Beginner data analysis courses can help you learn data collection techniques, basic statistical concepts, data visualization, and interpretation of results. You can build skills in using spreadsheets for data manipulation, creating charts for visual representation, and applying descriptive statistics to summarize findings. Many courses introduce tools like Excel, Google Sheets, and data visualization software such as Tableau, showing you how to effectively analyze and present data to support decision-making.

Skills you'll gain: Data Pipelines, Data Import/Export, Data Processing, Data Manipulation, Data Wrangling, SQL, Data Transformation, Data Preprocessing, Google Cloud Platform, Data Management, Cloud Storage
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Data Pipelines, Real Time Data, Data Processing, Jupyter, File I/O, Google Cloud Platform, Data Transformation, Application Programming Interface (API), SQL, Analytics
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Snowflake Schema, Data Pipelines, Apache Airflow, Data Security, Data Governance, Data Architecture, Extract, Transform, Load, Apache Kafka, Performance Tuning, PySpark, Data Warehousing, Data Import/Export, Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services, Real Time Data, Data Processing, SQL, Stored Procedure, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Database Management, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Database Design, SQL, Transaction Processing, Stored Procedure, Data Security, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Server Side, Data Encryption Standard, Data Integrity
Build toward a degree
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, Model Evaluation, Apache Spark, Data Integration, Dataflow, SQL, Data Pipelines, Metadata Management, Data Management, Real Time Data, Tensorflow, Data Science, Command-Line Interface, Applied Machine Learning, Cloud-Based Integration, Apache Hadoop, Query Languages, Machine Learning
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative AI, LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, Embeddings, Natural Language Processing, Unstructured Data, Data Pipelines, User Interface (UI), SQL, Application Deployment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Apache Hadoop, Data Import/Export, HR Tech, People Analytics, Big Data, Data Pipelines, Data Storage, Data Processing, Authentications, Data Migration, SQL, Analytics, Database Management, Data Quality, Performance Tuning, Scalability, Data Security
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Data Migration, MySQL, Data Access, Google Cloud Platform, Database Management, SQL, Data Pipelines, Databases, Data Store, Data Storage Technologies, Operational Databases, Cloud Management, Data Management
Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Databricks, Real Time Data, PySpark, Apache Hive, Apache Spark, Big Data, Data Processing, SQL, Data Manipulation, Pandas (Python Package)
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Application Lifecycle Management, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Data Validation, Data Governance, Data Quality, Test Automation, Apache Airflow, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Pipelines, SQL
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Data Pipelines, Apache Kafka, Real Time Data, Data Processing, Pandas (Python Package), Data Transformation, SQL, Jupyter, Google Cloud Platform, Analytics
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Dashboard Creation, Cloud Management, Kibana, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Computing, Data Import/Export, Financial Data, Mainframe Computing, Dataflow, Mainframe Technologies, Big Data, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Pipelines, Cloud Deployment, SQL, Data Analysis
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours