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What is the average return on investment for popular software engineering bootcamps compared to self-teaching with low-cost Udemy courses?

ChatGPTgpt-64 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
What is the average return on investment for popular software engineering bootcamps compared to self-teaching with low-cost Udemy courses?
4 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2025 software engineering bootcamp average tuition graduate employment salary outcomes CIRR report outcomesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
Course Report coding bootcamp cost average tuition 2024 2025 outcomes salaryGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDShort fact
Udemy software development course price typical sale price subscription 2025Google ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
self taught software developers employment outcomes bootcamp return on investment studyGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (4)
Short fact25%Other / navigational25%ComparisonConsequence25%Reason25%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 4 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT4 real searches · gpt-6
2025 software engineering bootcamp average tuition graduate employment salary outcomes CIRR report outcomes Google ↗
Course Report coding bootcamp cost average tuition 2024 2025 outcomes salary Google ↗
Udemy software development course price typical sale price subscription 2025 Google ↗
self taught software developers employment outcomes bootcamp return on investment study Google ↗

Queries

4 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
2025 software engineering bootcamp average tuition graduate employment salary outcomes CIRR report outcomes
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Consequence——1x
of 1
Course Report coding bootcamp cost average tuition 2024 2025 outcomes salary
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Short fact——1x
of 1
Udemy software development course price typical sale price subscription 2025
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
self taught software developers employment outcomes bootcamp return on investment study
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1