Traditional colleges enter the coding boot camp market

Inside Higher Ed: The demand for employees familiar with coding and data analytics has never been higher. By one estimate, the number of job openings including the phrase “data analytics” has increased by 372 percent since 2011.

Many traditional colleges are rushing to meet this demand. And there’s arguably no better way than by entering the coding boot camp market.

Coding boot camps are immersive programs that teach students programming languages. They often last several months and offer some sort of career counseling at the end. In 2015, according to a study by Course Report, 67 coding boot camps nationwide produced over 16,000 total graduates and raked in $172 million in revenue.

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