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7 Best Database Design Courses for Advanced Learners

We compared 7 Database Design courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $59.99. 6 of them teach the subject directly and 1 are built around a certification exam. 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
$19.99 – $59.99
Providers
Coursera, Udemy
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 7 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "database design" 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 $19.99 to $59.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    SQL From Beginner to Advanced

    Offered by LearnKartS

    Data is everywhere. The people who can query it, design it, & secure it are the ones getting hired. This specialization takes you from zero SQL knowledge to job-ready skills. Here’s what you will build skills in: SQL Fou...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Advanced Database Queries

    This program will teach you everything you need to know to use a relational database management system in the Web, the Cloud, and embedded applications. Database development and administration skills are required in most...

    $49.99
    listed price
  3. 3
    Udemy Certificate Grade B Lowest price here

    The Complete MySQL Course: SQL for Beginners to Advanced

    Do you want to learn MySQL and SQL from scratch and confidently work with real-world databases?This course is designed for beginners, students, developers, and aspiring data professionals who want to build strong SQL and...

    $19.99
    listed price
  4. 4
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    SQL Masterclass: Beginner to Expert

    Unlock the Power of SQL: From Beginner to ExpertJoin our comprehensive SQL Masterclass and transform your career with in-demand database skills. This 4-phase journey takes you from SQL foundations to advanced query exper...

    $59.99
    listed price
  5. 5
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    Workshop 8: Access VBA, Design and Advanced Methods

    After creating more than a dozen courses on Microsoft Access databases and programming in VBA, many students have contacted me with discussions on specific problems and scenarios.  From these discussions, I hav...

    $19.99
    listed price
  6. 6
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Workshop 6: Access VBA, Design and Advanced Methods

    After creating more than a dozen courses on Microsoft Access databases and programming in VBA, many students have contacted me with discussions on specific problems and scenarios.  From these discussions, I have created...

    $19.99
    listed price
  7. 7
    Udemy Certificate Certification prep Grade B

    MO-500 MOS Access Expert 2019/365 Training (Deutsch)

    ---- Update April 2022 ----Zusätzliche Projekte hinzugefügtDer TEST4U MO-500 MOS Access Expert 2019/365 Training KursDas TEST4U-Team erkannte, dass für die Prüfung MO-500 ein vollständig praktisches Trainingssystem erfor...

    $39.99
    listed price

Best Database Design Courses for Advanced Learners compared

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 $19.99 to $59.99, with the middle of the range around $39.99 — a spread of $40.00. 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 and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion.

Courses versus exam preparation

1 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Database Design from scratch. They are the right choice only if you already know the material and want to pass a specific exam; if you are starting out, pick one of the taught courses first and come back to exam preparation afterwards.

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 18 September 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.

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