IBM Data Science Professional Certificate
Catalog facts
Platform: coursera
Instructor: IBM
Pricing model: Free to enroll; certificate via Coursera subscription or Coursera Plus
Topics: data, python
Rating: 4.6 from 150,430 reviews
Enrollment: 942,704 already enrolled
Where these numbers come from
Rating (4.6 from 150,430 course reviews), enrollment (942,704), and pricing model read from the Coursera program page on 2026-07-31.
Who this fits
More technical than the Google certificate from the start — Python and Jupyter in the first courses rather than spreadsheets. The better pick if you already know you want the programming side of data work; the harder pick if you have never written code.
Before enrolling anywhere, check the syllabus against the job or project you actually want — course marketing describes outcomes, syllabi describe contents, and the gap between the two is where refund requests come from. Current price and start dates live on the provider page below.