The program URL has redirected since 2024-05-21 and returned 403 by 2024-11-22 per the Wayback Machine; on 2026-10-08 the host presented an expired certificate and a 503. Course Report lists Columbia Engineering Boot Camps as closed and no longer accepting students. source
This was the best-known university-branded fintech boot camp: 24 part-time weeks of Python, machine learning and blockchain run by 2U under the Columbia name. It closed in 2024 and nothing with the Columbia brand replaced it. If a listing site still shows it as open, that site is stale.
The facts
| Category | Breaking into finance tech, Data engineering and analytics, AI and machine learning |
|---|---|
| Website | bootcamp.cvn.columbia.edu/fintech |
| Based | New York, NY |
| Format | online-live, in-person |
| Programs | FinTech Boot Camp, part-time, 24 weeks |
| Length | 24 weeks ('FinTech … Part-Time (24 weeks)' on the archived program page (2024-01-04).) verified |
| Tuition | Tuition was not printed on the archived program page. SwitchUp lists $15,495 for the FinTech track (third-party figure). unknown |
| Financing | upfront, installments Archived page: full tuition, an interest-free plan with deposit plus six monthly payments, and a 24-month interest-free plan. |
| Admission | basic assessment Archived page says applicants did not need to be Columbia students; 2U-run boot camps typically used an admissions call and short assessment. |
| Stack | Python, Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Keras, AWS SageMaker, SQL, Ethereum, Solidity |
Outcomes
This program does not publish job-placement or salary outcomes. Treat any number you hear from admissions as unverifiable.
Interview-prep depth
1 / 5
Archived syllabus is ML and blockchain tooling with generic career services; no DS&A or system design content listed.
Job support: light. Archived page listed resume and portfolio reviews, interview training and 1:1 coaching as career services.
Whatever the program covers, the interview itself is free to prepare for here: coding patterns, system design, practice prompts, company guides.
What a careful reader should know
Operated by edX Boot Camps (formerly Trilogy Education) under 2U, which entered Chapter 11 in July 2024. The Columbia program is the model for the other university-branded fintech boot camps that closed with it. Course Report's school page covers all Columbia boot camps, not FinTech alone.
Third-party signals: Course Report 4.72 (76 reviews). SwitchUp 4. Graduation-time star ratings are collected by the schools; weigh them accordingly.
Sources (3)
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