Springboard
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Springboard is an online learning platform that prepares students for the tech industry’s most in-demand careers with comprehensive, mentor-led online programs in software engineering, data science, UI/UX design, cybersecurity, tech sales, and more. All Springboard courses are 100% online, remote, and self-paced throughout an average of 6-9 months. Springboard acts as a support system, coach, and cheerleader for working professionals who are ready to level-up or make a major career shift. Students have access to a unique community of industry mentors, thought leaders, and alumni, who are on hand to offer insights, networking opportunities, and support throughout the program and well past graduation. Every Springboard student is matched with a personal student advisor and industry mentor who guides them throughout the program through regular video calls.
To apply, applicants fill out an online form, take an aptitude test, then talk with a school representative about their background and motivations. For the data science career track a background in statistics and/or programming is required. For the UX career track, students should have academic or professional background in user design or development-oriented fields.
Before graduation, Springboard’s career services team supports students in their job search, helping prepare them for interviews and networking, and facilitates their transition into the tech industry. Springboard's programs are backed with a job guarantee.
Springboard’s support does not end when students graduate. All graduates benefit from an extensive support network encompassing career services, 1:1 career coaching, networking tips, resume assistance, interview prep, and salary negotiation. Since Springboard was founded in 2013, 94% of eligible graduates secured a job within one year, earning an average salary increase of $26,000.
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Joshua ColacoGraduate • UX Career Track • OnlineMay 28, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceUX Design Career Track
I started the course with no prior UX design experience (came from an Engineering background). It was everything I wanted and expected from an online course and curriculum. The modules were immersive, my mentor (and also the student advisor) was responsive and always had valuable and encouraging advice, and the projects have provided a great range of work for me to present in my portfolio (which Springboard also give comprehensive advice on, right down to the best hosting sites to use). ...I started the course with no prior UX design experience (came from an Engineering background). It was everything I wanted and expected from an online course and curriculum. The modules were immersive, my mentor (and also the student advisor) was responsive and always had valuable and encouraging advice, and the projects have provided a great range of work for me to present in my portfolio (which Springboard also give comprehensive advice on, right down to the best hosting sites to use).
The course was all-inclusive and I have found that since I have finished with it, I keep going back to certain sections and brushing up on knowledge (all the material is available permanently after completion).
I didn't fall within the requirements of the job guarantee (as I am based in London) but I was still given the option of completing the Industry Design Project, which was one of the best parts of the course for me - I worked with a startup company in America and worked on the research and design of a gardening app.
Advice for prospective students - Use the mentor calls to get as much advice and information as you can, you'd be mentored by UX designers who have been in the industry for a long time and have a LOT of knowledge gold. Also, the Springboard community is another great feature, I didn't use this enough, but I understand how valuable it could be, to network and make accountability partnerships etc. especially if you live in America.- Daniel BealsStudent • UX Career Track • OnlineMay 23, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Career Track
Not only does Springboard nurture creative minds who want to learn and challenge themselves, they push you in ways that help you grow and allow you discover what areas you excel in. I hated research, or thought I did, until I got into Springboard’s UX course. There, I found out differently. And now I’m pursuing a career in UX Research. I’ve tried a couple of different UX boot camps. Springboard was the one that took care of me. They’ll take care of you too. - Tasnim RezaGraduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineMay 23, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Career Track
Springboard's UX career track curriculum is very well thought out. I found it was really helpful for people like me who don't have any technical background. Springboard gives you unlimited mentor calls. Career coach calls are also very helpful and they give you career coach consultation for 6 months after graduation. The mentors and career counselors are very knowledgable. Also, they have a slack channel for all the students and alumni to discuss any problem and get suggestions. Furtherm...Springboard's UX career track curriculum is very well thought out. I found it was really helpful for people like me who don't have any technical background. Springboard gives you unlimited mentor calls. Career coach calls are also very helpful and they give you career coach consultation for 6 months after graduation. The mentors and career counselors are very knowledgable. Also, they have a slack channel for all the students and alumni to discuss any problem and get suggestions. Furthermore, student advisors and everyone from the support staff is great and very helpful, and timely in their responses. Springboard has all kinds of resources and they are super helpful. My suggestion would be to take advantage of and utilize the resource as much as possible for the desired career. - Prakash KumarStudent • Data Science Career Track • OnlineMay 20, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Science Online Classroom program
The pros:
1. curated content from the best of platforms.
