Coding bootcamp scholarships

While coding bootcamps can be expensive, they frequently offer ways to help students afford a career-changing education. Depending on your situation and the school you're interested in, you can get thousands of dollars towards tuition. Some schools offer diversity scholarships, others invite you to write an essay to make your case for large scholarship awards. Check out the opportunities below:

Diversity scholarships

Thinkful

Women's Scholarship

$500

Thinkful provides a one-time discount of $500 to all self-identifying women for Flexible Web Development Bootcamp students. The school provides these in collaboration with Girl Code It and MotherCoders.

Thinkful

Veterans' Scholarship

$500

Thinkful provides a one-time discount of $500 to all military veterans for Flexible Web Development Bootcamp students. This scholarship is provided in partnership with Operation Code.

Metis

Diversity Scholarship

$3000

Metis helps underrepresented groups of any kind with $3,000 toward their tuition. Women, minorities, LGBT, and persons with military backgrounds are eligible. As of Nov 2016, the scholarship is available at the Chicago and San Francisco locations.

The Iron Yard

Diversity Scholarship

$1000

The Iron Yard offers $1,000 towards any underrepresented groups in technology, including but not limited to: women, people of color, military personnel, and individuals with disabilities

Bitmaker Labs

Grace Hopper Scholarship for Women in Technology

$500

Bitmaker Labs offers a $500 scholarship for all women enrolling in full-time programming courses.

CodeUp

CodeUp Women in Programming

$5000

CodeUp offers two $5,000 scholarships to women for their coding bootcamp. Check it out and apply here.

Dev Bootcamp

Dev Bootcamp Diversity Scholarship

$500

Dev Bootcamp offers $500 scholarships to underrepresented groups in tech, including self-identifying women, African American, Chicano/Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, and more.

DevPoint Labs

The Hopper Opportunity Scholarship

$5500

DevPoint Labs offers two women's scholarships worth 50% of tuition, apply here.

DevPoint Labs

The Hopper Opportunity Scholarship

$5500

DevPoint Labs offers two women's scholarships worth 50% of tuition, apply here.

Metis

Metis Diversity Scholarship

$3000

Metis offers women and underrepresented minorities a scholarship to their Data Science Bootcamp worth $3,000.

Merit scholarships

Tech Talent South

Female Only Scholarship

Varies

Tech Talent South has partial scholarships available for exceptional female applicants, which are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This scholarship is available at all TTS locations.

The Iron Yard

Tech Opportunity Fund

Full Tuition

The Iron Yard has created a fund that sponsors several students with financial needs a full-tuition scholarship to attend either The Iron Yard or a partnering school.

Other scholarships and promotions

V School

Partner scholarship

$250

sponsors a scholarship for students who find them through Bootcamp Finder. Claim 15% off tuition by applying through this link and listing "Bootcamp Finder" in the "How did you hear about us?" option.

Makers Academy

Partner scholarship

£250

Claim a £250 scholarship for Remote and Onsite students who apply through Bootcamp Finder. Use this application link and specify that you discovered Makers Academy through Bootcamp Finder on the dropdown at the bottom of the page.

Lighthouse Labs

Partner scholarship

$250

We've partned with Lighthouse Labs for an exclusive $250 Bootcamp Finder by enrolling using this link.

Updated on November 4th, 2016