13 Best Finance Courses for Beginners
We compared 13 Finance courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $956.80. 6 come from a named university or institution, including University of Pennsylvania, New York Institute of Finance and Columbia 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
- 13
- Price range
- $19.99 – $956.80
- Providers
- Coursera, edX, Udemy
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 13 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, edX, Udemy, matched to "finance" 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 $956.80, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Finance and Accounting
Offered by University of Pennsylvania
This specialization provides an introduction to corporate finance and accounting, emphasizing their application to a wide variety of real-world situations spanning personal finance, corporate decision-making, financial i...
$79.00listed price -
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Introduction to Finance & Entrepreneurship
Offered by New York Institute of Finance
This course offers a solid introduction to the principles of finance and entrepreneurship, helping you understand essential concepts that underpin successful business ventures. You'll explore how to analyze financial sta...
$956.80listed price -
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Introduction to Corporate Finance
Offered by Columbia University
Learn key financial concepts for evaluating and valuing investment opportunities, including how to value stocks and bonds.
$225.00listed price -
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Introduction to Mathematics for Finance and Business
Offered by Tecnológico de Monterrey
In this course you will apply mathemathical fundamentals to solve cases and problems in the context of business and finance.
$129.00listed price -
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Introduction to Information Systems for Business
Offered by Howard University
This Specialization is for learners seeking to develop skills in information systems. Through each course, learners will apply knowledge and skills to solve problems in their field (e.g., health informatics, legal, proje...
$79.00listed price -
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SAP ERP for Beginners Course
Hello there, Welcome to the SAP ERP Training Kit course. Thanks to this training set, you will have both theoretical and practical knowledge about the SAP ERP product. A large part of corporate companies prefer SAP ERP p...
$199.99listed price -
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INTRODUCTION TO NARROW AI AND GENERAL AI
This course offers a straightforward introduction to Artificial Intelligence, focusing on the key distinctions between Narrow AI and General AI. Designed for complete beginners, it covers foundational concepts like Machi...
$19.99listed price -
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Financial Markets Explained: Beginner's Guide
This module forms part of the full course “Global Financial Markets 2026: The Definitive Guide.” It is designed to provide learners with a clear and structured introduction to financial markets, financial assets, and fin...
$19.99listed price -
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Introduction to Ethereum Blockchain
Offered by EDUCBA
The course "Building DApps in Ethereum Blockchain" aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to design, develop, and deploy decentralized applications (DApps) on the Ethereum blockchain. By the...
$49.00listed price -
10
Introduction to Capital Markets
Offered by CFI Education
This Introduction to Capital Markets course is perfect for anyone and everyone interested in pursuing a career in finance. Whether you are about to undergo your first job search as a new graduate of an academic instituti...
$60.00listed price -
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An Introduction to Credit Risk Management
Offered by Delft University of Technology
What is credit risk? Why is it so important, in modern economies, to correctly deal with it? This course combines theory with practice to answer these questions.
$215.00listed price -
12
Introduction to FinTech
Offered by The University of Hong Kong
Learn from leading academics and practitioners from around the world about the innovations, technology and regulation driving the transformation of finance.
$199.00listed price -
13
Introduction to Investment Banking Professional Certificate Examination
Offered by New York Institute of Finance
Complete the required exam to earn your professional certificate in Introduction to Investment Banking from the New York Institute of Finance.
$99.00listed price
Best Finance 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 13 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $956.80, with the middle of the range around $99.00 — a spread of $936.81. 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. 6 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Pennsylvania, New York Institute of Finance and Columbia 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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