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15 Best Variables Courses on Coursera

We compared 15 Variables courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $49.00. 7 come from a named university or institution, including University of Colorado System, Princeton University and Johns Hopkins 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
15
Price range
$9.99 – $49.00
Providers
Coursera
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "variables" 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 $9.99 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Learn CSS Variables

    Offered by Scrimba

    CSS Custom Properties represent a significant advancement for front-end developers, introducing the concept of variables to CSS. This innovation substantially reduces redundancy, enhances code legibility, and augments ov...

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

    Golang: Foundations and Variables

    Offered by KodeKloud

    Learn Go syntax, data types, and variables — no coding experience required. Go (Golang) is a high-performance, open-source programming language built by Google — and this course is where your journey begins. Golang: Foun...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade C Lowest price here

    Python for Beginners: Variables and Strings

    Offered by Coursera

    This Guided Project "Python for Beginners: Variables and Strings" is for individuals who are new to programming and want to learn the basics of Python. In this 2-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to work...

    $9.99
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Algorithms, Data Collection, and Starting to Code

    Offered by University of Colorado System

    This course starts you on your journey learning about computational thinking and beginning C programming. If you’d like to explore how we can interact with the world in a rigorous, computational way, and would also like...

    $49.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Computer Science: Programming with a Purpose

    Offered by Princeton University

    The basis for education in the last millennium was “reading, writing, and arithmetic;” now it is reading, writing, and computing. Learning to program is an essential part of the education of every student, not just in th...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    What are the Chances? Probability and Uncertainty in Statistics

    Offered by Johns Hopkins University

    This course focuses on how analysts can measure and describe the confidence they have in their findings. The course begins with an overview of the key probability rules and concepts that govern the calculation of uncerta...

    $49.00
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Expressway to Data Science: Python Programming

    Offered by University of Colorado Boulder

    How many times have you decided to learn a programming language but got stuck somewhere along the way, grew frustrated, and gave up? This specialization is designed for learners who have little or no programming experien...

    $49.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Introduction to Python for Researchers

    Offered by Imperial College London

    This course teaches the fundamentals of Python 3 in the context of academic research. Our tutor team support researchers across the whole of Imperial College London, including in science, engineering, mathematics, comput...

    $49.00
    listed price
  9. 9
    Coursera Certificate Grade A University-backed

    Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python

    Offered by Google

    This is the seventh course in the Google Cybersecurity Certificate. In this course, learners will be introduced to the Python programming language and learn how to apply it to a security setting to automate tasks. First,...

    $49.00
    listed price
  10. 10
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Python 3 Programming

    Offered by University of Michigan

    This specialization teaches the fundamentals of programming in Python 3. We will begin at the beginning, with variables, conditionals, and loops, and get to some intermediate material like keyword parameters, list compre...

    $49.00
    listed price
  11. 11
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Dify – Create No-Code Chatbots and AI Workflows

    Offered by Packt

    This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...

    $49.00
    listed price
  12. 12
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    C++ Crash Course - Quick and Practical Learning

    Offered by Packt

    This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...

    $49.00
    listed price
  13. 13
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Java from Beginner to Expert

    Offered by Packt

    This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...

    $49.00
    listed price
  14. 14
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Rust Basics and Core Concepts

    Offered by Packt

    This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...

    $49.00
    listed price
  15. 15
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Introduction to Data Analysis with Python and Polars

    Offered by Packt

    This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best Variables Courses on Coursera compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Learn CSS Variables Coursera Scrimba $49.00 View →
2 Golang: Foundations and Variables Coursera KodeKloud $49.00 View →
3 Python for Beginners: Variables and Strings Coursera Coursera $9.99 View →
4 Algorithms, Data Collection, and Starting to Code Coursera University of Colorado System $49.00 View →
5 Computer Science: Programming with a Purpose Coursera Princeton University $49.00 View →
6 What are the Chances? Probability and Uncertainty in Statistics Coursera Johns Hopkins University $49.00 View →
7 Expressway to Data Science: Python Programming Coursera University of Colorado Boulder $49.00 View →
8 Introduction to Python for Researchers Coursera Imperial College London $49.00 View →
9 Automate Cybersecurity Tasks with Python Coursera Google $49.00 View →
10 Python 3 Programming Coursera University of Michigan $49.00 View →
11 Dify – Create No-Code Chatbots and AI Workflows Coursera Packt $49.00 View →
12 C++ Crash Course - Quick and Practical Learning Coursera Packt $49.00 View →
13 Java from Beginner to Expert Coursera Packt $49.00 View →
14 Rust Basics and Core Concepts Coursera Packt $49.00 View →
15 Introduction to Data Analysis with Python and Polars Coursera Packt $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 $9.99 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $39.01. 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. 7 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Colorado System, Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

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