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Study Compares Coding Bootcamps With Universities
Bootcamps aim to address the ongoing tech talent shortage.
The rise of "tech bootcamp" training courses has coincided with the largest college enrollment decline in a decade, as students look to cost-effective alternatives to gain IT credentials outside of traditional four-year degree programs, according to Optimal.
Optimal ranked coding programs by examining in-field employment data from Burning Glass Technologies for over 19,000 bootcamp graduates to find which had the best success in terms of job placement. The top two camps were CodeSmith and Devmountain, which recorded in-field employment rates of 92 and 87 percent.
Those employment rates surpass or are even with prestigious computer science departments, an Optimal study found.
Bootcamps are "still going strong, mostly because there is a proven benefit of bootcamps, where the return on investment is much clearer than many traditional four-year universities or colleges," some of which have struggled to reach enrollment goals, says Optimal CEO and founder Sung Rhee.
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