Computer Classes Bay Area, CA: Best Tech Courses & Onsite Training

Bay Area Courses by School

Here are some of the top Bay Area schools offering training, including Certstaffix Training (68 courses), ONLC Training Centers (62 courses), and Sonic Training (54 courses).

Metis

San Francisco location: 149 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA, 94105 US
Subjects:
- Data Science
Located in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco, Metis is an accredited school that offers both on-site and online classes in Data Science. Metis offers a variety of learning options including corporate training and various bootcamps.
Metis’s Top Live Online Courses
- Data Science Bootcamp
  - 12 Weeks
  - Weekdays
  - $17,000
  - Beginner
  This full-time, accredited data science bootcamp covers data wrangling and exploratory data analysis using Python's statistical and data visualization packages. It also teaches regression techniques, web scraping, classification techniques using supervised and unsupervised models, and natural language processing. Finally, the courses finishes off with a capstone data science project where students can showcase their knowledge and talent.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Job support
  
  Payment plans
  
  Available online
  
  Prerequisite: 30 hours of prework
  Go to course at thisismetis.com
Flatiron School

San Francisco location: 1460 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, 94103 US
Subjects:
- Software Engineering
- Data Science
- Cybersecurity
Flatiron offers on-site and online courses in software engineering, data science, UX design, and cybersecurity. You’ll find they are located all over the U.S. including Austin, Chicago, Denver, Houston, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.
Flatiron’s Top Live Online Courses
- Software Engineering Immersive
  - 3 Months
  - Weekdays
  - $17,000
  - Beginner
  - Money-back guarantee
  This Career Change course in software engineering is meant to give students the complete set of skills they need to break into a career as a software engineer. The 15-week program starts with fundamental programming fundamentals to build up your skills and works up to advanced backend development languages and frameworks. Students will cover front-end and backend languages and frameworks, including SQL, Ruby, JavaScript, React, and more. In addition to coursework, students will receive career coaching and job support backed by Flatiron's Money-Back Guarantee.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Money-back guarantee
  
  Job support
  
  Payment plans
  
  Financing: Financing options (with interest) offered through Skills Fund and Climb for those who qualify.
  Go to course at flatironschool.com
- Data Science Bootcamp
  - 3 Months
  - Weekdays
  - $17,000
  - Beginner
  - Money-back guarantee
  The Data Science Bootcamp from Flatiron is designed to be a comprehensive data science program for students to start careers in data science. The program runs for 15-weeks and covers the key components for data science, including SQL, Python, statistics, and machine learning. Students will start coding in Python using Jupyter notebooks, learn the statistics behind machine learning, apply machine learning techniques, and work on data science projects in this data science course. In addition to the coursework, students will receive career coaching and job support during the program.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Money-back guarantee
  
  Job support
  
  Payment plans
  
  Financing: Financing options (with interest) offered through Skills Fund and Climb for those who qualify.
  Go to course at flatironschool.com
App Academy

San Francisco location: 825 Battery St, San Francisco, CA, 94111 US
Subjects:
- Software Engineering
App Academy offers full-time immersive software engineering tracks and bootcamp prep in San Francisco, New York, and online. App Academy offers these courses with no tuition fees until you’re hired as a software engineer earning over $50,000. App Academy also provides corporate training with guaranteed results and emphasizes collaborative curriculum-building and pre/post assessments of employees and progress.
App Academy’s Top Live Online Courses
- Full-Time Software Engineering
  - 16 Weeks
  - Weekdays
  - $17,000
  - Beginner
  This course prepares you to become a software developer in 16 weeks. This program teaches you how to use Ruby on Rails, React, Redux, SQL, JavaScript, Data Structures, and Advanced Algorithms. In addition to traditional lectures, the curriculum combines individual and pair programming activities, requiring teamwork on collaborative projects. Students are not required to pay for this program until they find a job.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Job support
  
  Payment plans
  
  Available online
  
  Financing: Students do not pay for the course until they get a job making at least $50,000 per year.
  Go to course at appacademy.io
Hack Reactor

