8 Best Insights Courses on edX
We compared 8 Insights courses currently listed on edX, priced from $20.00 to $825.00. 6 come from a named university or institution, including Rice University, Rochester Institute of Technology and London School of Economics. 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
- 8
- Price range
- $20.00 – $825.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "insights" 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 $20.00 to $825.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Elements of Data Science
Offered by Rice University
Elements of Data Science is designed to give you a solid foundation in the fundamental concepts and techniques used in this rapidly evolving field. You will explore key areas such as data collection, analysis, and visual...
$408.00listed price -
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Data Analysis for Decision-Making
Offered by Rochester Institute of Technology
This course focuses on the essential role of data analysis in making informed decisions within organizations. You will explore various analytical techniques and tools that can help in interpreting data and deriving actio...
$672.30listed price -
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LSE Business Analytics Executive Programme
Offered by London School of Economics
Develop a robust understanding of data analysis to solve dynamic business problems, make data-informed decisions, and create visualisations to effectively communicate insights and results.
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Analytics for Decision Making
Offered by Babson College
Discover the foundational concepts that support modern data science and learn to analyze various data types and quality to make smart business decisions.
$309.00listed price -
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Introduction to Analytics Modeling
Offered by The Georgia Institute of Technology
Learn essential analytics models and methods and how to appropriately apply them, using tools such as R, to retrieve desired insights.
$825.00listed price -
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Data Science with Python
Offered by University of Cape Town
Gain meaningful insights from data to inform your decision making.
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Analyzing and Visualizing Data the Google Way
Offered by Google Cloud
This learning experience guides you through the process of utilizing various data sources and multiple Google Cloud products (including BigQuery and Google Sheets using Connected Sheets) to analyze, visualize, and interp...
$20.00listed price -
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UX Research
Offered by HEC Montréal
In this MOOC you will learn how to connect with users at every step of a digital product’s life and how to develop empathy and recognize insights that will nourish the design and evaluation processes.
$369.00listed price
Best Insights Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Elements of Data Science | edX | Rice University | $408.00 | View → |
| 2 | Data Analysis for Decision-Making | edX | Rochester Institute of Technology | $672.30 | View → |
| 3 | LSE Business Analytics Executive Programme | edX | London School of Economics | — | View → |
| 4 | Analytics for Decision Making | edX | Babson College | $309.00 | View → |
| 5 | Introduction to Analytics Modeling | edX | The Georgia Institute of Technology | $825.00 | View → |
| 6 | Data Science with Python | edX | University of Cape Town | — | View → |
| 7 | Analyzing and Visualizing Data the Google Way | edX | Google Cloud | $20.00 | View → |
| 8 | UX Research | edX | HEC Montréal | $369.00 | 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 6 priced courses on this page run from $20.00 to $825.00, with the middle of the range around $408.00 — a spread of $805.00. 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. 6 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Rice University, Rochester Institute of Technology and London School of Economics — 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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