7 Best Personal Finance Courses on edX
We compared 7 Personal Finance courses currently listed on edX, priced from $49.00 to $299.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including New York Institute of Finance, The University of Michigan and University of Cape Town. 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
- 7
- Price range
- $49.00 – $299.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 7 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "personal 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 $49.00 to $299.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Personal Financial Management
Offered by New York Institute of Finance
Master the Art of Money Management with our Personal Financial Management Micro-Certificate. Learn to budget, save, and make informed financial decisions—from setting goals to understanding credit and debt. Build lifelon...
$299.00listed price -
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Finance for Everyone: Smart Tools for Decision-Making
Offered by The University of Michigan
In this introduction to finance course from Michigan learn to apply frameworks and smart tools for understanding and making everyday financial decisions.
$59.00listed price -
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Tax Law
Offered by University of Cape Town
Gain the confidence and skills to effectively manage your personal or corporate tax affairs.
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Managing Personal Cash and Credit
Offered by Kelley Executive Education Programs
Discover the five c’s of credit, how to improve your credit score, and how to determine if a line of credit is right for you. This course prepares you to choose the right financial institution for your specific situation...
$199.00listed price -
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Planning for Risk and Retirement
Offered by Kelley Executive Education Programs
Learn to assess your tolerance for risk, evaluate investment products, and develop an investment mindset. This course prepares you to compare insurance policies, calculate your need for retirement income, and includes a...
$199.00listed price -
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Finanzas personales para todos
Offered by Universidad del Rosario
Domina tus finanzas personales. Aprende a presupuestar, ahorrar, invertir, manejar deudas y planificar tu retiro. Toma mejores decisiones con tu dinero y alcanza el bienestar financiero que mereces. ¡Empieza hoy a constr...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Personal Financial Planning
Offered by Kelley Executive Education Programs
Understand how financial planning impacts your personal wealth over a lifetime. This course develops your ability to work with income statements, balance sheets, budgets, and taxes to achieve your financial goals.
$199.00listed price
Best Personal Finance Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Personal Financial Management | edX | New York Institute of Finance | $299.00 | View → |
| 2 | Finance for Everyone: Smart Tools for Decision-Making | edX | The University of Michigan | $59.00 | View → |
| 3 | Tax Law | edX | University of Cape Town | — | View → |
| 4 | Managing Personal Cash and Credit | edX | Kelley Executive Education Programs | $199.00 | View → |
| 5 | Planning for Risk and Retirement | edX | Kelley Executive Education Programs | $199.00 | View → |
| 6 | Finanzas personales para todos | edX | Universidad del Rosario | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | Introduction to Personal Financial Planning | edX | Kelley Executive Education Programs | $199.00 | 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 $49.00 to $299.00, with the middle of the range around $199.00 — a spread of $250.00. 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 New York Institute of Finance, The University of Michigan and University of Cape Town — 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.