15 Best Graphic Design Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Graphic Design courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including California Institute of the Arts. 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
- $19.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy, edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "graphic 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 $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Fundamentals of Graphic Design
Offered by Xbox
Unleash your creativity and design captivating visuals for the gaming world with the Xbox Graphic Designer Professional Certificate. Learn essential graphic design principles and Adobe Photoshop skills to create stunning...
$49.00listed price -
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Graphic Design For Complete Beginners
Welcome to our online Graphic Design lessons! Are you ready to unlock your creativity and master the art of visual communication? Whether you're a budding artist, an aspiring designer, or simply eager to enhance your gra...
$59.99listed price -
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47 Graphic Design Projects for Photoshop Beginners
******"Any beginner in my situation, a newly Graduated Graphic Designer with next to no experience in Photoshop, needs to take this course. Highly recommended, along with Chris Parker's Photoshop Master class. I am seein...
$49.99listed price -
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Design Beginners Bootcamp – Learn Graphic Design Skills Fast
In the 21st century, pretty much everyone is a designer. Whether you want to be or not. If you work in marketing or comms you’ll be expected to just be able to design things. Or if you’re a solopreneur or have your own s...
$199.99listed price -
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Graphic Design and AI Masterclass for Beginners
Are you ready to become a creative powerhouse, designing stunning flyers, business cards, brochures, and branded visuals like a pro? Whether you're a complete beginner or a growing creative, this course is your all-in-on...
$19.99listed price -
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Easy Learn Graphic Design for Beginners
Have you ever thought about starting a career in graphic design or has it been a while since you last worked in the field and you want to refresh your skills?Jump Start your Graphic Design Career here. Learn about the in...
$19.99listed price -
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Introduction to Graphic Design
Offered by LCI Education
This course provides a solid introduction to graphic design, covering essential principles and techniques that can enhance your design skills. You'll explore key concepts like color theory, typography, and layout while g...
$178.20listed price -
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Introduction to Typography
Offered by California Institute of the Arts
Typography is the art of manipulating the visual form of language to enrich and control its meaning. It’s an essential area of skill and knowledge for graphic designers. Typography predates modern graphic design by aroun...
$79.00listed price -
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Introduction To Story Boarding
This course is about learning the craft of storyboarding for animation artists, filmmakers, game design artists, graphic designers and people interested in learning how the storyboarding process affects the film, game an...
$19.99listed price -
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T-Shirt Design In Adobe Illustrator for Beginner to Advanced
Learn how to create professional and eye-catching T-shirt designs with Adobe Illustrator, from scratch to pro.This comprehensive course covers everything you need to know to design amazing T-shirts, from the basics of Ad...
$19.99listed price -
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Adobe Illustrator CC - Print Design for Beginners
In this course we'll discover the fundamental tools and best practices that are crucial for your success in Adobe Illustrator. Our efforts will culminate with focus on real-world projects designed for printing.Master Ill...
$19.99listed price -
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Introduction to Adobe After Effects Amateur Level
About This ClassINTRODUCTION TO ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS: (AMATEUR LEVEL)After Effects is the leading professional motion graphics and visual effects software. Never used it before? Interested in getting started? With this cl...
$19.99listed price -
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Icon Design Business: Build An Icon Business from Scratch
Would you like to start your own icon design business, but do not know how to design icons, where to start, and how to scale an icon business? Then this course is for you.In this course, I'll show you step by step how to...
$199.99listed price -
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Learn Krita 5 with simple Exercises: Beginner Digital Art
Welcome to the Krita 5.0 Basics Course - Digital Art for absolute beginners!If you want to start making digital art, the free software Krita is probably the best choice out there.It has everything you need to create digi...
$49.99listed price -
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Photoshop for Beginners: Start Your Photoshop Journey
In this Photoshop for Beginners course, you're going to learn the fastest way to edit in Photoshop. Not only will you learn the fundamentals, but there's also an advanced section at the end to help with more complex edit...
$29.99listed price
Best Graphic Design Courses for Beginners 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 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $180.00. 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 Coursera, Udemy and edX. 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 California Institute of the Arts — 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.