CareerWorks
• Focus: financial services, healthcare (not tech)
• Nonprofit serving low-income adults
• Fully free, 8 week programs
COOP and Braven
Both nonprofits focused on first generation college students, and transition from college.
Launch Code
• Nonprofit, free online tech education like Merit
• 12 week FULL TIME program
Flatiron School
• For-profit
• Serves more privileged (70% have undergrad degrees)
• Longer 10-month, more expensive ($16,900)
Thinkful
• Longer 6-month full-time programs (some part time but not bread and butter)
• Nonprofit tech training like Merit
Bloom Institute
• Nonprofit coding bootcamp
• Serves more privileged (50% white)
• Longer SELF PACED (up to 18 months)
• More expensive ($21,950), deferred financing
Climb Hire
• Nonprofit, 6-month programs
• Focus on Salesforce, digital marketing
1150 Academy
• Very similar. Shares low-income tech training mission
• Shorter 3-month online programs
• $13,500 with deferred financing
• Lower 60% placement rate