The reason is because the starting salaries of people coming out of the boot camps is higher than the average starting salary of people coming out of top colleges.
Tech Bootcamps and tech college replacements have a starting salary around 80-100K whereas top schools for an average graduate(including ALL graduates, not just CS majors) is less than 80K.
Test scores are dumb. They don't matter. What matters is OUTCOME. And the best way to measure outcome is via salary.
> Tech Bootcamps and tech college replacements have a starting salary around 80-100K
Not according to the comments in this very thread from satisfied bootcamp customers.
But even if it were true, the appropriate comparison would indeed be starting salary of top school graduates who took a job similar to what the bootcamps are targeting, not starting salary of all graduates of top schools.
Tech Bootcamps and tech college replacements have a starting salary around 80-100K whereas top schools for an average graduate(including ALL graduates, not just CS majors) is less than 80K.
Test scores are dumb. They don't matter. What matters is OUTCOME. And the best way to measure outcome is via salary.