Just a week after coding school Dev Bootcamp announced it would be closing all of its campuses, including the one in Austin, another tech educator is shutting down, as well.
The Iron Yard, a coding school with campuses in Austin, Dallas and Houston, announced it is closing down in a blog post Thursday.
"In considering the current environment, the board of The Iron Yard has made the difficult decision to cease operations at all campuses after teaching out remaining summer cohorts. We will finish out summer classes completely, including career support," the blog, posted by communications team leader Lelia King, reads. "While our journey is coming to an end, we will always take pride in the thousands of people our staff helped to launch new careers."
In March, The Iron Yard announced it would shut down in San Antonio, Columbia, South Carolina; Cincinnati; and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
The Greenville-based tech and coding school was founded in 2012. The Iron Yard put its roots down in Austin in late 2014.
Coding schools nationwide have struggled in recent years. And The Iron Yard notes that making these types of tech-specific schools work is tricky.
"The industry as a whole is still young and its leaders face the challenge of a nascent market, as well as the demands facing all institutions in the higher education marketplace," the blog post said.
