Data courses can help you learn data analysis, statistical methods, data visualization, and machine learning principles. You can build skills in interpreting datasets, making data-driven decisions, and communicating insights effectively. Many courses introduce tools such as Python, R, SQL, and Tableau, that support analyzing data and presenting findings in a clear, impactful way.

Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Data Presentation, Peer Review, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization, Storytelling, Microsoft Excel, Dashboard Creation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Presentations, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Visualization Software, Business Intelligence, Constructive Feedback, Financial Reporting, User Feedback, Business, Stakeholder Communications, Case Studies, Decision Making
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Presentations, Customer Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Microsoft PowerPoint, Target Market, Consulting, Target Audience, Business Consulting, Microsoft Excel, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, Persona Development, Business Analysis, Excel Formulas, Spreadsheet Software, Data Analysis, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Constructive Feedback
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Ggplot2, Plot (Graphics), Tidyverse (R Package), Data Visualization, Statistical Visualization, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, R Programming, Data Visualization Software, Data Wrangling, Data Manipulation, R (Software)
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Dashboard Creation, Dashboard, Data Preprocessing, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Real Time Data, Data Analysis, Application Programming Interface (API), No-Code Development, JSON, Javascript
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Data Lakes, Data Governance, Transaction Processing, Microsoft Azure, Security Controls, Data Architecture, Power BI, Data Warehousing, Dataflow, Data Management, Identity and Access Management, Azure Active Directory, Data Pipelines, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Data Integration, Query Languages, Data Integrity, Real Time Data, Data Quality, Data Transformation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Validation, Microsoft Excel, Spreadsheet Software, Data Entry, Microsoft Office
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Medical Privacy, Health Information Management, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Information Privacy, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Personally Identifiable Information, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Data Governance, Data Security, Health Care, Health Policy, Risk Analysis, Security Controls, Risk Management, Data Integrity
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Fractal Analytics
Skills you'll gain: AI Security, Vector Databases, Data Strategy, Data Management, Data Architecture, Data Security, Data Governance, Generative AI Agents, Metadata Management, Containerization, Data Ethics, Interoperability, Data Store, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Taxonomy, Data Storage, Data Processing, Large Language Modeling, Machine Learning, Agentic systems
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Data Strategy, Data Management, Data Pipelines, Data Integrity, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Data Quality, Dataflow, Technical Communication, Compliance Auditing, Issue Tracking, Data Analysis, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Data Capture, Project Planning, Data Storage, Process Analysis, Performance Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Data Access, Python Programming, Data Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Wrangling, R Programming, R (Software), Data Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Anomaly Detection, Feature Engineering, Data Ethics, Machine Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning Methods, Classification Algorithms, Responsible AI, Machine Learning, Statistical Machine Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Model Evaluation, Model Training, Machine Learning Software, Decision Tree Learning, Model Optimization, Regression Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months