12AppendixListOfCourses.txt

# Appendix: List of Courses

The following is a list of selected full-time coding bootcamps for which we have gathered basic information. The courses were hand-picked, and the list is supplemented with useful information such as technical focus and tuition prices. Don't postpone your bright future — apply to one of them now!

**Note**: this list was composed in the summer of 2013 and information in it is subject to change, please check with each schools' website for current information.

We've gathered the following information (and indicate when information is furnished by the founding team):

* School Name

* School Location

* Website

* Twitter url

* Facebook url

* Length of Program

* Hours - rather than indicating hours per week, we will try to capture official day hours

* Class Size

* Teacher-Student Ratio (_if provided_) - please note that this is a very loose figure, partly because most programs actively engage part-time instructors and mentor networks who contribute instruction time

* Tuition

* Refund Policy (_if provided_)

* Hiring or Placement Support (_if any_)

* Curriculum Details - whethre it covers: algorithms, data structures (stacks, hashes, etc), development workflow (debugging, version control, etc), front-end topics (layout, CSS/HTML, etc), back-end topics (database schema, security, etc)

* Key Programming Languages

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## AIT Learning
_(information directly provided by the founding team)_

Location: 14801 Murdock St, Suite 155, Chantilly, VA 20151

Website: <http://www.aitlearning.com>

Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/@aitlearning>

Facebook: [AIT Learning](https://www.facebook.com/pages/AIT-Learning/375564412566888?skip_nax_wizard=true)

Length of Program: 8wk

Hours: 9am - 5pm

Class Size: 12-15 students

Teacher-Student Ratio: 1:10

Tuition: $9,500

Refund Policy: Full refund during week 1

Hiring Support: Access to founders' networks

Curriculum Details: algorithms, data structures, development workflow front-end, back-end

Key Programming Languages: Ruby & Ruby on Rails, PHP


## App Academy
_(information directly provided by the founding team)_

Location: San Francisco and New York City

Website: <http://www.appacademy.io/>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/appacademyio>

Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/hashmaplabs>

Length: 12wk (as of mid-year 2013)

Hours: 9am - 6pm

Class Size: 40

Teacher-Student Ratio:

Tuition: 18% of first year salary contingent upon successful job search

Refund Policy: No tuition owed if unable to find job; $5,000 off tuition if placed with a partner company

Hiring Support: Job search support includes everything from interview prep to algorithms/data structures lessons to company introductions.

Curriculum Details: algorithms, data structures, development workflow front-end, back-end

Key Programming Languages: Ruby & Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, CSS3/HTML5, SQL

Other Technology:
* jQuery
* SQL
* Backbone.js

Students build the frameworks (e.g., Rails) that we use from the ground up, so as to develop a thorough understanding of the tools that they are using

Other info: App Academy places an equal emphasis on Ruby/Rails and JavaScript/Backbone.js. That said, web development is a means to the end for the primary goal of training as a software engineer



## Bitmaker Labs

Location: Toronto, Canada

Website: <http://bitmakerlabs.com/>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bitmakerlabs>

Length: 9wk

Hours per week: 40hr

Tuition Price: CAN$9,000+HST

Focus: RoR




## Coding Dojo

Location: Mountain View, CA

Website: <http://codingdojo.co/>

Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/CodingDojodotco>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/codingdojodotco>

Length: 9wk

Hours per week: 50-70hr

Tuition Price: $8,750

Refund: yes, 100%

Focus: Front-End, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Database

Class Size: 20-30




## DaVinci Coders

Website: <http://davincicoders.com/>

Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/DaVinciCoder>

Location: Louisville, CO

Length: 11wk

Hours per week: 30-40

Tuition Price: $6,000

Refund: no

Focus: Ruby, RoR, Sinatra

Class Size: 16




## Dev Bootcamp

Location: San Francisco, Chicago (and possibly Seattle)

Website: <http://devbootcamp.com>

Facebook: <http://facebook.com/devbootcamp>

Twitter: <http://twitter.com/devbootcamp>

Length: 9wk

Hours:

Tuition: $12,200, $500 discount available to females and veterans, $3,000 reimbursement if placed with partner company

Refund Policy:

Focus: RoR

Class Size: 55




## Epicodus
_(information directly provided by the founding team)_

Location: Portland, OR (formerly Sacramento, CA)

Website: <http://www.epicodus.com/>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/epicodus>

Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/epicodus.school>

Length: 4 months

Hours: 9am - 6pm

Class Size: 24 as of August 2013 (possibly growing to 50)

Teacher-Student Ratio:

Tuition: $2,800, full deferment available

Refund Policy: info n/a

Hiring or Placement Support: 1 week of the Program is spent on resumes, homepages, polishing GitHub, and interview prep, culminating in a job fair with local employers

Curriculum Details: development workflow, front-end topics, back-end topics

Key Programming Languages: Ruby & Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, CSS3/HTML5

Other info: We focus on learning programming. The languages, libraries, and frameworks we use are a means to an end - learning how to think like a programmer. By the end of the course, students are well-prepared to learn whatever languages and tools come their way on the job.