2. a good support system in the form of 1:1 mentor, student advisor, career coach and TAs
3. Online classrooom sessions from Industry experts.
4. Content focused on market requirements
5. Job guarantee
- Pascual NicanorStudent • OnlineMay 14, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Analytics Career Track
Springboard's curriculum is an expertly curated program that challenges students at every turn; however, the mentor support is a difference maker in student success. The mentor is a guide and facilitator who provides key business and technical insight that connect class work to real life experience. The career advisory team is also key in living up to that job guarantee. The student who listens to career advisor advice is exponentially closer to landing that dream job. The Springboar...Springboard's curriculum is an expertly curated program that challenges students at every turn; however, the mentor support is a difference maker in student success. The mentor is a guide and facilitator who provides key business and technical insight that connect class work to real life experience. The career advisory team is also key in living up to that job guarantee. The student who listens to career advisor advice is exponentially closer to landing that dream job. The Springboard was a great learning experience that I would not hesitate to share with friends. - NeilData Engineer • Graduate • Data Science Career Track • OnlineMay 12, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Science Career Track
It was a well organized program that gave me the necessary skills to work in the field of Data Science. Everything from the mentor help to the videos and resources were mostly easy to understand and easy to put to use in practice. One thing that could've been better was putting emphasis on material that was more important in the field of data science that prospective companies are looking for those with that specific skillset. Overall I couldn't be happier and Springboard has been able t...It was a well organized program that gave me the necessary skills to work in the field of Data Science. Everything from the mentor help to the videos and resources were mostly easy to understand and easy to put to use in practice. One thing that could've been better was putting emphasis on material that was more important in the field of data science that prospective companies are looking for those with that specific skillset. Overall I couldn't be happier and Springboard has been able to get me truly excited for the field of data science - Brett KaplanUX Designer • Graduate • UX Career Track • OnlineMay 12, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Design Career Track
I took the UX Design Career Track starting last August. I finished the course recently and came away extremely satisfied with my experience. My mentor was helpful, communicative, and provided great insight into the UX industry along the way. Overall, the course curriculum is challenging (in a good way) but really helps you understand every concept in detail. Springboard gives you provides an amazing support system with unlimited mentor calls, office hours, and a strong community of frien...I took the UX Design Career Track starting last August. I finished the course recently and came away extremely satisfied with my experience. My mentor was helpful, communicative, and provided great insight into the UX industry along the way. Overall, the course curriculum is challenging (in a good way) but really helps you understand every concept in detail. Springboard gives you provides an amazing support system with unlimited mentor calls, office hours, and a strong community of friendly UXers as well. The material is curated content from across the internet with mixed in mini learning courses throughout as well. I give the course a 10/10 and would recommend to anyone who is interested in switching careers to UX, beginner or intermediate. - Charlotte LindeGraduate • Digital Marketing Career Track • OnlineMay 09, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Digital Marketing Career Track
The greatest benefit of Springboard's Digital Marketing course is its flexibility, the mentorship and real world experience you can gain as part of the curriculum.
Every unit has assignments in which you can apply your learnings and then they reviewed by your individual mentor. My favourite part were definitely the weekly mentor calls that help you to stay on track with the course material and to get some real insights from an industry expert.
As part of the curriculum you run som...The greatest benefit of Springboard's Digital Marketing course is its flexibility, the mentorship and real world experience you can gain as part of the curriculum.
Every unit has assignments in which you can apply your learnings and then they reviewed by your individual mentor. My favourite part were definitely the weekly mentor calls that help you to stay on track with the course material and to get some real insights from an industry expert.
As part of the curriculum you run some actual ad campaigns (FB, Google Ads) and have the option for additional certifications.
Springboard's student advisor was always there to help with any questions I had. You can also book into career calls with several topics to work on. In general, I felt the whole team was very dedicated.
In addition, they have a partnership with Google Ad Grant program through which you get paired with a non profit to execute a digital marketing strategy (with $10,000 budget for Google Ads). This was my favourite project! - Tyler LozanoSoftware Engineer • Graduate • Machine Learning Engineering Career Track • OnlineMay 09, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Fantastic mentorship and support with engaging capstone project and mini-projects.
Overall great experience and learned a lot. The pros far outweigh the cons, but I want a balanced review so I pushed to write up both.
Pros:
Support. Best support of any program I've enrolled in. Hands down.
Mentorship. So helpful when you're stuck on something that's not easy to just Google. Also great to just get general direction, career advice, etc. You don't know what you don't know, but they do! Use them!
Projects. Some of...Overall great experience and learned a lot. The pros far outweigh the cons, but I want a balanced review so I pushed to write up both.
Pros:
Support. Best support of any program I've enrolled in. Hands down.
