He advises asking prospective schools about their placement rates in various green industries.
He pored over online statistics of placement rates, data that told him how often a college's graduates find jobs.
But job placement rates are also imperfect, often counting work in unrelated fields or jobs students had all along.
Total placement rates hover about 93percentt and calls start pouring in from local companies like Computer Associates in Islandia and Marchon Eyewear in Melville two weeks before graduation.
"Families are asking more questions about four-year graduation rates (as opposed to five- and six-year rates), employment placement rates upon graduation, and long-term economic potential".
Most schools claim nearly 100% graduation and placement rates.
"None of the top schools had placement rates below 90% at the three-month mark".
Some like New York's Flatiron School have hired external accountants to audit their own job salary and placement rates.
A third bootcamp is infamous for expelling struggling students so the program's job placement rates appear extraordinarily high.
