2024 Best Colleges for Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

SUMMARY

Majoring in Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management is not only a valuable choice, but often a critical first step for undergraduates hoping to pursue a career as a procurement director, a supply chain consultant, or a process engineer. Interestingly, logistics, materials, and supply chain management is fairly common coming in at the 75th most popular degree. Last year, there were 6,425 logistics, materials, and supply chain management degrees conferred. In-state tuition for logistics, materials, and supply chain management at private schools is, on average, 3.3 times more spendy than their public rivals.

There are 143 colleges that offer logistics, materials, and supply chain management. This number of colleges is fairly average in terms of the number of institutions which offer each degree. If you're looking to surround yourself with other logistics, materials, and supply chain management students, look at universities in Michigan which have the most students admitted to logistics, materials, and supply chain management annually. More generally, the best region to pursue logistics, materials, and supply chain management is in the Southeast region with University of Arkansas, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and American Public University System best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection of the top conference to major in logistics, materials, and supply chain management is the Big Ten Conference with Michigan State University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and Ohio State University-Main Campus representing the conference. Based on our comprehensive list of the best colleges, our belief is that the best university for logistics, materials, and supply chain management is Lehigh University.

The overall 'best' school does not mean it is the best school for you. There can be tons of factors to think about when deciding on college. External stuff like campus amenities, transportation services, and food would definitely impact one's inclinations of where to go to university. At Authority, we examined the pros and cons for you. If, as an example, you want to know which logistics, materials, and supply chain management school boasts the best campus, the winner is Rutgers University-New Brunswick. If you are very interested in which school has the best campus, we have a whole list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through government databases, professor reviews, student reviews, and more in order to evaluate every major in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can explore our well researched list for the schools with the best student life&nbspand, from that list, our choice of the college with the best student life for logistics, materials, and supply chain management is The University of Texas at Austin. Are you curious why? Keep scrolling to learn more about Authority's top recommendations. Some of our conclusions will probably shock you.

If price is a primary factor in your decisions, you might be cautious about Lehigh University. Lehigh University&nbspappears to be the most expensive college for logistics, materials, and supply chain management, at least regarding out of state attendance. We have a page for the most expensive&nbspschools that could put the price tag of Lehigh University&nbspinto perspective. You may also be interested to know that logistics, materials, and supply chain management is the 221st most expensive degree in the United States, with an average bill of $29,100. To zoom out a little, the most expensive state for logistics, materials, and supply chain management in the country is Rhode Island with costs at the primary two schools Bryant University and University of Rhode Island of $44,498 and $29,710 respectively. Even more broadly, the most costly region of the U.S. for logistics, materials, and supply chain management is the New England region which is best demonstrated with University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a cost of $35,112, Bryant University with a cost of $44,498, and University of Rhode Island with a cost of $29,710.

Our cheapest region for logistics, materials, and supply chain management is the Rocky Mountains region which is represented by Boise State University with a cost of $22,452, Brigham Young University-Provo with a cost of $5,790, and Weber State University with a cost of $14,973. On the bright side, the most affordable school for logistics, materials, and supply chain management is Brigham Young University-Provo. Authority.org's comprehensive list of the most affordable universities can be found here.

In-state learners can anticipate paying around $9,800 for a degree in logistics, materials, and supply chain management. That price increases dramatically to an average of $22,000 for an out-of-state public-school undergraduate. On that note, our choice for the university representing the best value for logistics, materials, and supply chain management: Lehigh University. On this page you can see our comprehensive list for the universities we believe to be the best value&nbspoverall. Do know, this idea is predicated on being an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when in-state tuition is considered, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.

Earnings for logistics, materials, and supply chain management students differ widely, but two-years after finishing the degree students will typically earn around $60,200. There can be a lot of variation in earnings potential; top positions can enjoy pay up to $106,500. Even right out of college, the lowest end jobs within the logistics, materials, and supply chain management field make $34,200, which is an alright wage. The top earning graduates for logistics, materials, and supply chain management graduated from Lehigh University&nbspand if you want to find the universities with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The overall diversity of logistics, materials, and supply chain management sits below average, falling in the 37th percentile of all majors. The university with the most composite diversity for logistics, materials, and supply chain management is Rutgers University-Newark&nbspand here you can find our comprehensive list of the colleges which have the most diversity. The financial diversity of Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management sits only in the 66th percentile compared to all other majors. Racial diversity is even further below average in the 38th percentile. White undergraduates compose the largest share, 67%, of those majoring in logistics, materials, and supply chain management. Additionally, 65% of students seeking a logistics, materials, and supply chain management degree are men.

The median rating of logistics, materials, and supply chain management professors is 4 stars, which is right on the average for every major; which is a fine. If you are interested in the most popular logistics, materials, and supply chain management instructor nationally, consider looking up Mohammed Tafti from Hofstra University. It may come as a shock, but the top rated instructors of logistics, materials, and supply chain management by student are found at University of Houston. If we including data other than simply rankings it becomes clear that the college with comprehensively the best professors for logistics, materials, and supply chain management is Lehigh University. You will find an explanation of our evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, as well as many of the best professors in the U.S.

Finally, the most difficult school to get into for logistics, materials, and supply chain management is The University of Texas at Austin. While we do not necessarily see the value in it, we do have a detailed list of the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we do hope you understand that approaching college with a lens only informed by superlatives might cause problems. We at Authority encourage you to read our other pages on different topics and peruse a couple of our helpful background articles on useful details to think about as you progress with your school search.