1. 1. Your application process is rigorous and highly personalized. We really get to know you so we can be sure it’s a mutual fit.
   2. Our instructors are the best. Not only do they have industry experience, but students rave about the thought and care they pour into students.
   3. Our job isn’t done until you have yours. You’ll get personalized career coaching, and a whole team helping you to find a job, even after graduation.
   4. We’re personally invested in you! If you don’t get hired within 6 months of graduating, that means we didn’t do our part, so we will refund your tuition.

1. 1. What is your technical background? Our web development program doesn’t require any background, and has a faster ramp-up to admission. Data Science requires introductory experience in math, stats, and programming. Coding not your thing? Cloud Administration is for you if you like to fix and build things.
   2. What do you want to be working on daily? While some parts of the jobs will overlap, like writing in a programming language, most everything else is different. Web development will train you to build websites and applications. Data Science will train you to draw insights from data sets. Cloud Administration, you’ll get hands-on training in networking, Linux, Windows, security, and AWS Cloud.

Still not sure? Talk with our Admissions Team!

Yes. Students must provide their own Apple laptop capable of running the most recent operating system, with at least 8GB for both programs, and the laptop can be made no earlier than 2018. It doesn’t need to be brand new – many of our students have good luck with refurbished options. You do not need a laptop for the admissions process, you’ll just need it by your first day of class.

Yes. We primarily use Slack, email and Zoom.

Yes! As an alum or staff member, if someone you refer completes 75% of our data science program, we’ll give you $500. Make sure they put your name on their application, or you won’t get credit!

In an effort to continue cultivating inclusive growth within the tech industry, we are now offering an exclusive Women in Tech referral program to Codeup alumni. If a woman you refer completes 75% of our data science program, we’ll give you $1000. Make sure they put your name on their application, or you won’t get credit! 

*Women in Tech referral program cannot be used in combination with any other existing referral or promotion*

The data science process has about 7 steps: 1) data wrangling (getting and cleaning data); 2) exploratory data analysis, statistical inference, and data visualization; 3) feature engineering; 4) development of a predictive model (training, evaluating, optimizing, testing); 5) model deployment; 6) delivery of results (report, story, visualization); 7) model maintenance. For a visual of this process using credit card fraud detection as an example, click here.

We keep the ratio of students to instructors as low as possible. Usually, each cohort of 20-28 students has 2-3 instructors.

Morning: You’ll spend the half-hour before class preparing for the day at our virtual Office Hours or reviewing yesterday’s notes or projects. Class starts at 9 am CT on Zoom.

Class Time: You’ll spend about half your class time in live lecture with our expert instructors, and the other half in supervised, supported project time. The curriculum is very hands-on, so even with virtual classes, you’ll be working on projects with classmates while instructors and teaching assistants are available to help.

Afternoon: Lunch starts at 12:30 pm and class resumes at 1:30 pm.

After Class: At 5 pm, you’re done with class, but you’re not done learning! Most students keep practicing and working on projects for a few hours each day to apply and absorb what they’ve learned. Students may choose to continue working together on Zoom, and instructors are available for virtual Office Hours for an hour after class.

At your disposal, you’ll have career coaches, and essentially, your own recruitment team, all working to get you to a job you love. We do two things:

1. 1. We “teach you how to fish.” We work with you on how to manage your career at a high level and also drill down on the mechanics of how to market yourself to employers. This includes things like creating resumes, building online profiles, managing social media, and nailing your interviews. You can use this information for the rest of your career.
   2. We “help you find fish now.” We have dedicated staff members whose job is to find currently available job positions, build and maintain our employer partner network, and connect our graduates with potential employers. 

Yes. We take a $1,000 deposit to lock in your space in the program. This is your registration deposit. If you end up not joining the class, this is refunded to you. If you do join the class, this goes towards your tuition payment.

We require all students to be on a MacBook made no earlier than 2018, capable of running the most recent operating system and with at least 8 GB of RAM. This is not something you need for the admissions process but you will be responsible for it on the first day of class. You do not need to buy any books or software, though! Our custom curriculum is all online.

Visit our Scholarships page for more information on eligibility and application! We award scholarships about two weeks before a class begins so you must be on the roster by then to be eligible. Learn More.

We have had students use Chapter 30, 35, and 33, as well as Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits to help cover their tuition costs for our Web Development and Data Science programs. After acceptance, you’ll work with our Financial Aid & Enrollment Manager, who is our in-house School Certifying Official, to see what benefits you have available to you and how those can fit into your tuition plan.

No, Pell Grants are designed for conventional educational institutions like colleges. We’re not college!

Yes, we’re so confident in our program, we have two! If a student doesn’t get hired within 6 months of graduating, we’ll refund their tuition. If an employer lets go of a Codeup grad within 2 weeks of hiring, we’ll refund their salary.