Comparing Coding Courses

BLOC Search... Blog Courses More about Bloc Enroll Emelyn Baker Bloc offers intensive courses in web development, mobile development, and design. [email protected] LEARN MORE TEALEAF ACADEMY EULL SAIL UNIVERSITY THINLFUL UNTEESItY DE FHDENIE COURSEFA NAVIGATING THE CODING ECOSYSTEM Comparing Price, Length, & Workload of Learn to Code Courses. CODE SCHOOL LDACITY DEVHODTEAMP GODECAOEMY COURSES What options do I have? We analyzed 10 popular options for learning how to code. After assessing the basic facts – length of course, cost, and INTENSITY curriculum – we've sorted these courses into a few Dev e Bootcamp Bloc Apprenticeship FULL TIME, HIGH INTENSITY COURSES General GA Assembly Tealeaf Academy Bloc Essentlals PART TIME, MODERATE INTENSITY COURSES FULL TIME. MODERATE INTENSITY COURSES University of Phoenix Full San University Treehouse CO Coursera Udacity SELF PACED COURSES PART TIME, LOw INTENSITY COURSES Thinkful <) Code hool code Codecademy TIME AND INTENSITY How long is each program? What's the weekly workload? The best part about learning to code? There are a ton of options to fit your life. Time and intensity play a factor. An accelerated bootcamp with an intense weekly workload may offer the same amount of experience as a long term, choose your workload program, and vice versa. INTENSITY Intensive (40 - 80 hr/wk) I At Leisure (1 - 14 hr/wk) Part Time (14 - 39 hr/wk) Intensity up to you Program length, measured in weeks 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 code Codecademy O Coursera 7- 10 weeks <> Code School E Treehouse I udacity 4- 12 weeks Tealeaf 4 -8 weeks Academy Thinkful 9 weeks Bloc 6 weeks Essentlals Bloc 12 - 36 weeks Apprenticeship General GA 12 weeks Assembly Dev 9 weeks Bootcamp Full Sal 54 weeks University University of 108 weeks Phoentx ACHIEVEMENT How good will I be when l'm done? We've taken each course's recommended weekly workload (15hrs/week, for example) and calculated how much time it would take to reach a minimum of 500 hours of experience - a decent chunk of the 10,000 hours required to master a skill. Some courses never reach 500 hours. EXPERIENCE 500 hours of experience Choose your own pace Program length Hours spent learning web development 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 code Codecademy O Coursera 500 hours of experience <> Code School E Treehouse Udacity 40 hrs Tealeaf 135 hrs Academy Thinkful 90 hrs Bloc 150 hrs Essentlals Bloc 480 hrs Apprenticeship General GA Assembly 960 hrs Dev 810 hrs Bootcamp Full Sail University 1,350 hrs University of 2,700 hrs Phoenix PRICE How much is the total cost of each program? $35,000 $32,800 $30,000 $25,000 $25,000 $20,000 $15,000 $12,200 $11,500 $10,000 $4,999 $5,000 $2,500 $1,485 $1,500 $300 $0 Tealeaf Full Sal Bloc Essentials Bloc General Dev University of U udacity C Thinkful Academy Apprenticeship Assembly Bootcamp University Phoenix FREE MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION O Coursera code Codecademy O Code School E Treehouse COST PER HOUR How much do I pay and how much do I learn? (aka, what's the bang for the buck?) $25 $24 / hr $20 $17/ hr $17/ hr $15 / hr $15 $12 / hr $11/ hr $10 / hr $10 $9 / hr $8 / hr $5 $0 University of phoentx Tealeaf Bloc Bloc General Dev Full Sal Udacity Thinkful GA Academy Essentials Apprenticeship Assembly Bootcamp University What you make of it – These options don't have a set time frame, nor do they have a required weekly workload. So, the value is entirely what you make of it. O Coursera code Codecademy <>) Code School E Treehouse FIND WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU THE HOBBYIST holding an irregular schedule unsure if coding is the right fit for you • learning to code just as a hobby "I'm new to coding. I want to learn how to build my own app, on my own time." TRY A SELF PACED, OR LOW INTENSITY COURSE. Code School Coursera VISIT SITE Codecademy code VISIT SITE VISIT SITE A subscription-based online library of video tutorials and screencasts in web development. A platform offering online video courses taught by univerisity partners. An online, interactive platform that teaches web O Online development through interactive exercises. Online O $29 monthly Online Free O Subscription based Free 6- 12 weeks O No requirement No requirement O 5- 10 hours every week CO Online student community O No requirement Online student community + TAS Online student community CURRICULUM CURRICULUM CURRICULUM Video lessons, assignments/exercises Interactive Exercises Interactive Exercises Data via https://www.codeschool.com/enroll Data via https://www.coursera.org/course/programm Data via https://www.codeschool.com/enroll THE PROFESSIONAL "I work in a tech industry. I want to learn how to code like a professional." • have a full time job • a busy life, with not too much free time (kids, family) • or a familiarity with coding, but no experience TRY A PART TIME, MID INTENSITY COURSE. Bloc Essentials B Tealeaf Academy VISIT SITE Udacity VISIT SITE VISIT SITE An online, project-based program taught1-on-1 by a professional web development mentor. An online collection of video tutorials that users An online collection of video tutorials that users complete at their own pace, with help. complete at their own pace, with help. O Online Online O $2,500 Online O $475 - $1,485 6 weeks $150 - $600 4 -8 weeks A 25 hours every week 4-16 weeks 15 - 20 hours every week : Online one-on-one mentorship 5 hours every week Online student community + TAS Online student community + TAS CURRICULUM CURRICULUM CURRICULUM Project-based, weekly mentor meetings Video lessons, assignments/exercises, weekly Video lessons, assignments/exercises, weekly Q+A sessions Data via https://www.bloc.io/frontend-development- Q+A sessions Data via http://www.gotealeaf.com/curriculum#!proc Data via https://www.udacity.com/course/cs253 "I'm making a complete career change. I want to be a professional developer." THE JOB SEEKER looking to make a complete career change ready to make learning to code your full-time job frustrated that past efforts learning to code failed TRY A FULL TIME, INTENSIVE COURSE. Bloc Apprenticeship General Assembly GA Dev Bootcamp VISIT SITE VISIT SITE VISIT SITE An online, project-based program taught1-on-1 by a professional web development mentor. An intensive, in-person bootcamp taught by web development professionals. An intensive, in-person bootcamp taught by web development professionals. O Online San Francisco, NYC, Chicago O $4,999 O Eight cities international O $12,200 12, 18, 36 weeks $3500-$11,500 9 weeks 15-40 hours every week 10 - 12 weeks A 90 hours every week Online one-on-one mentorship 40-60 hours every week In-person, 12:1 student teacher ratio In-person, 6:1 student to teacher ratio CURRICULUM CURRICULUM CURRICULUM roject-based, weekly mentor meetings Projects, in-classroom lessons Projects, in-classroom lessons Data via https://www.bloc.io/frontend-development Data via http://devbootcamp.com/faq/ Data via https://generalassemb.ly/education/web-de Need help getting unstuck? 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