15 Best Programming Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Programming courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $99.00. 9 come from a named university or institution, including Duke University, Vanderbilt University and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST). 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
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $99.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "programming" 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 $99.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Rust Programming
Offered by Duke University
This comprehensive Rust Specialization from Coursera and Duke University, a top Data Science and AI program, provides software engineers, data scientists, and technical professionals with applied skills to leverage Rust’...
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Programming Fundamentals
Offered by Duke University
Embark on your programming journey! This introductory course teaches you the fundamental principles of programming in C that are applicable to any language you might want to learn. Master a powerful seven-step problem-so...
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Introduction to Programming with MATLAB
Offered by Vanderbilt University
This course teaches computer programming to those with little to no previous experience. It uses the programming system and language called MATLAB to do so because it is easy to learn, versatile and very useful for engin...
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Programming Languages Ⅰ
Offered by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)
The goal of this course is to help students: 1. learn new languages quickly, 2. evaluate various languages and pick the most suitable one for a given task, 3. know when and how to design a little language, and 4. underst...
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Java Programming: Build a Recommendation System
Offered by Duke University
Ever wonder how Netflix decides what movies to recommend for you? Or how Amazon recommends books? We can get a feel for how it works by building a simplified recommender of our own! In this capstone, you will show off yo...
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Genome Assembly Programming Challenge
Offered by University of California San Diego
In Spring 2011, thousands of people in Germany were hospitalized with a deadly disease that started as food poisoning with bloody diarrhea and often led to kidney failure. It was the beginning of the deadliest outbreak i...
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Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML and CSS
Offered by Duke University
Learn foundational programming concepts (e.g., functions, for loops, conditional statements) and how to solve problems like a programmer. In addition, learn basic web development as you build web pages using HTML, CSS, J...
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Julia Scientific Programming
Offered by University of Cape Town
This course introduces you to Julia as a first programming language. Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language developed specifically for scientific computing. This language will be particularl...
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Python Programming Fundamentals
Offered by Duke University
This introductory course is designed for beginners and individuals with limited programming experience who want to embark on their software development or data science journey using Python. Throughout the course, learner...
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Programming for the Internet of Things Project
Offered by University of California, Irvine
In this Capstone course, you will design a microcontroller-based embedded system. As an option, you can also build and test a system. The focus of your project will be to design the system so that it can be built on a lo...
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IBM z/OS Rexx Programming
Offered by IBM
This course is designed to teach you the basic skills required to write programs using the REXX language in z/OS. The course covers the TSO extensions to REXX and interaction with other environments such as the MVS conso...
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Introduction to C++ Programming and Unreal
Offered by University of Colorado System
This course is all about starting to learn how to develop video games using the C++ programming language and the Unreal Engine on Windows or Mac. This course assumes you have previous programming experience in some other...
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C++ Programming for Unreal Game Development
Offered by University of Colorado System
This Specialization is intended for intermediate programmers who want to learn how to program Unreal Engine games using C++. Learners should complete at least one other programming Specialization on Coursera (see https:/...
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Java Programming and Software Engineering Fundamentals
Offered by Duke University
Take your first step towards a career in software development with this introduction to Java—one of the most in-demand programming languages and the foundation of the Android operating system. Designed for beginners, thi...
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More Problem Solving, Python Programming, and Video Games
Offered by University of Alberta
This course continues the introduction to computer science and programming in Python, that was begun in the Coursera course: Problem Solving, Python Programming, and Video Games (PVG). Upon successful completion of this...
$49.00listed price
Best Programming Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Rust Programming | Coursera | Duke University | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Programming Fundamentals | Coursera | Duke University | $79.00 | View → |
| 3 | Introduction to Programming with MATLAB | Coursera | Vanderbilt University | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Programming Languages Ⅰ | Coursera | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST) | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Java Programming: Build a Recommendation System | Coursera | Duke University | $79.00 | View → |
| 6 | Genome Assembly Programming Challenge | Coursera | University of California San Diego | $99.00 | View → |
| 7 | Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML and CSS | Coursera | Duke University | $79.00 | View → |
| 8 | Julia Scientific Programming | Coursera | University of Cape Town | $49.00 | View → |
| 9 | Python Programming Fundamentals | Coursera | Duke University | $49.00 | View → |
| 10 | Programming for the Internet of Things Project | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $69.00 | View → |
| 11 | IBM z/OS Rexx Programming | Coursera | IBM | $49.00 | View → |
| 12 | Introduction to C++ Programming and Unreal | Coursera | University of Colorado System | $49.00 | View → |
| 13 | C++ Programming for Unreal Game Development | Coursera | University of Colorado System | $49.00 | View → |
| 14 | Java Programming and Software Engineering Fundamentals | Coursera | Duke University | $49.00 | View → |
| 15 | More Problem Solving, Python Programming, and Video Games | Coursera | University of Alberta | $49.00 | 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 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $99.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $50.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. 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. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 9 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Duke University, Vanderbilt University and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST) — 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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