dataset string | publisher string | author string | license string | licenseUrl string | snapshotDate timestamp[s] | certCount int64 | metadata dict | certs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EduBracket Certification ROI Data 2026 | EduBracket (edubracket.com), part of the Lattice research network | Vincent Wesley Couey (ORCID 0009-0005-6869-308X) | CC-BY-4.0 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | 2026-06-19T00:00:00 | 16 | {
"dataProvenance": "SOURCED: each program’s cost + duration from its official Coursera page; each target role’s median annual wage (May 2024) + 2024–34 employment growth from the U.S. BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook. DERIVED: cost-as-%-of-one-month-role-pay (cost / (median/12)) + a rules-based worth-it verdict (St... | [
{
"slug": "google-data-analytics",
"name": "Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate",
"platform": "Coursera",
"certUrl": "https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-data-analytics",
"cost_usd": 294,
"free_option": "Free to audit; full certificate free with Coursera fina... |
EduBracket Certification ROI Data 2026
A sourced return-on-investment dataset for 16 professional IT and data certifications (AWS, CompTIA, Google, Cisco, and more).
For each certification, official program cost and duration are paired with the target role's U.S. BLS median wage (May 2024) and 2024-34 employment growth, then combined into a derived cost-as-percent-of-one-month-role-pay metric and a worth-it verdict.
Fields (per certification, in data.json -> certs[])
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
name, platform, cost_usd, free_option, months |
program facts (official source) |
target_role, bls_occupation, bls_url |
mapped occupation + BLS source |
role_median_salary_usd, role_growth_pct_2024_34, role_outlook, annual_openings |
BLS labor-market data |
cost_as_pct_of_one_month_role_pay |
derived affordability metric |
worth_it_verdict, verdict_reason, required_signal, entry_level_caveat |
interpretation, with caveats |
Honesty floor
Costs and durations are from official program pages; wages and growth are from the U.S. BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook. The verdict is a transparent derived signal, not career advice, and a certificate is a signal, not a guarantee of the role's pay. A dated snapshot.
Citation
Couey, V. W. (2026). EduBracket Certification ROI Data 2026 [Data set]. EduBracket. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20768042
Full study: https://edubracket.com/certifications/ · License: CC-BY 4.0
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