10 Best Database Design Courses on edX
We compared 10 Database Design courses currently listed on edX, priced from $59.00 to $672.30. 4 come from a named university or institution, including The University of Michigan, University of Maryland Baltimore County and Harvard University. 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
- 10
- Price range
- $59.00 – $672.30
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 10 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "database design" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
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 $59.00 to $672.30, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Database Design and Basic SQL in PostgreSQL
Offered by The University of Michigan
This first course in PostgreSQL for Everybody explores the use of SQL in the PostgreSQL environment and introduces SQL techniques and commands. This course also explores data modeling and database relationships, while in...
$59.00listed price -
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Relational Database Design
Offered by University of Maryland Baltimore County
Learn how to design relational databases, including many popular relational database models. Relational database normal form will also be covered, so your design will conform to industry best practices.
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Computer Science for Databases using SQL
Offered by Harvard University
This course focuses on the essentials of computer science as they relate to databases, using SQL as the primary tool for data manipulation and management. You'll explore fundamental concepts that will enable you to desig...
$466.20listed price -
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Database Management Systems
Offered by University of Maryland Baltimore County
In this course on Database Management Systems, you'll explore how to effectively organize, manage, and manipulate data in various database environments. It's designed to give you a solid foundation in database concepts,...
$672.30listed price -
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Information Science
Offered by University of South Carolina
This Information Science course explores the fundamentals of managing and utilizing information in various contexts. You'll gain insights into data processing, organization, and retrieval, which are essential in today’s...
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Relational Database Management Systems
Offered by University of Maryland Baltimore County
Learn how to create and interact with a relational database. The course includes Data Definition Language (DDL) used for database creation and Data Manipulation Language (DML) used for inserting, updating and deleting da...
$249.00listed price -
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Data Warehouse Engineering
Offered by IBM
This course focuses on the principles and practices of data warehouse engineering, covering everything from design to implementation. Participants will gain insights into how to organize and manage large volumes of data...
$649.80listed price -
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NoSQL Databases
Offered by University of Maryland Baltimore County
Build a foundation of the four NoSQL (non-relational) databases: Document-oriented, Key-Value Pair, Column-oriented, and Graph.
$249.00listed price -
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NoSQL Database Basics
Offered by IBM
This course introduces you to the fundamentals of NoSQL, including the four key non-relational database categories. By the end of the course you will have hands-on skills for working with MongoDB, Cassandra and IBM Cloud...
$99.00listed price -
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Relational Database Basics
Offered by IBM
This course teaches you the fundamental concepts of relational databases and Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and IBM Db2.
$99.00listed price
Best Database Design Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Database Design and Basic SQL in PostgreSQL | edX | The University of Michigan | $59.00 | View → |
| 2 | Relational Database Design | edX | University of Maryland Baltimore County | $249.00 | View → |
| 3 | Computer Science for Databases using SQL | edX | Harvard University | $466.20 | View → |
| 4 | Database Management Systems | edX | University of Maryland Baltimore County | $672.30 | View → |
| 5 | Information Science | edX | University of South Carolina | — | View → |
| 6 | Relational Database Management Systems | edX | University of Maryland Baltimore County | $249.00 | View → |
| 7 | Data Warehouse Engineering | edX | IBM | $649.80 | View → |
| 8 | NoSQL Databases | edX | University of Maryland Baltimore County | $249.00 | View → |
| 9 | NoSQL Database Basics | edX | IBM | $99.00 | View → |
| 10 | Relational Database Basics | edX | IBM | $99.00 | 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 9 priced courses on this page run from $59.00 to $672.30, with the middle of the range around $249.00 — a spread of $613.30. That is a wide gap for one subject. 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 edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The University of Michigan, University of Maryland Baltimore County and Harvard University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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