6 Best Happiness Courses on edX
We compared 6 Happiness courses currently listed on edX, priced from $129.00 to $249.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including Harvard University, The University of Maryland, College Park and University of California, Berkeley. 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
- 6
- Price range
- $129.00 – $249.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "happiness" 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 $129.00 to $249.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Managing Happiness
Offered by Harvard University
Managing Happiness encourages you to explore the science of happiness, allowing you to find your truest self. Through cutting-edge survey tools, the best research, and trends in social science, positive psychology, neuro...
$219.00listed price -
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Let’s Get Happy: Happiness Drives Performance
Offered by The University of Maryland, College Park
Great leaders, create great culture, which yields great work: G3. Leadership requires skills and is in greater demand. Are you ready to lead when the call comes? Would you like to refresh your leadership skills? If so, t...
$249.00listed price -
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The Path to Happiness: What Chinese Philosophy Teaches us about the Good Life
Offered by Harvard University
Why should we care about Confucius? Explore ancient Chinese philosophy, ethics, and political theory to challenge your assumptions of what it means to be happy, live a meaningful life, and change the world.
$149.00listed price -
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The Science of Happiness
Offered by University of California, Berkeley
The first MOOC to teach positive psychology. Learn science-based principles and practices for a happy, meaningful life.
$169.00listed price -
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edX MOOC / Non-creditPositive Psychology and Well-Being: The Psychological, Biological, and Social Aspects of Happiness
Offered by Stanford Medicine
Harness the science of happiness to live a more meaningful and abundant life.
Price on site -
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Positive Psychology
Offered by American Psychological Association
In this course you will learn about positive psychology, the scientific study of how psychological states, such as happiness, and character strengths, such as optimism and gratitude, contribute to well-being. You will le...
$129.00listed price
Best Happiness Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managing Happiness | edX | Harvard University | $219.00 | View → |
| 2 | Let’s Get Happy: Happiness Drives Performance | edX | The University of Maryland, College Park | $249.00 | View → |
| 3 | The Path to Happiness: What Chinese Philosophy Teaches us about the Go... | edX | Harvard University | $149.00 | View → |
| 4 | The Science of Happiness | edX | University of California, Berkeley | $169.00 | View → |
| 5 | Positive Psychology and Well-Being: The Psychological, Biological, and... | edX | Stanford Medicine | — | View → |
| 6 | Positive Psychology | edX | American Psychological Association | $129.00 | 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 5 priced courses on this page run from $129.00 to $249.00, with the middle of the range around $169.00 — a spread of $120.00. 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. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Harvard University, The University of Maryland, College Park and University of California, Berkeley — 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.