7 Best Professional Skills Courses on edX
We compared 7 Professional Skills courses currently listed on edX, priced from $29.00 to $498.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including Thomas Edison State University, Cornell University and The University of Michigan. 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
- $29.00 – $498.00
- 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 "professional skills" 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 $29.00 to $498.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Conflict Management & Negotiation Essentials
Offered by State Bank of India
Conflict Management and Negotiation Essentials is a course that equips participants with the skills to resolve disputes constructively and master negotiation techniques. It covers the principles of conflict resolution, f...
$99.00listed price -
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Information Literacy
Offered by Thomas Edison State University
Information Literacy shows you how to use information as a tool for knowledge. You’ll learn how to find, evaluate, and use sources responsibly and ethically, and how information literacy makes you more effective professi...
$498.00listed price -
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Create Your Resume, Cover Letter, and LinkedIn Profile
Offered by Aptly
Create polished, high-impact resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles that get noticed. Learn how to showcase your skills, tailor your experience to specific roles, and stand out in competitive job markets. Leverage...
$79.99listed price -
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A Hands-on Introduction to Engineering Simulations
Offered by Cornell University
Learn how to analyze real-world engineering problems using Ansys simulation software and gain important professional skills sought by employers.
$199.00listed price -
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Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills
Offered by The University of Michigan
Build negotiation skills and learn how to use and apply negotiation strategies to your life with the University of Michigan.
$59.00listed price -
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Interior Design Essentials
Offered by LCI Education
Gain professional skills to launch your career in interior design. By the end of this course, you will be able to create and present design concepts to a client.
$199.00listed price -
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Soft Skills: Collaborate Effectively
Offered by IBM
Learn the fundamentals of collaborating and communicating with others in a professional environment in order to achieve professional success.
$29.00listed price
Best Professional Skills Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conflict Management & Negotiation Essentials | edX | State Bank of India | $99.00 | View → |
| 2 | Information Literacy | edX | Thomas Edison State University | $498.00 | View → |
| 3 | Create Your Resume, Cover Letter, and LinkedIn Profile | edX | Aptly | $79.99 | View → |
| 4 | A Hands-on Introduction to Engineering Simulations | edX | Cornell University | $199.00 | View → |
| 5 | Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills | edX | The University of Michigan | $59.00 | View → |
| 6 | Interior Design Essentials | edX | LCI Education | $199.00 | View → |
| 7 | Soft Skills: Collaborate Effectively | edX | IBM | $29.00 | 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 7 priced courses on this page run from $29.00 to $498.00, with the middle of the range around $99.00 — a spread of $469.00. 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 Thomas Edison State University, Cornell University and The University of Michigan — 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.