• HTML, CSS and JavaScript (Prework)
• Advanced JavaScript concepts
• Server-side Programming with Python
• Database Management and Configuration
• Web security
• Architecture with Python & Postgres
• Architecture with Node.js & SQL
• React and Redux
• Hardware and Systems Design
• Computer Science Fundamentals
• Data Structures + Algorithms
• Interview Prep

Look at Our Curriculum in Depth

Rithm’s web development program is a 16-week experience that will support you as you become a confident and creative developer. For the first three months, you’ll be in the classroom full-time learning to code with a small number of other students. We cap our classes at 16 students so that you’ll have plenty of opportunities to code with experienced programmers. For the final month, you’ll be preparing to enter the competitive job market. Learn more about our Program.

We believe it does not matter what language you learn as a student. We’re more interested in teaching you how to never stop learning. That being said, we chose JavaScript and Python because they are foundational languages that easily facilitate conversations about core programming concepts. We are also in constant conversation with our hiring partners, and we know what kind of developers they want to hire. Right now, JavaScript and Python developers are in demand.

We think 10 weeks is the perfect length of time to dive deeply into programming concepts. Any longer than that and students tend to lose focus and burn out. We add an additional three weeks dedicated to getting students real world experience and another three weeks for interview prep so that you’ll have plenty of time and energy to concentrate on finding your first development job while still getting the support you need. Look at Our Program in Detail.

Absolutely! All in class exercises are completed in pairs and the entire company project period is worked on in pairs. We strongly believe pair programming is a fantastic way to level up web development and social engineering skills.

Rithm strives to cultivate a strong learning community where each individual student is a self-motivated, curious, and persistent learner. Web development is challenging, and your success will be largely determined by your ability to continue to stay engaged with your code despite a seemingly never-ending series of stumbling blocks.

Great programmers come from all walks of life, and we find that the thing that they all have in common is a positive attitude under pressure.

Rithm wants you to succeed. If you fall behind in your coursework in the first 6 weeks, we’ll begin a conversation with you to decide whether or not it’s worth your time, energy, and money to continue. If it makes more sense to part ways, we’ll return your tuition (less your deposit) - no harm, no foul.

We’ve taught students of all ages and backgrounds. It’s common for students to have had exciting lives and careers before transitioning into software development. We’ve taught musicians, Hot Topic employees, Uber drivers, lawyers, massage therapists, veterans, scientists, and more!

As teachers, we know that students need rest in order to be receptive to new information. During classroom hours, you’ll be coding with your peers and instructors and we expect that you’ll get the majority of work done in this supportive environment.

What’s more, we don’t recommend coding all night. In fact, we close our space at 11pm. There are resources and reading materials we’ll ask you to review at home, and we do that so that you’ll be able to maximize the time during the day when you have access to our instructional staff.

As a student, you’ll spend a lot of time pair programming, working through our curriculum or on your own projects. Instructors will lecture on concepts and lead the class through code reviews. Periodically, there will be events and guest lectures that students will have the option of attending. Our classroom is located in the Financial District, so there are lots of opportunities to get out of the classroom for great food or to take a break in sunny Dolores Park.

We ask a lot of our students. There are 80-120 hours of prework to be completed before your program starts. You’ll spend three full months in class; days will be approximately 9-6, although you’re welcome to spend evenings at Rithm too. After that, you’ll be shifting your focus to the job hunt. During the job prep portion of the course you'll still be working at Rithm full-time.

Financially, the commitment is your initial deposit of $3,000, due when you’re admitted to Rithm, plus the balance of your tuition, payable in 1 or 2 installments. You can either pay the $21,000 upfront or make two payments of $11,000 (due on the first day of week one) and $10,500 (due on the first day of week seven). Note that if you pay in two installments, the payments include an additional $500 fee. Take a look at our lending partners who can help you finance your tuition.

We tell students to budget 80-120 hours for the prework. We’ve designed this take-home curriculum to lead you through Terminal Basics, Git/GitHub, HTML, CSS, and foundational JavaScript. You’ll learn how to navigate these technologies on your own, so that by the time step into the Rithm classroom you’ll be ready to take full advantage of our instructors’ expertise and level-up fast.

In the week before your class starts, we open up the space to new students as part of our "Week 0" program. During Week 0 you're welcome to work out of the space all day, work with instructors to help finish up your prework, and also meet your new classmates.

You’ll need a Mac laptop that’s newer than 2012.