San Francisco location: 44 Tehama St, San Francisco, CA, 94105 US
Subjects:
- Software Engineering
Established in 2012, Hack Reactor is a 12-week immersive coding school that offers software engineering courses, career placement services, and a great network of professional companions. Hack Reactor is located in San Francisco, Austin, Los Angeles, and New York and also offers both full-time and part-time courses online.
Hack Reactor’s Top Live Online Courses
- Software Engineering Immersive
  - 12 Weeks
  - Weekdays
  - $17,980
  - Advanced
  This immersive 12-week Software Engineering bootcamp is designed for students who understand the fundamentals of coding and writing code in JavaScript but are eager to enhance their skills with an end goal of becoming a software engineer. This course is structured around live coding, pair programming, exercises, and presentations to ensure students fully understand the material. The first week of the program establishes a foundation for the mental tools, communication skills, and JS structures that students will need in order to be successful. Weeks 2-5 center around mastering JavaScript, with a significant focus on server-side concepts and databases as well. The final six weeks of the bootcamp are project heavy and help students hone their skills with coding and application development.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Job support
  
  Available online
  Go to course at hackreactor.com
General Assembly

San Francisco location: 225 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA, 94104 US
Subjects:
- Python Programming
- UX Design
- Data Analytics
- Digital Marketing
- Data Science
- Product Management
- Visual Design
- Front-End Web Development
- JavaScript
- React
- Software Engineering
- Excel
- SQL
- Tableau
- Project Management
- Coding
- Social Media Marketing
- HTML & CSS
- InDesign
- Adobe
- Photoshop
- Machine Learning
- Web Design
- Java
- SEO
+ 20 more
General Assembly provides a variety of bootcamps and workshops in digital marketing, user experience design, and immersive courses in software engineering and data science. Students have a choice between part-time, full-time, or online classes, committed to finding you the most flexible fit for your busy schedule.
General Assembly’s Top Live Online Courses
- Software Engineering Immersive
  - 12 Weeks
  - Weekdays
  - $14,950
  - Beginner
  This software engineering program is designed to help individuals with little to no programming or computer science experience get up to speed and launch a career in tech. Through their blended learning model, students will be able to hone their tech skills through 14 hours of preparatory work, in-class project work, and though the support of a devoted career coach. Students in this course will start their software engineering journeys by learning the fundamentals in software engineering, like coding with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. As the course progresses, students will become familiar with Front-End and Full-Stack Development, focusing on algorithmic thinking, core programming concepts, and debugging best practices. The course concludes with Front-End Frameworks, incorporating APIs into Full-Stack Development. This course culminates with a final lab project where students get to apply their newly acquired software engineering skills to build an application.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Job support
  
  Payment plans
  
  Available online
  
  Financing: Apply for a student loan through Meritize or Climb, or divide tuition into installments. Income sharing agreements are available in select U.S. markets.
  
  Prerequisite: Self-paced prework provided by school to get started with software engineering fundamentals is required.
  Go to course at generalassemb.ly
- Data Science Immersive
  - 12 Weeks
  - Weekdays
  - $15,950
  - Intermediate
  This data science program is designed to help individuals with a math background and some familiarity with Python programming bolster their skills and get up to speed and launch their data career. Through their blended learning model, students will be able to hone their data skills through fundamental preparatory work, in-class project work, and though the support of a devoted career coach. Students in this course will start their data science journeys by learning fundamental concepts around Python programming and leveraging programming tools like GitHub. As the course progresses, students will explore additional programming concepts like NumPy, utilizing Unix commands, using Pandas to clean and extract data, and web scraping tools. The course also covers statistical modeling and regressions, machine learning models, NLP, and a few other advanced topics and trends that are helpful to data scientists of all levels.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Job support
  
  Payment plans
  
  Available online
  
  Financing: Apply for a student loan through Meritize or Climb, or divide tuition into installments. Income sharing agreements are available in select U.S. markets.
  