Mentorship. So helpful when you're stuck on something that's not easy to just Google. Also great to just get general direction, career advice, etc. You don't know what you don't know, but they do! Use them!
Projects. Some of the projects were fairly challenging , and I come from an applied math background. So I'd say don't be shy of some analysis, but they will definitely help you build the prerequisites necessary. They're also a great way to go back and relearn concepts you forget.
Capstone. The capstone is reasonable challenging and is based on metrics that you'd be judged on in the industry.
Cons:
Structure. This is subjective, but for me alternating between engineering and career modules made it difficult to just focus on the engineering tasks. I ended up taking an extended non-traditional path through the course.
Dependencies. This is more a knock on DataCamp, but I think Springboard's reliance on some of their courses isn't good. Depending on if you like DataCamp's style. For me, I don't like the restrictive step-by-step approach they take, and feels too copy-the-answer-here type of learning, which is slow and passive. Springboard makes up for it with a diverse array of content and Jupyter notebook based projects.
- Aysa FanStudent • Data Science Career Track • OnlineMay 05, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great Program, Great Mentor
I really enjoyed the program, and the mentor helped a lot during the whole time! I had an educational background in data science but I never had practical/industrial experiences before. Springboard's boot camp prepared me to be job-ready. Highly recommended for anyone who needs to gain experience as a real data scientist. - Dan JonesStudent • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineMay 05, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great structured program, works around your schedule!
Overall I've been very happy with the Springboard UX Design Career intensive! For the price it is a very thoughtfully structured and paced program to get theoretical and practical experience in this space, along with a lot of good person-to-person interaction.
Pros:
Works around your schedule - I was able to balance part time work + home life with this program
Dedicated mentor in UX space offering weekly and on demand feedback
Intelligently structured and organized - unit...Overall I've been very happy with the Springboard UX Design Career intensive! For the price it is a very thoughtfully structured and paced program to get theoretical and practical experience in this space, along with a lot of good person-to-person interaction.
Pros:
Works around your schedule - I was able to balance part time work + home life with this program
Dedicated mentor in UX space offering weekly and on demand feedback
Intelligently structured and organized - units plans make sense and are easy to follow
A robust remote community of active students and alumni to interact with
Get a job or your money back guarantee
Several weekly Zoom meetups for career advancement and curriculum assistance
Cons:
If you're not self-motivated it could be difficult to stay on task
Time estimates for completing units can sometimes be a little under
A base level of familiarity with the topic space and tools is critical - the program dives pretty quickly into some deep work - DaviesGraduate • Machine Learning Engineering Career Track • OnlineMay 04, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Machine learning Engineer CT
At the point I decided to continue my career in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Big data, I wasn't exactly sure what program would be suitable for me to kick start this transition. After some research I came across springboard and upon examination of the curriculum I knew it was the one.
Pros:
1:1 mentorship was incredible, I had 2 mentors during the course of my program. First was a senior data scientist and second was an entrepreneur building a big data ...At the point I decided to continue my career in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Big data, I wasn't exactly sure what program would be suitable for me to kick start this transition. After some research I came across springboard and upon examination of the curriculum I knew it was the one.
Pros:
1:1 mentorship was incredible, I had 2 mentors during the course of my program. First was a senior data scientist and second was an entrepreneur building a big data driven business. Priceless learnings and insights
Comprehensive project structures
Cons:
Pretty $$$$
Not necessarily a con but curriculum is pretty heavy, must be super dedicated to the grind if you have a full time job.
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FAQs
How much does Springboard cost?
Springboard costs around $11,900. On the lower end, some Springboard courses like Introduction to Design cost $349.
What courses does Springboard teach?
Springboard offers courses like Cyber Security Career Track, Data Analytics Career Track, Data Science Career Track, Data Science Career Track Prep and 7 more.
Where does Springboard have campuses?
Springboard teaches students Online in a remote classroom.
Is Springboard worth it?
Springboard hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 1,674 Springboard alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Springboard on Course Report - you should start there!
Is Springboard legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 1,674 Springboard alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Springboard and rate their overall experience a 4.62 out of 5.
Does Springboard offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
Yes, Course Report readers can take $1500 off Springboard tuition with an exclusive scholarship! Be sure to enter CR1500SB in the Promo Code field of your application so Springboard can extend the discount to you upon acceptance.
Can I read Springboard reviews?
You can read 1,674 reviews of Springboard on Course Report! Springboard alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Springboard and rate their overall experience a 4.62 out of 5.
Is Springboard accredited?
While bootcamps must be approved to operate, accreditation is relatively rare. Springboard doesn't yet share information about their accreditation status.