You’ve seen them online, read the success stories, maybe even heard of them from friends...and now you’re finally ready to take the plunge and enroll in a coding bootcamp that could change your career. These days the market for bootcamps is hot, and new programs are popping up everywhere to meet growing demand. Many are out to help you succeed, but a few coding bootcamps are built on fraudulent promises and dishonest statistics. Read our guide to help you weed out the false claims from the real opportunities!

1. Coding
Bootcamps:
How to Spot a Fraud Before You Enroll
A Guide by the National Consumers League

2. Maybe you've seen them online,
read their success stories,
and you're ready to change your career.
But not all
bootcamps are
out to help.
Read on to learn how to weed out the
false claims from the real opportunities.

3. What are
coding
bootcamps?01

4. Coding bootcamps are high-
intensity technical
programs designed to teach
you the skills to become a
junior programmer…
...in just a few weeks.

5. 18,000 STUDENTS
GRADUATE EACH YEAR
THERE ARE OVER 90
CODING BOOTCAMPS
NATIONALLY
THE INDUSTRY GREW
74% LAST YEAR ALONE
AVERAGE TUITION FEES
RANGE FROM $5,000 TO
$21,00
Quick Facts

6. Why are
coding
bootcamps
so popular?02

7. Between 2010 and 2012, the
U.S. added 136,620 computing
jobs each year.
During that time, only 40,000
computer science majors
graduated per year...
...Leaving 100,000 jobs up for
grabs!
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
As demand for software engineers
grows, the coding bootcamp industry is
playing an important role filling the
growing tech-skills gap.
0
35,000
70,000
105,000
140,000
Computing Jobs Comp Sci Grads

8. Code.org
projects that by
2020 there will
be 1.4 million
computing jobs
in the U.S.
With only 400,000
computer science
graduates, one million
computing jobs will be
left unfilled.
In the future...

9. Can a coding
bootcamp get
you a job?03

10. "90%"
SOUND
SUSPICIOUS?
OF GRADUATES ARE
PLACED IN CODING JOBS
UPON GRADUATION
Maybe.

11. checklist
Beware of too-good-to-be-true job placement claims.
Placement rates over 90% may rely on cherry-picked data.
Make sure that the school is licensed in your state.
Don’t rely on ads. Investigate the school yourself.
Check alumni reviews and instructor qualifications
Do your research.

12. What should I
do if I see false
advertising?04

13. licensed in your state.
If you suspect a coding bootcamp is operating illegally,
contact your state attorney general’s office.
If you’ve been defrauded by a coding bootcamp, you
can also file a complaint at our sister site, Fraud.org.
Coding bootcamps must be

14. Bottom
Line
05

15. So be mindful...
And RESEARCH
before you enroll!
Tech skills
are highly
marketable
And could land
you your dream
job. But record demand
for coders has led to
record competition
amongst coding
bootcamps.

16. Good luck!
Read our full bootcamps guide at NCLnet.org