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.

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Information Privacy, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Ethics, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Data Security, Journalism, Emerging Technologies, Media and Communications, Internet Of Things, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, Informed Consent, Information Privacy, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Security, Data Governance, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Big Data, Responsible AI, Intellectual Property, Data Analysis, Social Studies, Sampling (Statistics)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Validation, Spreadsheet Software, Excel Formulas, SQL, Data Analysis, Analytics, Data Manipulation, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Integration, Data Transformation, User Feedback
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Copenhagen
Skills you'll gain: Data Literacy, Data Ethics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Journalism, Analytical Skills, Big Data, Information Privacy, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Security, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Algorithms
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Sampling (Statistics), Regression Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Statistical Methods, Statistical Modeling, Linear Algebra, Probability, R Programming, Biostatistics, Data Science, Statistics, Probability Distribution, Mathematical Modeling, Data Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Predictive Modeling
Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Database Design, SQL, MySQL, Data Transformation, Data Store, IBM DB2, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Architecture, Data Pipelines, Big Data, Databases, Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Database Management Systems, Relational Databases, Stored Procedure, Data Import/Export, Programming Principles, Python Programming
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Clinical Data Management, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Modeling, Tidyverse (R Package), R Programming, Data Manipulation, Predictive Modeling, Database Design, Google Cloud Platform, Clinical Informatics, Intensive Care Unit, Data Ethics, Data Quality, Risk Modeling, Data Warehousing, Natural Language Processing, Predictive Analytics, Bioinformatics, Informatics, Text Mining
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Leeds
Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Statistical Methods, Statistical Modeling, Data Visualization, Statistics, R (Software), Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Box Plots, Data Visualization Software, Histogram, Probability, Probability Distribution
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Data Mining, Unsupervised Learning, Data Warehousing, Data Pipelines, Data Processing, Data Integration, Data Modeling, Data Cleansing, Big Data, Supervised Learning, Data Transformation, Machine Learning Methods, Data Quality, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Anomaly Detection, Data Science, Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Descriptive Analytics
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Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Text Mining, Data Presentation, Data Mining, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, Dashboard, Tableau Software, Plot (Graphics), Natural Language Processing, Scatter Plots, Unsupervised Learning, Data Mapping, Unstructured Data, Statistical Analysis, Graphing, Big Data, Anomaly Detection, Analytics
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Engineering, Serverless Computing, CI/CD, Data Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, Data Architecture, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS CloudFormation, Infrastructure Architecture, Security Controls, Cloud Applications, Amazon CloudWatch, Terraform
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Data Mining, Social Network Analysis, ChatGPT, Data Processing, Anomaly Detection, Machine Learning Methods, Data Science, Supervised Learning, Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Data Manipulation, Python Programming, Exploratory Data Analysis, Machine Learning Algorithms, Jupyter, Probability Distribution
Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months