SQL courses can help you learn database design, data manipulation, query optimization, and data retrieval techniques. You can build skills in writing complex queries, managing relational databases, and ensuring data integrity. Many courses introduce tools like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL Server, demonstrating how to use these platforms for data analysis and reporting. You'll also explore key topics such as joins, indexing, and transaction management, which are vital for effective data management and analysis.

Illinois Tech
Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Relational Databases, Database Systems, Database Management, Database Theory, Databases, Database Development, SQL, Database Management Systems, MySQL, Transaction Processing, Stored Procedure, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Modeling, Unified Modeling Language, Data Access, Data Integrity, Data Dictionary, Query Languages, Application Development
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Databricks, Data Lakes, Data Pipelines, Data Integration, Dashboard, PySpark, SQL, Apache Spark, Data Management, Data Transformation, Version Control
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Business Analytics, Business Metrics, Analytics, Business Process Improvement, Business Intelligence, Business Process, Tableau Software, Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Web Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Digital Transformation, E-Commerce, Financial Services, SQL, Decision Making
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Azure Synapse Analytics, Performance Tuning, Microsoft Azure, System Monitoring, Data Engineering, Transact-SQL, Star Schema, Power BI, PySpark, Data Cleansing, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Apache Spark, Data Warehousing, Analytics, Data Modeling, Data Analysis, SQL, Azure Active Directory, Advanced Analytics, Microsoft Copilot
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Application Security, Secure Coding, Exploitation techniques, Software Design Patterns, Vulnerability Assessments, Amazon Web Services, SQL, Operating Systems, C (Programming Language)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Snowflake
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative AI, LLM Application, Data Engineering, Data Manipulation, Snowflake Schema, Large Language Modeling, Model Deployment, Data Warehousing, Unstructured Data, Embeddings, Cloud Development, SQL, Natural Language Processing, Data Pipelines, Extract, Transform, Load, Application Development, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Database Design, MySQL Workbench, MySQL, Relational Databases, SQL, Database Management, Data Manipulation, Data Migration, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Scalability
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Statistical Methods, Data Preprocessing, Statistical Inference, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Access, Anomaly Detection, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Machine Learning, Probability & Statistics, Jupyter, Data Import/Export, Pandas (Python Package), Data Transformation, Data Quality
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Responsible AI, Generative AI, Model Deployment, Tensorflow, Google Cloud Platform, Keras (Neural Network Library), Data Preprocessing, Data Quality, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Exploratory Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Model Evaluation, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Data Cleansing, Prompt Engineering, Cloud Deployment, Data Strategy, Cloud Computing
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Database Design, MySQL, IBM DB2, Relational Databases, Databases, PostgreSQL, Data Management, Database Architecture and Administration, SQL, Data Integrity, Data Modeling, Data Manipulation, Command-Line Interface
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, AI Workflows, LangChain, Generative AI Agents, CrewAI, Statistical Methods, Statistical Analysis, Data Transformation, Agentic systems, Statistical Inference, Business Intelligence, Performance Testing, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Data-Driven Decision-Making, Performance Metric, Descriptive Analytics, Business Metrics, Data Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Event Monitoring
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Plotly, Predictive Modeling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Storytelling, Statistical Machine Learning, Data Science, Business Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Pandas (Python Package), Data Analysis, Web Scraping, Data Wrangling, Model Evaluation, Python Programming, SQL, GitHub
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months