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15 Best Data Collection Courses on Coursera

We compared 15 Data Collection courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $99.00. 13 come from a named university or institution, including University of Colorado System, University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland, College Park & University of Michigan. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses compared
15
Price range
$49.00 – $99.00
Providers
Coursera
Last updated
30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "data collection" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $99.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Lowest price here University-backed

    Algorithms, Data Collection, and Starting to Code

    Offered by University of Colorado System

    This course starts you on your journey learning about computational thinking and beginning C programming. If you’d like to explore how we can interact with the world in a rigorous, computational way, and would also like...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Framework for Data Collection and Analysis

    Offered by University of Maryland, College Park

    This course will provide you with an overview over existing data products and a good understanding of the data collection landscape. With the help of various examples you will learn how to identify which data sources lik...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Survey Data Collection and Analytics

    Offered by University of Maryland, College Park & University of Michigan

    This specialization covers the fundamentals of surveys as used in market research, evaluation research, social science and political research, official government statistics, and many other topic domains. In six courses,...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Gender Foundations in Health Data: A Data for Health Course

    Offered by Johns Hopkins University

    Welcome to Gender Foundations in Health Data: A Data for Health course. This course was developed from an online seminar series of the same name, that was hosted by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Health in...

    $49.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera Master's Degree University-backed

    Causal Inference

    Offered by Columbia University

    This course offers a rigorous mathematical survey of causal inference at the Master’s level. Inferences about causation are of great importance in science, medicine, policy, and business. This course provides an introduc...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Analytics & Optimization Workshop (LinkedIn Focus)

    Offered by University of California, Davis

    In this workshop-style course, you’ll learn how to use AI tools to analyze social media performance and turn raw metrics into clear optimization actions, with LinkedIn as your primary platform. You’ll start by collecting...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Operations Analytics

    Offered by University of Pennsylvania

    This course is designed to impact the way you think about transforming data into better decisions. Recent extraordinary improvements in data-collecting technologies have changed the way firms make informed and effective...

    $99.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Professional Skills: Problem-Solving

    Offered by Arizona State University

    Sharpen your ability to tackle challenges with clarity and confidence. Gain real-world strategies for identifying root causes and generating effective solutions. Every challenge, big or small, starts with a problem. This...

    $49.00
    listed price
  9. 9
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project

    Offered by University of Amsterdam

    The Final Research Project consists of a research study that you will perform in collaboration with fellow learners. Together you will formulate a research hypothesis and design, come up with operationalizations, create...

    $49.00
    listed price
  10. 10
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    eHealth: More than just an electronic record

    Offered by The University of Sydney

    Last date for individual learners to enrol in the course: 3 September 2026. The MOOC, "eHealth: More than just an electronic record!", is multidisciplinary in nature, and aims to equip the global audience of health clini...

    $49.00
    listed price
  11. 11
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Measuring Total Data Quality

    Offered by University of Michigan

    By the end of this second course in the Total Data Quality Specialization, learners will be able to: 1. Learn various metrics for evaluating Total Data Quality (TDQ) at each stage of the TDQ framework. 2. Create a qualit...

    $49.00
    listed price
  12. 12
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Introduction to Business Analytics: Communicating with Data

    Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    This course introduces students to the science of business analytics while casting a keen eye toward the artful use of numbers found in the digital space. The goal is to provide businesses and managers with the foundatio...

    $79.00
    listed price
  13. 13
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Introduction to Big Data

    Offered by University of California San Diego

    Interested in increasing your knowledge of the Big Data landscape? This course is for those new to data science and interested in understanding why the Big Data Era has come to be. It is for those who want to become conv...

    $59.00
    listed price
  14. 14
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Design Strategies for Maximizing Total Data Quality

    Offered by University of Michigan

    By the end of this third course in the Total Data Quality Specialization, learners will be able to: 1. Learn about design tools and techniques for maximizing TDQ across all stages of the TDQ framework during a data colle...

    $49.00
    listed price
  15. 15
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit University-backed

    Research Proposal: Initiating Research

    Offered by University of California, Davis

    Market Research is a growing and important field that is used in many industries around the world. Given all the data that is collected whether by organizations, industries, social media, governments, etc., it’s importan...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best Data Collection Courses on Coursera compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Algorithms, Data Collection, and Starting to Code Coursera University of Colorado System $49.00 View →
2 Framework for Data Collection and Analysis Coursera University of Maryland, College Park $49.00 View →
3 Survey Data Collection and Analytics Coursera University of Maryland, College Park & University of Michigan $49.00 View →
4 Gender Foundations in Health Data: A Data for Health Course Coursera Johns Hopkins University $49.00 View →
5 Causal Inference Coursera Columbia University $49.00 View →
6 Analytics & Optimization Workshop (LinkedIn Focus) Coursera University of California, Davis $49.00 View →
7 Operations Analytics Coursera University of Pennsylvania $99.00 View →
8 Professional Skills: Problem-Solving Coursera Arizona State University $49.00 View →
9 Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project Coursera University of Amsterdam $49.00 View →
10 eHealth: More than just an electronic record Coursera The University of Sydney $49.00 View →
11 Measuring Total Data Quality Coursera University of Michigan $49.00 View →
12 Introduction to Business Analytics: Communicating with Data Coursera University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $79.00 View →
13 Introduction to Big Data Coursera University of California San Diego $59.00 View →
14 Design Strategies for Maximizing Total Data Quality Coursera University of Michigan $49.00 View →
15 Research Proposal: Initiating Research Coursera University of California, Davis $49.00 View →

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $99.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $50.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 13 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Colorado System, University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland, College Park & University of Michigan — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

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