fast

    Springboard was an enjoyable experience for me. It had good/fun assignments. The curriculum needs to undergo some updating, but the mentors are great and keep you in the know. The career services is pretty nice too. Only negative for me really is that they need to do more in depth background checks on the companies they partner with for the Industry Design Project. 
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  • Daniel Kim
    Daniel Kim
    Graduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • Online
    May 03, 2023
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    Satisfied

    Overall, it was a good experience, especially, while having a full-time job.  The best resource Springboard provided was my mentor.  Mentors can explain concepts and processes more in-depth.  However, learning UI and Figma is almost nonexistent.  You will have to rely on Youtube for that and commit to doing your own research outside of the curriculum.  
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  • Steven Rahn
    Steven Rahn
    Graduate • UX Career Track • Online
    May 01, 2023
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    Great experience with UX course

    As someone going through a career transition, I was very satisfied with my experience in this program because of its well-designed curriculum and weekly mentor meetings. What distinguished this program from other bootcamps I researched was the month-long internship at the end of the course, where you complete a project for a client in a real-world setting. On top of the one-on-one mentorship for completing assignments and projects, you are also given a ton of support from career coaches ...
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  • Nahin Khan
    Nahin Khan
    Information Security Specialist • Graduate • Cyber Security Career Track • Online
    Apr 28, 2023
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    Springboard was great !

    I decided to join Springboard in order to facilitate my career transition into cyber security. I came in without much technical knowledge and left with the foundational knowledge, skills and confidence needed to grow and thrive in the field of cyber security. Springboard strategically put together a diverse curriculum that exposes students to the many different facets of cyber security. 

    The curriculum contains videos, labs and projects and students are paired with a mentor which ...
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  • Tyler Howarth
    Tyler Howarth
    Data Analyst • Graduate • Data Analytics Career Track • Online
    Apr 27, 2023
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    Excellent Overall Experience with Springboard Data Analytics Career Track

    I literally got a Data Analytics job halfway through the course because of the fantastic career coaching. The course material can be challenging but you have a ton of resources to succeed (you get your own personal mentor, career coach, Slack channel with teachers/students/etc.). The material touches almost everything you would need to start your career as a Data Analyst, BI Analyst, Operations Analyst, Operations Analyst, etc. Overall I had an amazing experience!
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  • Anita Durg
    Anita Durg
    Graduate • Data Science Career Track • Online
    Apr 27, 2023
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    My Experience with Data Science Career Track was very good

    The entire Springboard team is very supportive with great mentors. Their teaching material is very nice. Learned a lot. The curriculum is well structured. The guided capstones give a very solid foundation which enables us to do the independent capstones confidently. 
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  • Nathan Ealy
    Nathan Ealy
    Graduate • Data Analytics Career Track • Online
    Apr 17, 2023
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    Springboard was a solid program

    All in all, I feel like I gained a good foundation in Data Analytics by the end of the program. It was very nice to have a professional mentor to meet with every week. It was good accountability to stay on track, and it also helped me to comprehend how the material I'm learning is applicable in the workforce. I wish I would have acquired a stronger foundation in the technical skills, namely SQL and Python, however, those skills are not focal points in this program. You get out what you p...
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  • Thomas Kelley
    Thomas Kelley
    Student • Software Engineering Career Track Prep • Online
    Apr 17, 2023
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    Springbord

    They were great. The Colt Steel is one of the internets best teachers. He has this dri humor that makes him easy to learn from. The staff is very supportive and my mentor was one of the best people who went above and beyond . I would highly recommend this school for software engineering 
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  • Winnie Chen
    Winnie Chen
    Product Designer • Student • UX Career Track • Online
    Apr 15, 2023
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    Great experience

    Great experience! Got to get exposure to information that is new. Obtain information and apply the skills to design projects. There are 3 major projects within the UX Career Track. Well organized. Great mentorship. I receive great feedback and support throughout the whole journey. Still have lots to learn! 
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  • Rebekah Harb
    Rebekah Harb
    Graduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • Online
    Apr 15, 2023
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    It's What You Make of It

    Overall experience was okay, but I would recommend paying monthly and then finishing up early to save costs. Curriculum was mostly videos and articles (like on medium) that you could have self-studied. However, I did appreciate the three projects and the Industry Design Project. If I had one gripe is that because the market is so oversaturated almost every other portfolio has a "Citypups" design sprint. I would have rather done another capstone that would then be unique to me. Mentorship...
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  • Jeff Lueck
    Jeff Lueck
    Graduate • Software Engineering Career Track • Online
    Apr 15, 2023
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    Comprehensive, Supportive, Challanging

    I had compared a lot of boot camps before choosing Springboard to get a deeper understanding of how to program. I landed on Springboard due to their transparency of the program and graduate results. I also was really attracted to the program because it assigned you a mentor you had a one-on-one meeting per week to help you understand hard concepts. It also allowed an experienced person to help you through roadblocks as you progressed in the course, and assess your code as you did the sch...
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  • Taniya S Bhardwaj
    Taniya S Bhardwaj
    Student • Data Analytics Career Track • Online
    Apr 12, 2023
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    Data Analytics

    It is a great platform to learn and become a data analyst.It provides us one on one mentorship and also career coaches to help throughout the course.I gives us opportunity to learn and apply new skills to the job.
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  • Andrew Chang
    Andrew Chang
    Graduate • Data Science Career Track • Online
    Apr 08, 2023
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    Good choice

    As a postdoc looking to transition from academia to industry, I came across Springboard's data science program and decided to give it a try. I was impressed with the program's career training, which not only taught me data science but also prepared me for a career in the field. The program provided me with the necessary tools to build a portfolio of projects, practice mock interviews, and get my resume reviewed, all of which helped me secure a job offer within a few months of completing ...
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  • Racharl Kool
    Racharl Kool
    Graduate • Software Engineering Career Track • Online
    Apr 07, 2023
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    Great experience at springboard

    I really loved the self paced nature of the course. It took away stress of outside life events. I think colt Steele provides great course videos that are easy to follow and broken down in a way that’s easy to understand. I would recommend doing it full time, as I can imagine it being pleasant to do on top of working. 
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  • Elyorbek Khudaybergenov
    Elyorbek Khudaybergenov
    Graduate • Software Engineering Career Track • Online
    Apr 06, 2023
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    Great self-study curriculum and teacher, awesome mentors and good career services

    Springboard has a robust curriculum with industry expert mentor support and career services. It helps to have a little bit of IT and basic Web development knowledge prior to starting this course. Prepare to immerse yourself in the world of full-stack development, networking, resume building, behavioral interview preparation, data structures and algorithms and coding interviews. You will work on 2 Capstone projects in 2 different stacks: Flask / PostgreSQL / Jinja2 for first project and t...
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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 5 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. 1,763 Springboard alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Springboard on Course Report - you should start there!

Is Springboard legit?

We let alumni answer that question. 1,763 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, 💰Course Report readers can take $2,000 off Springboard tuition for Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Data Science Career Tracks. Just use promo code CR2000SB to automatically take $2,000 off tuition. 

Can I read Springboard reviews?

You can read 1,763 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.

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