8 Best Financial Planning Courses for Beginners
We compared 8 Financial Planning courses currently listed on edX, Udemy and Coursera, priced from $19.99 to $199.00. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Northeastern University. 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
- $19.99 – $199.00
- Providers
- edX, Udemy, Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, Udemy, Coursera, matched to "financial planning" 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 $199.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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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 -
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Introduction to Financial Planning - CFP Certification
This module would serve as an Introduction to Financial Planning. The module wouldcover in detail the Financial Planner Competency Profile, the six step process whichincludes Financial Planning process, client interactio...
$49.99listed price -
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Healthcare Financial Management Fundamentals
Offered by Northeastern University
This course is the continuation of "Intro to Finance in Healthcare." If you have not yet taken the introductory course, it is recommended that you complete that course prior to this course. The foundational knowledge is...
$49.00listed price -
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Apply Budgeting and Forecasting Fundamentals
Offered by EDUCBA
Learners will analyze budgeting frameworks, apply cost classification techniques, evaluate financial forecasts, and prepare budgeted financial statements to support effective business decision-making. By the end of this...
$49.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of Zero Based Budgeting
Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is a method of budgeting in which all expenses must be justified for each new period. The process of zero-based budgeting starts from a "zero base," and every function within an organization is...
$29.99listed price -
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Oracle Planning Fundamentals to Advanced: Scenarios, Forms
Oracle Planning Fundamentals to Advanced: Scenarios, Forms” is a comprehensive, practical, and industry-aligned training program designed to help learners master the essential capabilities of Oracle EPM Cloud Planning. T...
$29.99listed price -
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Gold Investment For Beginners
Not sure how to start investing in gold, even after learning the basics?This course is designed to remove that confusion and give you a clear starting point.Gold Investment For Beginners is a practical, action-focused co...
$109.99listed price -
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Starting a Business from Scratch
Course Description: Starting a Business from ScratchReady to start your own business but don’t know where to begin? This step-by-step course will guide you through everything you need to launch and grow a successful busi...
$19.99listed price
Best Financial Planning Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Personal Financial Planning | edX | Kelley Executive Education Programs | $199.00 | View → |
| 2 | Introduction to Financial Planning - CFP Certification | Udemy | — | $49.99 | View → |
| 3 | Healthcare Financial Management Fundamentals | Coursera | Northeastern University | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Apply Budgeting and Forecasting Fundamentals | Coursera | EDUCBA | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Fundamentals of Zero Based Budgeting | Udemy | — | $29.99 | View → |
| 6 | Oracle Planning Fundamentals to Advanced: Scenarios, Forms | Udemy | — | $29.99 | View → |
| 7 | Gold Investment For Beginners | Udemy | — | $109.99 | View → |
| 8 | Starting a Business from Scratch | Udemy | — | $19.99 | 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 8 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $179.01. 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, Udemy and Coursera. 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. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Northeastern University — 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 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.