Our Mission
CodePath is reprogramming higher education to create the most diverse generation of engineers, CTOs, and founders. We deliver industry-vetted courses and career support centered on the needs of Black, Latino/a, Indigenous, and low-income students. Our students train with senior engineers, intern at top companies, and rise together to become the tech leaders of tomorrow.
With nearly 20,000 students and alumni from 500 colleges now working at 2,000 companies, we are reshaping the tech workforce and the industries of the future.
WHAT WE DO
Tech Excellence for All
The CodePath Model meets the needs of underrepresented CS students seeking meaningful tech careers, colleges seeking help filling the gaps between education and job offers for students, and tech employers seeking excellent, diverse, job-ready talent. Our programming cultivates “demand” through employer partnerships in the tech industry, and “supply” of trained students seeking internships and full-time roles, with CodePath college partners serving a crucial role at the center of this work.
Students
Through intensive technical training, mentorships, comprehensive career services, and employer connections, students get the access, exposure, and community they need to successfully navigate the tech industry and jumpstart their career, at no cost to them.
Colleges
In working with CS professors, CodePath programming helps partner colleges supplement their curriculum with the industry skills, knowledge, and network students need to succeed in the highest levels of the tech industry.
Employers
CodePath employer partners gain access to diverse, excellent engineers at scale. CodePath offers a range of partnership options to help employers build their brand with our student community and fill internship programs and full-time roles with the best of the best.
IMPACT
Nearly 20,000 Students and Counting
Since our founding in 2017 as a nonprofit, CodePath has helped thousands of students at more than 70 campuses persist in their CS journeys and thrive in technology careers.
Reach
20,000+
college students admitted into our programs
64%
identify as low-income or underrepresented minorities
70+
university and colleges served, 57% of which are minority-serving institutions, including HBCUs and HSIs
Outcomes
86%
of participants in our Summer Internship for Tech Excellence program secured junior year paid internship opportunities
75
employer partners hiring our students into software engineering positions
1,100+
mentors supporting our students
Systemic Impact
5x
better job outcomes for Black CodePath alumni than Black HBCU CS grads nationally
59%
of CodePath seniors secured full-time positions in tech within 6 months of graduating in 2021
90%
of CodePath students who secured tech jobs identify as Black, Latinx, Indigenous, first generation, and/or low income
PARTNERS
Thanks to Our Funders and Sponsors
Support from funders and sponsors allows us to offer CodePath courses and resources at no cost to students and colleges around the country.
Leading Partners
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Supporters
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Community Partners
We collaborate and partner with these organizations to extend our robust programs to underrepresented students.
Origin Story
Never Forget the Journey
As entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Michael Ellison, Nathan Esquenazi, and Tim Lee saw several gaps in the way engineering talent was being trained and upskilled. To bridge it, they founded CodePath.com, a technical training organization for the world’s top technology companies—including Facebook, Google, Dropbox, Airbnb, and Netflix.
After teaching thousands of engineers across major technology companies, it became clear that talent was everywhere, but opportunity was not. In 2017, the team behind CodePath.com founded CodePath.org to build more pathways to tech excellence by eliminating educational inequity in technical education, starting with college CS education.
“80% of underrepresented minorities drop out of Computer Science. We believe the best way to grow the number of underrepresented minorities in tech is to make sure they persist in college CS programs through graduation. This belief is producing exceptional results.”
“As a CS student, I felt like I wasn’t being set up for success and I didn’t know what to do about it. CodePath gives students the map of the real world I wish I had when I was in their shoes.”
“For tech employers, CodePath is the Holy Grail. Recruiters and employers we work with know that CodePath students aren’t just ‘good enough’ hires—they’re getting the best of the best because of the rigorous program.”