15 Best Maya Courses Online
We compared 15 Maya courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Michigan State 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
- $19.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "maya" 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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1
Adapting Your 3D Skills: 3D Animation from Blender to Maya
Offered by Skillshare
Open yourself up to more 3D animation opportunities by learning how to adjust your workflow in Blender to industry standards. Madison Erwin started her career as a 3D animator by teaching herself the ins and outs of 3D s...
$49.00listed price -
2
Create GUI in Maya with MASH
MASH is a very powerful Motion Graphics and Visual Effects plugin that now ships with Maya. It is a procedural system that allows you to create complex simulations and animations with an easy-to-use interface.MASH is oft...
$49.99listed price -
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Hair Creation for Game Characters: Maya Xgen
Hey Guys, Do you find it difficult to create real time hair for your characters and creatures? Have you tried using Xgen inside of Maya but don’t know where to start? If that is the case then I welcome you to Hair Creati...
$99.99listed price -
4
Dynamic Cloth for Games in Maya for Unreal
In this course, Justin Harrison walks us through the various methods of creating cloth elements for real-time game environments! He will be covering topics such as 'fake' bone-driven simulations inside of Maya, interact...
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Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners
Autodesk Maya for Beginners Complete Course[16hr 30min] Project Files IncludedThis a step-by-step tutorial showing how to use Maya. Modeling, Texturing, Rendering, Lighting, Materials, Rigging, Animation, and Dynam...
$139.99listed price -
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Master Hard Surface Modeling in Maya 2020
This course is an epic 36 hours long!You will learn how to master hard surface modeling in Maya.You will begin by understanding the basic concepts of modeling in Maya.You will learn Maya's powerful modeling tools.You wil...
$24.99listed price -
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Cinematic Lighting in Maya
Offered by Skillshare
Guided by Abraham Leal from Nexttut, a 3D artist with over 11 years of industry experience, this Specialization is intended for intermediate 3D artists seeking to develop cinematic lighting and rendering skills in Maya....
$49.00listed price -
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Learn the 12 Principles of Animation for Games in Maya
Using Maya, this tutorial will cover the 12 basic principles of Animation, how they apply to everyday objects and characters, as well as a complete look at how you can utilize them to really bring your characters and an...
$19.99listed price -
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Maya 3D Modeling SAUCE
We all know there is a lot of good information on YouTube, but sifting through it to find what you want to know can be super time consuming! This course is simply organized so you can pick and choose what information you...
$24.99listed price -
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Advance Maya Modeling
3d modeling world in huge we cover the most important technique form mid-level to advance level by live practice, so you will get a full benefit from all, I wish luck and happy modeling.Note: you can take the Maya beginn...
$29.99listed price -
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Current Gen 3D Game Prop Production
Offered by Michigan State University
In this course you will learn to create a photo-real game prop using modern game art production techniques. You will gather reference, generate a base model, create a high polygon model, bake details onto a low poly mode...
$49.00listed price -
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Art for Games
Offered by Michigan State University
In this beginner focused specialization we will show you the essentials of 2d and 3d game art production as well as concept art for games and current gen game art workflow. While each of the four courses will build your...
$49.00listed price -
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Hard Surface 3d Vehicle Detailing and Texturing for Games
In this course, instructor Stephen Wells will be taking us through the process of refining the final model of this Hard Surface Tank. Starting with our basic blockout model, we'll go indepth by covering the UVW unwrappi...
$19.99listed price -
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Hyper Realistic Character Likeness Portrait for Films
Corazon Bryant always had an artistic bone in her body. When she was only 2 years old, she would make detailed drawings on her mother's wall. Her mother loved the drawings so much, she decided to keep them. With the enco...
$94.99listed price -
15
Learn Arnold - Fundamentals of Shading and Lighting
Arvid Schneider is an established artist, who has been working in the professional VFX industry for more than 10 years. He has worked on big blockbusters like Ready Player One, Jurassic World, Transformers and more.With...
$199.99listed price
Best Maya Courses Online 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 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. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Michigan State University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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