15 Best Excel Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Excel courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $249.00. 2 come from a named university or institution, including Rice University and Davidson College. 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
- $19.99 – $249.00
- Providers
- Coursera, edX, Udemy
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, Udemy, matched to "excel" 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 $19.99 to $249.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel
Offered by Rice University
The use of Excel is widespread in the industry. It is a very powerful data analysis tool and almost all big and small businesses use Excel in their day to day functioning. This is an introductory course in the use of Exc...
$79.00listed price -
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Excel for Beginners
Offered by Davidson College
No prior knowledge or experience with Excel? No problem! Mastering a basic skills in Excel will open the door to new opportunities, jobs, and more advanced skills that can help you be more efficient in your work or advan...
$249.00listed price -
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Excel in Microsoft Excel 1: beginner to Excel intermediate
This course series has been recorded on Excel 2016 and Excel 2010, but the content also covers Excel 2013 and 2007.By the end of this course, you will have the skills needed for the official Microsoft Excel Spe...
$124.99listed price -
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Microsoft Excel From Beginner to Advanced
Welcome to our Excel Course!Whether you're a beginner stepping into the world of spreadsheets or looking to refresh your skills, this course is your key to mastering the basics of Microsoft Excel.In this engaging and use...
$74.99listed price -
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Microsoft Excel for Mac 1: Beginner-Specialist Certificate
By the end of this course, you will have the skills needed for the official Microsoft Excel Specialist exam. How would that look on your resume?Please note: This course is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored b...
$124.99listed price -
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Excel: From beginner to intermediate
What do others like you think of this course?"Prior to doing this course Excel has always scared the heck out of me! I never expected to learn so much and am amazed by all the things that can be done using excel. It's so...
$199.99listed price -
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Microsoft Excel 365 - Beginner to Advanced Level
Unlock Your Full Excel Potential: Excel 365 - From Beginner to AdvancedAre you ready to excel in Excel, even if you've never touched it before?Discover the Power of Microsoft Excel 365!In today's data-driven world, Excel...
$19.99listed price -
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Microsoft Excel Basics for Students & Beginners
This introductory course will help you understand the basics of Excel. A great start for beginners of all age groups and youngsters to benefit from this software in school, college, personal life and professional life. M...
$19.99listed price -
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The Complete Excel Course for Beginners 2020
Why this course is for you?You want to learn the basics of Excel for professional or personal reasons but you have little to no knowledge of how Excel works. You have heard that Excel will allow you to automate work and...
$59.99listed price -
10
Microsoft Excel Training - Beginner to Expert Level in Hindi
This course has been updated to the latest Excel 2019 version topics. New topics has been added in such a manner that almost all the topics from 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019 has been covered.This is an Excel training progra...
$54.99listed price -
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Microsoft Excel Tutorial - from Beginner to Advanced
This comprehensive Excel tutorial is designed to take you from a beginner to an advanced user. You'll start by learning the basics of Excel, including navigating the interface, creating and formatting spreadsheets, and u...
$199.99listed price -
12
Excel 2021/365 Starter Pack: Beginner to Intermediate Course
***Exercise and demo files included***We've combined our Excel 2021/365 for Absolute Beginners and Excel 2021/365 Intermediate courses to give you the ultimate starter pack to jump-start your spreadsheet journey!Whether...
$129.99listed price -
13
Learn Excel for Data Entry: A Beginner’s Guide!
Do you want to become a Virtual Assistant but feel stuck because you don’t know Excel?This beginner-friendly course is designed specifically for aspiring Virtual Assistants who want to learn data entry using Excel — one...
$19.99listed price -
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Microsoft Excel for Absolute Beginners - An Excel Tutorial
You can learn Microsoft Excel easily and quickly if it is taught correctly.This course will give you a solid introduction to fundamental Microsoft Excel skills. Developed by a Microsoft Certified Master Instruc...
$54.99listed price -
15
Excel PowerPivot - Excel Data Analysis & DAX for Beginners
A brief glimpse of PowerPivot's usefulness and capabilities...This course is designed for all Excel users -- not just power users capable of building incredible Excel worksheets with functions, VBA, and mystical trickery...
$124.99listed price
Best Excel Courses for Beginners compared
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 $19.99 to $249.00, with the middle of the range around $79.00 — a spread of $229.01. 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 Coursera, edX and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Rice University and Davidson College — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 30 August 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.