  Prerequisite: Familiarity with Python programming and strong background in mathematics is required. After enrolling, participants will complete online lessons on Python programming and applied mathematics before the course starts.
  Go to course at generalassemb.ly
- UX Design Immersive
  - 12 Weeks
  - Weekdays
  - $14,950
  - Beginner
  This UX design course is designed to help individuals with little to no UX experience learn the common tools and concepts to launch their UX career. Through their blended learning model, students will be able to hone their UX design skills through 20 hours of introductory lessons, in-class project work, and though the support of a devoted career coach. Students in this course will start their UX journeys by learning the foundations and fundamentals in UX, like the design process, affinity mapping, rapid prototyping, and usability testing. As the course progresses, students will switch to UI foundations, design iteration and development, and best practices when working with a product team. The program concludes with UX's real-world implications, like working with clients and projects, as well as a final stage dedicated entirely to career planning and building your personal brand.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Job support
  
  Payment plans
  
  Available online
  
  Financing: Apply for a student loan through Meritize or Climb, or divide tuition into installments. Income sharing agreements are available in select U.S. markets.
  
  Prerequisite: Participants will be required to complete online, self-paced prep work.
  Go to course at generalassemb.ly
- Python Course
  - 40 Hours
  - Weekdays or Evenings
  - $3,950
  - Beginner
  This beginner Python course is a flexible program meant to get complete beginners comfortable coding with Python. With a blended learning model, students will gain access to pre-learning and setup videos to hit the ground running. Students will learn to code with Python with a hands-on approach, building Python programs, and working with data. This course covers key programming concepts like object-oriented programming as well as data science fundamentals and culminates with a project creating an API to pull in 3rd party data. This 40-hour program can be taken in-person in NYC or live online over 1-week (full-time) or ten weeks (part-time).
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Payment plans
  
  Available online
  
  Financing: Apply for a student loan through Meritize or Climb, or divide tuition into installments.
  
  Prerequisite: First-time coders will have access to pre-course prep materials.
  Go to course at generalassemb.ly
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Coding Dojo

San Francisco location: 426 17th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612 US
Subjects:
- Coding
- Data Science
- iOS Development
Coding Dojo offers both online and onsite coding bootcamps and teaches three full-stack technologies in a 14-week program. Students can choose from multiple Coding Dojo locations including Berkley, Boise, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Jose, Seattle, Tulsa, and Virginia.
Coding Dojo’s Top Live Online Courses
- Onsite Coding Bootcamp
  - 14 Weeks, 70 hr/wk
  - Weekdays
  - $16,995
  - Intermediate
  The Onsite Coding Bootcamp is an intense 14-week full-time curriculum that will teach you to be full-stack engineer. Unlike most bootcamps, this course provides you with different "tech stack" options that you can pick depending on the location of your school. It starts by teaching you fundamental front-end development with lessons in HTML/CSS. Afterwards, you will learn Python to set up your back-end. You will complete three projects in total and present your capstone to your peers and potential employers.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Job support
  
  Payment plans
  
  Available online
  Go to course at codingdojo.com
- Data Science Immersive
  - 14 Weeks
  - See provider
  - $14,995
  - Intermediate
  As of July 14, 2020, the Data Science Immersive course is not available.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Available online
  Go to course at codingdojo.com
Data Science Dojo
Subjects:
- Data Science
Located in Washington and Singapore, Data Science Dojo offers both in-person and online data science certificates and bootcamps. Data Science Dojo provides courses in data engineering, online data science for managers, internet of things boot camp and corporate training on-site.
Data Science Dojo’s Top Live Online Courses
- Data Science Bootcamp
  - 5 Days
  - Weekdays
  - $3,999
  - Intermediate
  Data Science Bootcamp is a 5 day course that covers data science workflow fundamentals. In each 10 hour class, you will learn everything from data wrangling, visualization, probability, statistics, supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms, experimentation design, and data mining. You will have a chance to implement what you've learnt by competing in Kaggle and developing prediction algorithms.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Payment plans
  
  Available online
  Go to course at datasciencedojo.com
Project Management Academy

