15 Best Forecasting Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Forecasting courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 8 come from a named university or institution, including Macquarie University, University of Michigan and Duke 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
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "forecasting" 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 $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Excel Time Series Models for Business Forecasting
Offered by Macquarie University
This course explores different time series business forecasting methods. The course covers a variety of business forecasting methods for different types of components present in time series data — level, trending, and se...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditProject Sales: Excel Forecasting Functions
Offered by Coursera
Ready to move beyond basic data entry and unlock the predictive power of Excel? This intermediate course, Project Sales: Excel Forecasting Functions, is designed for aspiring financial analysts, business planners, and da...
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Coursera CertificateAI-Powered Finance: Forecasting, Planning & Reporting
Offered by Coursera
Transform your finance career with cutting-edge Generative AI skills that top financial institutions are already using. This comprehensive program equips you with practical AI tools to automate financial reporting, optim...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditRegression & Forecasting for Data Scientists using Python
Offered by EDUCBA
This course provides comprehensive training in regression analysis and forecasting techniques for data science, emphasizing Python programming. You will master time-series analysis, forecasting, linear regression, and da...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditValuation Techniques: Forecasting, and Performance Analysis
Offered by John Wiley & Sons
Delve into advanced valuation methodologies, including discounted cash flow models, financial statement analysis, forecasting, and performance measurement. Build expertise in applying rigorous valuation frameworks to ass...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditExcel Simulation & Forecasting Techniques
Offered by EDUCBA
Master Excel simulation, forecasting, and scenario analysis techniques used for modern business decision-making. Learn how to build dynamic Excel models, automate calculations, analyze uncertainty, and generate actionabl...
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Coursera CertificateFP&A Modeling: Variance Analysis & Forecasting
Offered by IBM
By the end of this course, you will structure financial models in Excel with clean, auditable architecture, calculate and decompose budget-to-actual variances into price, volume, and mix, build variance bridges that turn...
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Statistics and Data Analysis with Excel
Offered by Macquarie University
Statistical literacy is a highly transferable professional skill. This Specialization offers a structured path from descriptive statistics to advanced predictive modelling using Microsoft Excel. Across three progressivel...
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Prediction Models with Sports Data
Offered by University of Michigan
In this course the learner will be shown how to generate forecasts of game results in professional sports using Python. The main emphasis of the course is on teaching the method of logistic regression as a way of modelin...
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Excel to MySQL: Analytic Techniques for Business
Offered by Duke University
Formulate data questions, explore and visualize large datasets, and inform strategic decisions. In this Specialization, you’ll learn to frame business challenges as data questions. You’ll use powerful tools and methods s...
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Infectious Disease Modeling in Practice
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
Mathematical modeling is an increasingly widespread tool for understanding infectious disease transmission and informing public health decision making. This course provides an in depth overview of the practical uses of m...
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Practical Time Series Analysis
Offered by The State University of New York
Welcome to Practical Time Series Analysis! Many of us are "accidental" data analysts. We trained in the sciences, business, or engineering and then found ourselves confronted with data for which we have no formal analyti...
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Making Evidence-Based Strategic Decisions
Offered by University of Maryland, College Park
Turn data into decisions that drive real business impact. In this course, you'll learn how to make evidence-based strategic decisions by using data analytics, AI, and digital transformation to align people, processes, an...
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Finance for Technical Managers
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
In Finance for Technical Managers, you will explore the fundamental principles of financial management. Topics include understanding and interpreting a company’s financial statements, the time value of money and its role...
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Simulation Skills: This is Your Brain on the Future
Offered by Institute for the Future
Do you want to learn how to simulate the future more creatively and more effectively? This course is for you. Humans are the only living creatures with the ability to think about and make plans for the long- term future....
$49.00listed price
Best Forecasting Courses on Coursera compared
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