15 Best Data Analysis Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Data Analysis courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $309.00. 9 come from a named university or institution, including Imperial College London, Rice University and MGH Institute of Health Professions. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $19.99 – $309.00
- Providers
- Coursera, edX, Udemy
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, Udemy, matched to "data analysis" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $309.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis in Public Health
Offered by Imperial College London
Welcome to Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis in Public Health! This course will teach you the core building blocks of statistical analysis - types of variables, common distributions, hypothesis testing - but, mo...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel
Offered by Rice University
The use of Excel is widespread in the industry. It is a very powerful data analysis tool and almost all big and small businesses use Excel in their day to day functioning. This is an introductory course in the use of Exc...
$79.00listed price -
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Introduction to Healthcare Data Analysis
Offered by MGH Institute of Health Professions
In this course, you will develop a solid foundational understanding of the most common statistical methods used in health care data analysis. These common statistical methods include descriptive statistics, data distribu...
$309.00listed price -
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Data Analysis for Complete Beginners
Welcome to Data Analysis for Complete Beginners! This comprehensive course is designed to introduce you to the fundamental concepts of data analysis, statistics, and visualization using Python. Whether you are looking to...
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Udemy CertificateExcel PowerPivot - Excel Data Analysis & DAX for Beginners
A brief glimpse of PowerPivot's usefulness and capabilities...This course is designed for all Excel users -- not just power users capable of building incredible Excel worksheets with functions, VBA, and mystical trickery...
$124.99listed price -
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Udemy CertificateBusiness Intelligence & Data Analysis: MySQL for Beginners
In this Crash Course you will play a role of business analyst who works in a DVD rental shopYou will use only MySQL database and MySQL Workbench to achieve the objectives the are required by the manager who needs yo...
$89.99listed price -
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Udemy CertificateExcel Data Analysis: From Beginner to Advanced Techniques
Unlock the full potential of Excel and become a confident data analyst with Excel Data Analysis: From Beginner to Advanced Techniques. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced professional, this course is des...
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Udemy CertificateIntroduction to Data Analysis and Statistics Using SQL
Descriptive statistics help us understand the overall structure of data, and SQL is the most widely used language for manipulating it. Together, they can help data analysts derive better insights and make far-reaching pr...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditIntroduction to Data Analysis with Python and Polars
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
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Probability for Actuaries: Introduction to Discrete Distributions
Offered by The University of Wisconsin-Madison
This actuarial science course covers introductory probability theory that can be applied to risk management. Topics covered include an introductory examination of descriptive statistics of data sets, the interpretation o...
$219.00listed price -
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Introduction to Reproducibility in Cancer Informatics
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
The course is intended for students in the biomedical sciences and researchers who use informatics tools in their research and have not had training in reproducibility tools and methods. This course is written for indivi...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Machine Learning: Unsupervised Learning
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Introduction to Machine Learning: Unsupervised Learning explores how machines uncover structure, patterns, and relationships in data without labeled outcomes. In this course, you’ll learn how to analyze and visualize hig...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Trading, Machine Learning & GCP
Offered by Google Cloud & New York Institute of Finance
In this course, you’ll learn about the fundamentals of trading, including the concept of trend, returns, stop-loss, and volatility. You will learn how to identify the profit source and structure of basic quantitative tra...
$79.00listed price -
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Introduction to Data Science
Offered by IBM
Interested in learning more about data science, but don’t know where to start? This 4-course Specialization from IBM will provide you with the key foundational skills any data scientist needs to prepare you for a career...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Business Analytics: Communicating with Data
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
This course introduces students to the science of business analytics while casting a keen eye toward the artful use of numbers found in the digital space. The goal is to provide businesses and managers with the foundatio...
$79.00listed price
Best Data Analysis Courses for Beginners compared
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