San Francisco location: 1 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105 US
Subjects:
- PMP Certification
- CAPM Certification
Project Management Academy offers PMP Exam training, agile training, and other courses in project management, agile management, business analysis, quality management, and IT management. Project Management Academy provides students with online and live courses with a focus on an instructor-led teaching style.
Project Management Academy’s Top Bay Area Courses
- PMP® Certification Training
  - 4 Days
  - Weekdays or Weekends
  - $1,995
  - Advanced
  - Money-back guarantee
  Acquire the skills and confidence you need to pass the PMP exam in this four-day Project Manager Professional certification bootcamp. In addition to instruction from a top professional, students work with a number of study aids, including a 200-question simulated exam, 2,000 practice questions, and various study guides. This bootcamp also serves as 35 hours of PMI CE.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Money-back guarantee
  
  Workbooks included
  Go to course at projectmanagementacademy.net
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® Certification Training
  - 4 Days
  - Weekdays or Weekends
  - $1,995
  - Intermediate
  - Money-back guarantee
  Prepare for CAPM certification with this four-day bootcamp. Unlike the PMP exam, the Certified Associate in Project Management does not have a work experience requirement. Students who complete this bootcamp are fully qualified to sit for, and pass, this exam and demonstrate their skills. Participants work with a number of study aids, including a simulated exam, 2,000 practice questions, post-class tutorials, and various training aids. If you are already CAPM certified, this bootcamp fulfils part of PMI’s CE requirement.
  Course Benefits & Notes
  
  Money-back guarantee
  
  Workbooks included
  Go to course at projectmanagementacademy.net

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Learn Tech Skills for a New Career

Learn in-demand technology and computer skills to launch a new career in design, programming, marketing, business, and more. See the career pages for more information on required skills, tips for landing a job, typical day-to-day work, and where to find job postings.

Digital Designer source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$143,000 / year
51.66% more than the U.S. average

Digital Designers make graphics, animations, and other visual effects. Depending on their preference, a Digital Designer might choose to niche down to work exclusively on pre-print, web, or digital marketing. These niches that the Digital Designer is designing websites, applications, advertisements, or publications.

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Software Engineer source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$148,000 / year
35.03% more than the U.S. average

Software engineers use their extensive knowledge of user experience design, operating systems, and programming languages to develop software. They can create different types of software, from games to operating systems. After analyzing a client's needs, they design, develop, and test software to meet that need. Software engineers can be divided into two distinct career categories: application engineers and systems engineers.

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Data Scientist source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$157,000 / year
29.04% more than the U.S. average

Data scientists collect, organize, and analyze large sets of data, providing analysis that is key to decision making. Governments, non-profits, and businesses of all types rely on data for forecasting, risk management, and resource allocation. Data scientists discover and analyze trends in data, and report their findings to stakeholders. They will use algorithms and models to simplify and mine data sets to create data-driven recommendations. Data scientists are needed across a handful of industries, especially the ubiquity of data and the reliance on it for business decision-making.

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Data Analyst source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$103,000 / year
38.25% more than the U.S. average

Data analysts review large amounts of data to summarize, analyze, and visualize it and provide insights. Working from data from multiple, relevant sources, they create and maintain databases, and use statistical techniques to analyze the collected data. Data analysts must be able to communicate with others about what the data shows and to be able to provide realistic recommendations based on their analysis. Many industries such as healthcare, advertising, and retail rely on the work of data analysts to inform their business decisions and strategy.

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User Experience Designer source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$142,000 / year
41.46% more than the U.S. average

User experience (UX) designers are responsible for ensuring that digital products offer a seamless user experience, through prototyping, user research, and user testing. They will test the navigation and functionality of websites, apps, and more. UX designers must stay current on design trends to ensure ongoing adherence to best practices. They will also conduct ongoing user research to understand the habits and needs of users.

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Product Manager source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$133,000 / year
23.92% more than the U.S. average

Product managers guide product development from ideation to market. Starting with consumer and market research, they use their understanding of customer wants and needs to inform product development and go-to-market strategy. They will work closely with engineering, marketing, sales, and other teams to launch products. After launch, they solicit and analyze feedback on the product to inform future iterations.

