15 Best Wellness Courses on edX
We compared 15 Wellness courses currently listed on edX, priced from $39.00 to $214.20. 8 come from a named university or institution, including University of Alaska Fairbanks, New York University and Berklee College of Music. 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
- $39.00 – $214.20
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "wellness" 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 $39.00 to $214.20, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Social Work: Perspectives on Trauma and Wellness
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
This course explores the intricate connections between trauma and wellness within the field of social work. Participants will gain insights into various perspectives on trauma, learning how to apply these concepts to pro...
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Master of Arts in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness
Offered by New York University
This Master of Arts in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness program focuses on equipping students with the knowledge and skills necessary to support individuals dealing with mental health challenges. Through various...
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Music For Wellness
Offered by Berklee College of Music
Learn how music can help reduce stress and improve your health, and well-being.
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Your Body Inside and Out: Using Exercise Physiology to Slow Aging
Offered by Stanford University
This online class will present the latest scientific information on the interaction between aging and physical activity. In an approachable style, you will learn how your physiology changes with age and how different typ...
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Introduction To Food & Health
Offered by Stanford University
Empower yourself and your patients with evidence-based nutrition strategies. This CME/CE course equips healthcare providers with practical tools to foster healthy eating habits, improve patient counseling, and support su...
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Embracing the Whole Person in Social Work
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
This course will explore trauma and wellness from a holistic, systems approach, emphasizing connections, relationships, strengths-based, resilience, post-traumatic growth, and healing and wellness. Complex problems requi...
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Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine
Offered by Doane University
Gain a basic understanding of the main components of lifestyle medicine as well as the importance of using the coach approach when counseling patients about behavior change. This course is eligible for Audit and Verified...
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Nutrition for a Healthy and Sustainable Lifestyle
Offered by Doane University
An introduction to basic principles of human nutrition with emphasis on nutrients, food sources, and function of nutrients within the human body.
$119.00listed price -
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Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science
Offered by Maryville University
In this Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science program, you'll explore the intricate relationship between physical health and overall well-being. The curriculum is designed to equip you with evidence-based knowledge and...
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Valuing Diverse Perspectives in Social Work
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
This course explores and critically examines diverse ways of knowing about experiences related to the concepts of trauma and wellness, both individually and collectively, and builds upon wellness strategies that focus on...
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How We See the World: Visual Function and Eye Health
Offered by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Develop your understanding of vision and discover how visual functions relate to your daily life. Learn and apply techniques to help you take better care of your eyes.
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FlashDiet: Aprende a comer sano
Offered by Universitat Politècnica de València
En este curso aprenderás las bases de la nutrición humana y la alimentación sana como herramientas para llevar una vida saludable.
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Well and Able - Improving the Physical Health of People with Intellectual Disability
Offered by The University of Queensland
Learn how to help those with intellectual disability achieve better health.
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edX MOOC / Non-creditNutrition Science
Offered by Stanford Medicine
Understand the foundational science underlying nutrition and how it’s linked to health, and preventing disease.
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edX MOOC / Non-creditGut Health and the Microbiome
Offered by Stanford Medicine
Discover how the gut microbiome helps shape overall health.
Price on site
Best Wellness Courses on edX 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 10 priced courses on this page run from $39.00 to $214.20, with the middle of the range around $119.00 — a spread of $175.20. 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. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 8 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Alaska Fairbanks, New York University and Berklee College of Music — 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.