[lexap]

It's not an apples to apples comparison. As a Flatiron grad myself I can tell you that most my classmates already had college degrees. They do have a program that serves as a substitute for college, but it's not clear that the main program has been filtered from the data.

That said, I thought Flatiron was an exceptional investment, much higher ROI on my salary than college, but also served a fundamentally different purpose and role in my education than college.

[ssharp]

You can't discount your traditional education from your ROI on Flatiron. They aren't exclusive investments. In cases like yours, Flatiron is complementary to other education.

If Flatiron wants to make their ROI case stronger, they should look at people who have Flatiron as their exclusive post-secondary education.