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15 Best Data Manipulation Courses for Beginners

We compared 15 Data Manipulation courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $310.50. 2 come from a named university or institution, including University of Colorado Boulder and Stanford University. 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 – $310.50
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 manipulation" 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 $310.50, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Introduction to Python Functions

    Offered by University of Colorado Boulder

    How many times have you decided to learn a programming language but got stuck somewhere along the way, grew frustrated, and gave up? This specialization is designed for learners who have little or no programming experien...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    BiteSize Python for Absolute Beginners: Data Structures

    Offered by University of Colorado Boulder

    This course provides an in-depth exploration of Python’s four built-in data structures: lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries. Each structure will be introduced in detail, focusing on how to create, access, and manipulat...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    edX MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Introduction to SQL & Databases

    Offered by Stanford University

    This course provides a solid foundation in SQL and database management, focusing on key concepts and practical applications. You will learn how to create and manipulate databases, write complex queries, and understand fu...

    $310.50
    listed price
  4. 4
    Udemy Certificate

    Learn Practical SQL in Urdu / Hindi from Beginner to Advance

    Enroll now, and Start Learning SQL to Explore Database for Data , Analytical Queries and Solving Business Questions.Embark on a comprehensive journey into the world of databases with our Udemy course, "Mastering SQL: Fro...

    $24.99
    listed price
  5. 5
    Udemy Certificate

    The Complete Excel Course for Beginners 2020

    Why this course is for you?You want to learn the basics of Excel for professional or personal reasons but you have little to no knowledge of how Excel works. You have heard that Excel will allow you to automate work and...

    $59.99
    listed price
  6. 6
    Udemy Certificate

    JavaScript AJAX XHR for beginners

    Welcome to our introductory course for using AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript And XML with JavaScriptExplore how you can use XMLHttpRequest to connect to web APIs to retrieve JSON data into your web application.  Use JavaS...

    $199.99
    listed price
  7. 7
    Udemy Certificate

    SAS MACRO Programming - Advanced Programming for Beginners

    Welcome to the course "SAS Macro Programming - Advanced Programming for Beginners". Macro facility is an important feature of SAS Language. This course will help the novice SAS user bridge the gap between beginner and ad...

    $99.99
    listed price
  8. 8
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit Lowest price here

    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...

    $19.99
    listed price
  9. 9
    Udemy Certificate

    R Programming For Absolute Beginners

    If you have decided to learn R as your data science programming language, you have made an excellent decision!   R is the most widely used tool for statistical programming. It is powerful, versatile and easy to use. It i...

    $39.99
    listed price
  10. 10
    Udemy Certificate

    Microsoft Excel for Absolute Beginners - An Excel Tutorial

    You can learn Microsoft Excel easily and quickly if it is taught correctly.This course will give you a solid introduction to fundamental Microsoft Excel skills. Developed by a Microsoft Certified Master Instruc...

    $54.99
    listed price
  11. 11
    Udemy Certificate

    Pyspark Foundation for Data Engineering | Beginners

    This course will prepare you for a real world Data Engineer role (basics)!Learn to code PySpark like a real world developer. Here our major focus will be on Practical applications of PySpark and bridge the gap between ac...

    $19.99
    listed price
  12. 12
    Udemy Certificate

    Microsoft Excel: Beginners to Advance Excel Crash Course

    ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORThis course is published by Kingsley Agbo- a Coach and data analyst, teaching data analysis techniques, MS Excel, Power Query, Microsoft Power BI, with courses average over 4.7 stars out of 5.ABOUT TH...

    $19.99
    listed price
  13. 13
    Udemy Certificate

    SQL Beginner to Advanced Level - Data Analytics

    Learn SQL from the beginning to becoming an expert analyzing data in SQL. This course takes you from having little or no knowledge of SQL to becoming highly proficient querying with SQL.Knowing SQL is highly important if...

    $24.99
    listed price
  14. 14
    Udemy Certificate

    PostgreSQL For Beginners

    PostgreSQL is commonly known as Postgres and it is also  open source database. In this course, we will go over the basics of the PostgreSQL. We will cover topics ranging from installations, to writing basic queries and r...

    $159.99
    listed price
  15. 15
    Udemy Certificate

    Database and SQL for Beginners

    This course covers the following topics:What is a DatabaseDBMS and RDBMSRelational Database Terminology - Primary key, Foreign key etc.Structured Query Language (SQL)Types of SQL commands - DDL, DCL, DML and QueryHow to...

    $29.99
    listed price

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