Ada Developers Academy (Ada) is a year-long intensive school in

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for women and gender expansive people with no previous professional experience in

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. The program is tuition-free, and students can apply for a micro loan to meet living expenses during the year. Additional supports available to students include laptops loans, childcare subsidies, free mental health therapy, and 1:1 mentors and tutors.

Overview

The program is divided into six months of classroom instruction and a five-month paid internship with a Seattle tech company. The first six months in the classroom focuses on

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and

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, and

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fundamentals. The last five months is an

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placement. Interns are placed at sponsor companies including

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, Tableau/Salesforce,

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, etc. for practical, applied learning experiences. 97% of Ada students graduate from the program, and 94% land full time roles as software developers within 180 days of graduating. The most recent graduating cohort reported an average starting salary of $125,000.

Cohorts

Ad
begins new cohorts
every 6 months (March & September), with in-person campuses in Seattle and Atlanta, a digital campus available nationwide, and a Washington, D.C. campus launching in 2024.

Funding

Ada began in 2013 as a project of Seattle's

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and is funded through company sponsorship, individual donors, and public sources. Ada now operates as an independent non-profit organization headquartered in Seattle, WA with campuses in Seattle, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. (opening Fall 2023). Ada also offers a digital campus available to students nationwide. Ada's company sponsors include

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Expedia Expedia Inc. is an online travel agency owned by Expedia Group, an American online travel shopping company based in Seattle. The website and mobile app can be used to book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruise ships, and vacat ...

, and

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. Sponsors provide applied learning internships for the students, and fund the students' education. Sponsoring companies such as Expedia stated that they participate in the program in order to recruit great talent, and also in order to improve their

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. In 2021 Ada was one of four recipients of th
Equality Can't Wait
challenge grant funded by Melinda French Gates, Mackenzie Scott & Dan Jewitt, and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. This $10m grant is currently fueling Ada's national expansion, and aim to significantly shift the representation of women and gender expansive people in software development careers.

References

External links

* {{Official website, name=Ada Developers Academy 2013 establishments in Washington (state) Educational institutions established in 2013 Coding schools Non-profit organizations based in Seattle Educational organizations based in the United States Women's education in Washington (state) Women in computing Education in Seattle Computer science education in the United States

Overview

Cohorts

Funding

See also

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