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Python Developer source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$124,000 / year
4.6% more than the U.S. average

Python Developers typically choose to focus on back end web development, data science or analysis, scripting, or product development. They build the server side of websites, processes for data analysis, and create automation scripts.

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Business Analyst source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$76,000 / year
3.99% less than the U.S. average

Business analysts use business, technology, and project management skills to analyze business problems and propose data-driven solutions. Grounded in technical expertise, business analysts perform risk analyses, manage project plans, and translate technical information such as diagrams and blueprints. Experienced business analysts can become business or project managers, which puts their professional expertise to work with the management of project deliverables and other people. Business analysts can put their skills to work across a variety of industries, companies, and job functions.

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Financial Analyst source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$95,000 / year
28.21% more than the U.S. average

Financial analysts use their business, finance, or accounting background to analyze data and make recommendations for investments. They study past, present, and future business and economic trends to provide data-driven insights for business decision-making. Financial analysts take on roles as fund managers, portfolio managers, investment advisors, and risk analysts. Many earn additional credentials in the field, such as Certified Public Accountant or Project Management Professional certifications.

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Digital Marketer source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$73,000 / year
20.78% more than the U.S. average

Digital marketers are responsible for designing, managing, and reviewing digital marketing campaigns. Using their expertise in search engine optimization (SEO), social media, backlinks, and digital ads, digital marketers provide data and demographic-driven marketing strategies. They may also help companies develop content marketing strategies through the use of blogs. Digital marketers also use data analytics to review digital marketing campaign results and provide guidance for future campaigns.

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Full Stack Developer source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$151,000 / year
34% more than the U.S. average

Full Stack Developers build web applications for both the visible front end that users see and the back end that powers the applications.

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Digital Strategist source: indeed.com

Salary in Bay Area

$66,000 / year
2.24% more than the U.S. average

Digital Strategy is the work behind digitally rich projects like websites, social media, SEO content, digital marketing, and more. Digital Strategists identify opportunities for growth and make plans for new website releases, content for their client with a specific end goal in mind, or an advertising campaign.

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About Bay Area

The Bay Area is a cluster of cities, like San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Berkley. Each place has its own identity. The entire area is hot, and not just because of its iconic scenery, mild climate, and comfortable vibe. The region recently posted its largest single-month jobs gain in over thirty years. The adaptable and resilient technology sector lead the way. There are more tech companies and tech startups in Silicon Valley than almost any other region in the country. These companies need a place to call home, which means the Bay Area’s construction sector is also very healthy. There is always a significant need for architects, engineers, and other such professionals. All these people need someplace to play as well, so the hospitality industry is going strong.

Bay Area Courses by School

Metis

Metis’s Top Live Online Courses

Data Science Bootcamp

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Flatiron School

Flatiron’s Top Live Online Courses

Software Engineering Immersive

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Data Science Bootcamp

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App Academy

App Academy’s Top Live Online Courses

Full-Time Software Engineering

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Hack Reactor

Hack Reactor’s Top Live Online Courses

Software Engineering Immersive

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General Assembly

General Assembly’s Top Live Online Courses

Software Engineering Immersive

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Data Science Immersive

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UX Design Immersive

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Python Course

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Coding Dojo

Coding Dojo’s Top Live Online Courses

Onsite Coding Bootcamp

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Data Science Immersive

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Data Science Dojo

Data Science Dojo’s Top Live Online Courses

Data Science Bootcamp

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Project Management Academy

Project Management Academy’s Top Bay Area Courses

PMP® Certification Training

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Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® Certification Training

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Design

Graphic Design

Web Design

Video Editing

Photoshop

After Effects

UX Design

Adobe

InDesign

Premiere Pro

AutoCAD

UX UI

Adobe Captivate

Adobe XD

Lightroom

Adobe Acrobat

Dreamweaver

Cinema 4D

Adobe Animate

Animation

Motion Graphics

Visual Design

Illustrator

Final Cut Pro

Coding

Web Development

Product Management

Programming

Software Engineering

Dev Bootcamp

iOS Development

Java

Computer Science

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