u/michaelnovati replied ·
Why do you have high hopes out of curiosity?
One thing I tell people to watch out for is that many people have pointed out to me that the "placement rate" is misleading. Their outcomes report **only contains people who GOT JOBS**. So 85% placement rate in 6 months just means "of all the people who got jobs, 85% took less than six months and the rest took more than six months".
I would press them on similarly transparent completion rates within 8 months of starting (or whatever time period they say it is the expected time).
Because it's a self paced program, it's hard to get this number because a ton of people are likely still "active" and you can't say if they will drop out or get jobs yet.
So it's understandable if it's hard for them to explain this but they should at least be transparent about it so that you have reasonable expectations.