Coding and Data Science Bootcamps That Accept the GI Bill

By: The SwitchUp Team
Last Updated: November 9, 2017

When Veterans return home from service, it can prove difficult to jumpstart a career. SwitchUp did the research to bring our military members a comprehensive list of data science and coding bootcamps throughout the United States that either accept the GI Bill or provide discounts and scholarships for those who have served.

We have organized our list by region to make it easier to pick out the school that is right for you.

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Schools for Data Science and Learning to Code that Accept the GI Bill:

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Northeast

Startup Institute | Location: Boston, MA

General Assembly | Location: New York, NY & Washington D.C.

Metis | Location: New York, NY*
*This is currently the only Metis campus that accepts the GI Bill. Other scholarships for their alternative locations are listed below.

Code Immersives | Location: New York, NY

South

Nashville Software School | Location: Nashville, TN

Codeup | Location: San Antonio, TX

Wyncode | Location: Miami, FL

Midwest

Code Platoon | Location: Chicago, IL

The Software Guild | Location: Louisville, KY

We Can Code IT | Location: Cleveland, OH

devCodeCamp | Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Tech Elevator | Locations: Cleveland, OH & Columbus, OH

West

Skill Distillery | Location: Denver, CO

Epicodus | Location: Seattle, WA & Portland, OR

Coding Dojo | Location: Seattle, WA

V School | Location: Salt Lake City, UT

DevPoint Labs | Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Galvanize | Location: Denver, Boulder, CO

Sabio | Location: Culver City, CA

Turing School of Software & Design | Location: Denver, CO

Deep Dive Coding | Location: Albuquerque, NM

Code Fellows | Location: Seattle, WA

Dev League | Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

PDX Code Guild | Location: Portland, OR


Scholarships or Discounts Offered for Military Personnel who are Active or have Veteran Status:

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Northeast

The Flatiron School | Location: New York, NY
Offers $400 scholarships to the first 50 veterans to sign-up.

Metis | Location: New York, NY
Offers $3,000 tuition scholarship for veterans or members of the US military.

Launch Academy | Location: Boston, MA
Offers $500 scholarships to any veteran, female or minority underrepresented in the software and technology field.

South

DigitalCrafts | Location: Atlanta, GA
Offers a $1,000 Veterans Appreciation Scholarship for all Veterans who apply and are accepted into their 16 Week Immersive Web Development Bootcamp.

Midwest

Code Platoon | Location: Chicago, IL
A nonprofit, veteran-only coding bootcamp offering 16 weeks of intense, in-person instruction for $1,500. Plus, they offer 2 full-tuition scholarships per cohort to their Remote Program ($13,000 value).

devCodeCamp | Location: Milwaukee, WI
Offers free housing to veterans who are not from the Milwaukee area.

West

K2 Data Science | Location: Walnut, CA
Offers an automatic $2,000 scholarship to military personnel and veterans.

LearningFuze | Location: Orange County, CA
Offers $600 discounts for US Military members.

V School | Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Offers scholarships to women, minorities and military members.

Online

Fullstack Academy | Location: Remote Immersive
Awarding $100,000 in Fullstack Remote Immersive scholarships to Operation Code members.

Thinkful | Location: Online Bootcamp
Offers veterans a $1200 discount for their web development bootcamp.

Bloc | Location: Online Bootcamp
Offers two $500 scholarships to Veterans weekly that can be applied to any of their programs. Bloc's Veterans Scholarship in Development & Design is available to all active duty, veteran and military spouses. Applicants may receive up to 40% off their Bloc program.

Code Institute
Location: Online Bootcamp


Want to learn more? To compare all programs by subject, location, and price, check out the SwitchUp directory.

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