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Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

This is your path to a career in data analytics. In this program, you’ll learn in-demand skills that will have you job-ready in less than 6 months. No degree or experience required.

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6 Months

Under 10 hours of study a week

English

Beginner Level

No prior experience required.

Earn credits

Part of Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences

Build job-ready skills by learning from the best

Get started in the in-demand field of data analytics with a Professional Certificate from Google. Learn how to process and analyze data, use key analysis tools, apply R programming, and create visualizations that can inform key business decisions.

Common job titles: Data Analyst, Associate Data Analyst, Business Analyst

¹Lightcast™ US Job Postings (median salary with 0-5 years experience), Jan. 1, 2022 - Dec. 31, 2022).
²Career improvement (e.g. new job/career, promotion, raise) within 6 mos. of completion based on cert. grad survey responses, U.S. 2021.

$89,000+
median salary for data analytics¹

75%
of Google certificate grads report career improvement²

483,000+
U.S. job openings in data analytics¹

150+
Connect with over 150 U.S. employers post-completion

¹Lightcast™ US Job Postings (median salary with 0-5 years experience), Jan. 1, 2022 - Dec. 31, 2022).
²Career improvement (e.g. new job/career, promotion, raise) within 6 mos. of completion based on cert. grad survey responses, U.S. 2021.

Skills you will gain

  • Spreadsheet

  • Data Cleansing

  • Data Analysis

  • Data Visualization (DataViz)

  • SQL

  • Questioning

  • Decision-Making

  • Problem Solving

  • Metadata

  • Data Collection

  • Data Ethics

  • Sample Size Determination

About this Professional Certificate

What you will learn

  • Gain an immersive understanding of the practices and processes used by a junior or associate data analyst in their day-to-day job

  • Learn key analytical skills (data cleaning, analysis, & visualization) and tools (spreadsheets, SQL, R programming, Tableau)

  • Understand how to clean and organize data for analysis, and complete analysis and calculations using spreadsheets, SQL and R programming

  • Learn how to visualize and present data findings in dashboards, presentations and commonly used visualization platforms

What is a Professional Certificate?

Build the Skills to Get Job Ready

Whether you’re looking to start a new career, or change your current one, Professional Certificates on Coursera help you become job ready. Learn at your own pace, whenever and wherever it’s most convenient for you. Enroll today and explore a new career path with a 7 day free trial. You can pause your learning or end your subscription at any time.

Hands-On Projects

Apply your skills with hands-on projects and build a portfolio that showcases your job readiness to potential employers. You'll need to successfully finish the project(s) to earn your Certificate.

Earn a Career Credential

When you complete all of the courses in the program, you'll earn a Certificate to share with your professional network as well as unlock access to career support resources to help you kickstart your new career. Many Professional Certificates have hiring partners that recognize the Professional Certificate credential and others can help prepare you for a certification exam. You can find more information on individual Professional Certificate pages where it applies.

There are 8 Courses in this Professional Certificate

Course1

Course 1

Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere

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Course2

Course 2

Ask Questions to Make Data-Driven Decisions

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23,389 ratings
Course3

Course 3

Prepare Data for Exploration

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13,951 ratings
Course4

Course 4

Process Data from Dirty to Clean

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10,467 ratings

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Earn credit towards your degree

Upon completing this certificate, you can earn college credit when you're accepted into Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences from University of North Texas.

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