Here are a few things I think make Epicodus special:

* Almost 100% of our classroom time is spent pair programming, so students spend as much time as possible actually coding and collaborating.

* Students gradually build up their skills from simple web pages, to using Javascript for interactivity, to writing pure Ruby apps, to finally building full-stack web apps. They develop a solid understanding of each layer before they move to the next.

* There's a heavy emphasis on learning how to think like a programmer by using object-oriented design and test-driven development, and by learning in two languages, Javascript and Ruby.

* Students finish the class by building real-world applications for actual clients.

* Students of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome.



## The Flatiron School

Website: <http://flatironschool.com/>

Facebook: <http://www.facebook.com/FlatironSchool>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/flatironschool>

Location: New York City, NY

Length: 12wk

Hours per week: 45hr

Tuition Price: $10,000

Refund: yes

 $4,000

Focus: RoR

Class Size: 20



## General Assembly

Website: <http://generalassemb.ly/>

Location: Eight cities, including New York City, San Francisco, Berlin, London, and Hong Kong.

Length: 12wk

Hours per week:

Tuition Price: $11,500 in US (8,000 British Pounds)

Refund:

Focus:

Class Size:




## gSchool

Website: <http://www.gschool.it>

Location: Denver, CO

Length: 24wk

Hours per week: 55

Tuition Price: $20,000, includes an Apple laptop

Refund: no (yes if student doesn't get a job)

Focus: RoR, JS

Class Size: 24




## Hackbright Academy (women-only Program)

Location: 683 Sutter St. Ste. 201, San Francisco, CA

Website: <http://hackbrightacademy.com/>

Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/HackbrightAcademy>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/hackbright>

Length: 10wk

Hours: 10am - 6pm

Class Size:

Teacher-Student Ratio:

Tuition: $12,000

Refund Policy:

Hiring of Placement Support: prospective employer hiring day event (aka "Career Day")

Curriculum Details: development workflow, front-end, back-end

Key Programming Languages: Python, CSS/HTML, SQL




## Hack Reactor

Location: San Francisco, CA

Website: <http://hackreactor.com/>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/hackreactor>

Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hack-Reactor/134464886714521>

Length: 12wk

Hours: 9am - 6:30pm (with student programs until 8pm), 6 days a week

Class Size: 25-30

Teacher-Student Ratio:

Tuition: $17,780

Refund Policy: Full refund during week 1

Hiring or Placement Support: prospective employer hiring day event

Curriculum Details: algorithms, data structures, development workflow, front-end topics, back-end topics

Key Programming Languages: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, CSS3/HTML5, SQL



## Hacker School

Location: New York, NY

Website: <https://www.hackerschool.com/>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/hackerschool>

Facebook:

Length: 3-months

Hours: M-Th, 10:30am - 6:30pm

Class Size: 45-70 students, typically 35-45% women

Teacher-Student Ratio:

Tuition: Free (all revenues are generated from job placement fees), limited number of $5,000 need-based grant to women available

Refund Policy: Program is free

Hiring or Placement Support:

Curriculum Details:

Key Programming Languages:




## MakerSquare

Location: 716 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701

Website: <http://themakersquare.com/>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/MakerSquare>

Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/makersquare>

Length:

Hours:

Class Size:

Teacher-Student Ratio:

Tuition: $9,000 (promotional rate during inaugural period in September and November 2013), $2,000 scholarship to women (contingent on Skype volunteering into elementary, middle, and high-school classrooms around the country to inspire the next generation of women in tech)

Refund Policy:

Hiring or Placement Support:

Curriculum Details: development workflow, front-end, back-end

Key Programming Languages: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, CSS3/HTML5



## RefactorU

Website: <http://refactoru.com/>

Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/RefactorU>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/RefactorU>

Location: Boulder, CO

Length: 10wk

Hours per week: 45hr

Tuition Price: $13,500

Refund: yes, 50%

Focus: Full Stack, Python, Node.js

Class Size: 20-30




## Starter League (Web Development)

Location: Chicago, IL

Website: <http://www.starterleague.com/>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/starterleague>

Facebook:

Length: 11wk

Hours: 20-40 hours per week

Class Size: 35

Teacher-Student Ratio:

Tuition: $8,000

Refund Policy:

Hiring or Placement Support:

Curriculum Details: development workflow, front-end, back-end

Key Programming Languages: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript