Personal finance courses can help you learn budgeting, saving strategies, investment basics, and debt management. You can build skills in financial goal setting, expense tracking, and understanding credit scores. Many courses introduce tools like budgeting apps, investment platforms, and financial calculators, showing how these skills can be applied to manage your money effectively and make informed financial decisions.

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Capital Budgeting, Cash Flows, Probability & Statistics, Finance, Financial Statements, Microsoft Excel, Descriptive Statistics, Financial Accounting, Business Analytics, Box Plots, Probability Distribution, Data Visualization, Probability, Statistics, Ledgers (Accounting), Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Business Mathematics, Financial Management, Data Analysis
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Tenacity, Persistence, Personal Attributes, Persona Development, Personal Development, Human Development, Self-Awareness, Case Studies, Resilience, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Growth Mindedness, Overcoming Obstacles, Lifelong Learning, Psychology, Psychological Evaluations, Applied Behavior Analysis, Cognitive flexibility, Social Sciences, Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Diversity
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

National Academy of Sports Medicine
Skills you'll gain: Goal Setting, Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Nutrition and Diet, Nutrition Counseling, Smart Goals, Health Assessment, Sports Medicine, Human Musculoskeletal System, Preventative Care, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Nutritional Assessment, Respiration, Physiology, Neurology, Automated External Defibrillator, Rehabilitation, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Coaching, Health And Wellness Coaching
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Corporate Finance Institute
Skills you'll gain: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Financial Statement Analysis, Annual Reports, Mergers & Acquisitions, Income Statement, Financial Statements, Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Banking Services, Credit Risk, Loans, Capital Expenditure, Corporate Finance, Banking, Accounting, Capital Markets, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Balance Sheet, Financial Trading, Wealth Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Return On Investment, Capital Budgeting, Finance, Capital Expenditure, Forecasting, Cash Flow Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Acumen, Corporate Finance, Business Valuation, Cash Flows, Risk Analysis, Depreciation, Loans, Working Capital
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Self-Awareness, Personal Attributes, Personal Development, Research, Student-Centred Learning, Lifelong Learning, Goal Setting, Decision Making
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Columbia University
Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Derivatives, Financial Market, Securities (Finance), Investment Management, Asset Management, Credit Risk, Mortgage Loans, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Estimation, Capital Markets, Financial Modeling, Risk Modeling, Portfolio Risk, Regression Analysis, Market Liquidity, Futures Exchange, Risk Management, Actuarial Science
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Interviewing Skills, Applicant Tracking Systems, AI Enablement, Professional Development, Google Gemini, Generative AI, Personal Attributes, Problem Solving, Communication
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Data Processing, Web Scraping, Data Visualization, Relational Databases, Restful API, Web Services, SQL, Databases, Data Visualization Software, JSON, Interactive Data Visualization, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Data Structures, Programming Principles, Data Cleansing, Network Protocols, Data Analysis, Python Programming, Computer Programming
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Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Fraud detection, Financial Analysis, Risk Modeling, Financial Regulations, Lending and Underwriting
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Corporate Finance Institute
Skills you'll gain: Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Power BI, Snowflake Schema, Data Modeling, SQL, Dashboard, Microsoft Excel, Business Intelligence, Excel Formulas, Pivot Tables And Charts, Data Import/Export, Business Reporting, Databases, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, Financial Statements, Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Financial Analysis, Data Visualization
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

IESE Business School
Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Financial Statement Analysis, Income Statement, Accounting, Cash Flows, Balance Sheet, Accrual Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting, Microsoft Excel, Financial Analysis, Cash Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks