Make School
Make School Review and Guide
Would you like to get an online degree in computer science? Sign up for Make School’s fast-track degree program and start your career as a software engineer.
About Make School
Make School can help you earn a bachelor’s degree in computer science in only two-and-a-half years. The school has helped thousands of students start their careers as software engineers. Over 1,200 Make School graduates work at top tech companies. Make School combines computer science and liberal arts for a unique learning experience.
Make School Programs
Make School offers students with no coding experience a chance to learn about computer science. Below are the programs you can enroll in at Make School.
Bachelor’s in Applied Computer Science
This computer science degree program can help you learn industry-led skills. You can enroll at the San Francisco location or online. It may seem too good to be true, but this Make School program lasts less than three years.
This bachelor’s program will teach you about iOS development, data science, full stack web development, and software product management. You will learn programming languages like JavaScript, Ruby, and Python. These foundational languages will help you build applications. This program also covers essential tools in computer science.
Locations: San Francisco, Online
Tuition: $15,000
Online Academy
If you are new to coding, you should consider attending Make School’s Online Academy. It can teach you the fundamentals of computer science and iOS development. You will learn how to build iOS games and applications in an online self-paced format.
You will learn how to use variables and loops to build different programs. You can also learn Python and other programming languages to help you gain a competitive edge in the market.
Location: Online
Tuition: Free
Make School Application Process
The Make School application process is relatively similar to applying for a university degree program. You will provide your past academic transcripts in addition to your personal details.
If you are an international freshman or transfer student, the application process is different. Transfer students must submit previous academic transcripts and a letter of recommendation.
Make School Tuition and Financing Options
Make School features different tuition costs for the courses it provides. Depending on the time you apply, your tuition cost can be higher or lower than $13,000.
If you can afford it, you can pay the tuition fee upfront for the semester or the entire program. The school also partners with various loan providers to help you secure your seat. You can opt for private or federal loans. Most students prefer scholarships and income share agreements. The Extended Income-Based Repayment (EIBR) will help you get lenient rates.
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Anonymous
I attended the Make School Summer Academy in 2015 with codeacademy tutorials as my only coding background. The academy paved a way for me to get into programming, and I’m now working at a game development company. The instructors are really helpful and I made friends that I still keep in touch with to this day. Overall a fantastic summer experience!
November 17, 2019
Anonymous
I attended the 2015 Summer Academy and it changed my life. Before the summer academy, I had average background in CS from online courses. The outcome of the academy wasn’t just iOS development; as the course content is free and open-sourced. We learned product development from idea to shipping. The instructors are top engineers who are fun and great people. I made a lot of friends there whom I am still in touch with. I gained a lot of experience talking to investors and entrepreneurs. Now, I am a Junior CS student who works part-time as a Mobile Developer at Toptal.
January 24, 2020
Anonymous
As someone who just graduated highschool, I figured I would go to make school and start doing something with my life. With my huge ego I decided not to go in the explorer track even though I had basically no coding experience. I jumped right into the games track and within a few days we started working on the tutorials that were based around copying other games. They were easy, but for someone who knew almost nothing about code, it was a lot to process and I felt like I fell behind. After 2 weeks, when we started to work on pur own projects everything started turning around. With the help of the awesome games instructors and the tutorials and internet as resources I was back on track in no time, and by the end I finished and shipped a game I am quite proud of. Awesome stuff. Lots of good cheap nearby. I recommend it for anyone who wants to learn to code, or to design products!
February 4, 2020
Anonymous
In Summer Academy, you can learning with your new friends. The instructors are all around and provide sessions and support for you. I’m a beginner in design mobile APP, this academy helps me build experience quickly. I think it’s powerful and helpful that you can get different good advice at the same issue from different instructors.
June 7, 2020
Anonymous
Make school ended a week ago and I truly miss it. What I love the most was the community of peers, we were all at different stage of our programming journey. Ranging from experience, beginners to complete novice and this common passion brought us all together. The instructors are fantastic!
July 9, 2020
Anonymous
Make School believes in learning by making. From the very first day you will start building apps and as you learn more you will build cooler apps. You will get a chance to work with other bright minds in a hackathon, where you and your team will build an app from scratch. You will also be challenged to come with an original app which you will ship to the App Store and present to a huge audience on demo day. Attending Make School is really cool and you will learn a lot, actually it will change your life and put you a level up in the tech playing field.
August 10, 2020
Anonymous
I attended the Make School summer academy in Tokyo. It was the most amazing experience I’ve ever had. When the summer academy starts the instructors teaches us the fundamentals of computer science.
At first it might feel difficult when you start learning but once you get hang of it it becomes really fun learning how to make an app. During the summer academy instructors taught us Swift to make an iOS app for iPhone.
The most wonderful thing about Make School is that they teach us product design so that students can know what app they want to make and the instructors gives students very clear advice to improve their app ideas.
Make School instructors encourages students to make things and they encourage students to be passionate about something they like.
Joining the Make School community is really cool the community is the best part of Make School.
August 31, 2020
Anonymous
My time there was awesome I learned so much and was exposed to the silicon valley culture.
October 13, 2020