The days here are packed with instructional content and experiential learning. It’s possible to catch up if you miss a day or two due to illness, but it’s challenge to miss much more than that.

We’ve seen students receive job offers before graduation. However, finding your first development position is an arduous process and we recommend that people budget for 2-3 months of full-time job hunting.

We work with Skills Fund to help students finance their tuition. You can learn more about them here.

Tuition for Rithm School is $24,000.

This includes:

• 16 weeks of full-time classroom instruction. Learn more about the curriculum
• A network of over 100 portfolio companies for hiring assistance and continued job support. Learn more about job support

Payment

A $3,000 deposit is due upon enrollment. For the remaining balance, you have two options:

• Pay the remainder on the first day of class.
• Pay one installment of half of the remainder on the first day of class, and the other half on the first day of week seven.

Please note that paying in installments involves an additional fee of $500.

Your non-refundable deposit of $3,000 is due upon admission to secure your place and receive the prework. You can either pay the remaning balance of $21,000 up front or in two installments of $11,000 due on the first day of class and $10,500 due on the first day of the seventh week of class. Note that if you pay in two installments, the payments include an additional $500 fee.

We look at the first six weeks of our course as an indicator of your success at Rithm. And so, if your progress doesn’t keep pace with the curriculum, we’ll start a conversation with you to determine whether or not you should remain a student. If necessary, your time at Rithm will come to an end early and we’ll offer you a full refund (minus your enrollment deposit).

We designed this policy to ensure that every student in the program is thriving. We want to offer students who might struggle with the pace of the course a way out without sacrificing the majority of their tuition. We believe our Separate Ways Clause is beneficial to the students who remain in the class; it’s understood that everyone in the classroom is there because they want to be, are willing to do the work, and are at a comparable skill level.

No. Rithm doesn’t currently offer financial aid. However, we do offer a scholarship:

The Rithm Diversity Scholarship awards up to $5,000. Students of all backgrounds are eligbile to apply and the scholarship is awarded based on merit as well as need. Students can apply for this scholarship upon admisson to the program.

We initially offered a money back guarantee because we were new and we recognized that attending Rithm involved a bit of a leap of faith on behalf of students. Now that we have published outcomes numbers, students are much better informed when trying to decide which coding program works best for them.

If you’re ready for an intensive educational experience that will catapult you into the world of software development… submit a preliminary application here to Rithm! It’s that easy. We’ll get back to you within 24 hours with a few follow up questions. That’s all you need to get started.

The process has multiple steps:

• Fill out a preliminary application online, we’ll get back to you within 24 hours.
• Have a brief phone conversation with someone on the team, we want to get to know you!
• Come meet one of our instructors for a brief technical interview. We’re not focused on how much you already know, but how you think about solving problems.
• Meet the entire instructional team for a more in depth interview. Get to know us better and together we’ll determine if it’s a good fit.

We love to meet potential candidates. Come join us for any of our public events before or after you apply. During the application process, if you seem like a good fit for Rithm’s upcoming class, we can schedule multiple interviews so that you’ll have a chance to meet the whole team before making your final decision to enroll.

The prework is essential to your success at Rithm. The first day of class starts with intermediate level material. And so, if your prework isn’t finished beforehand, we sadly will have to revoke your admission to Rithm, and you won’t be allowed to begin the program.

Rithm School is approved to operate by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. You can find more information below:

• Rithm School Performance Fact Sheet
• Rithm School Catalog
For more information for Private Postsecondary Education, visit www.bppe.ca.gov.

Graduation rates are determined by the number of students who finish our program. This previously included completion of Outco, and now refers to the completion of our program. We update our graduation statistics 90 and 180 days after every cohort finishes.

These numbers reflect full-time and long-term contract positions (one year or greater). We have seen 14.8% of our graduates find jobs in long-term contract positions. We do not include students who have found jobs in part-time positions as employed.

Over the next six months, we plan to hire 1 or 2 Teaching Assistants. They will be responsible for providing additional 1:1 and lab support. These will be full-time positions, not contract roles.

Almost all of our graduates with the exception of one (who returned to his previous job with more technical knowledge), have switched careers to a technical field including Software Engineering, Web Development, Technical Product Management, and Sales Engineering.

All of our alumni are in constant communication with our instructional and outcomes staff. In fact, we’ve been reference checks for almost all of our graduates and are the first to know when an offer is sent. We confirm salary numbers with students and their offer letters.