- Seven programs at three schools. 3 bachelor’s, 2 master’s, 2 doctorates.
- In-state bachelor’s rates start at $12,051. As reported to IPEDS.
- Out-of-state undergraduates pay $20,142 extra per year at Arizona State University. It is the public university here with the widest residency gap.
- Supply chain managers’ BLS occupation: median $98,750. Nationally $107,230; logisticians earn $77,620.
- Annual supply chain openings: about 2,830. Fastest growth to 2034: logisticians, +31.5%.
- WUE discounts tuition in member states. 47 programs qualify.
By level, Arizona has three bachelor’s, two master’s and two doctorates. In Arizona, AACSB accredits the schools of five programs; ACBSP accredits two directly.
Arizona State University offers the most in Arizona: five programs, from bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate study. Across Arizona, two listings name an online format.
Not ranked
Supply Chain Management, MS
Tempe, AZ
- On campus
- Fully online
- STEM-designated
- No GMAT or GRE required
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Both an in-person and a fully online path lead to this school's master's in supply chain management, taught by the same W. P. Carey faculty either way. The 30-credit-hour curriculum opens with supply management and negotiation, then covers decision models, cost and design issues, and logistics, closing with a capstone in operations planning and execution. Full-time students on the West Valley campus can finish in 9 to 16 months, with an optional third-semester track in business intelligence. Online applicants first complete a prerequisite certificate or an MITx MicroMasters, and those 9 to 12 credits transfer into the degree, leaving an estimated $26,000 for the remaining 18 credits or $30,000 for 21 credits, the same for residents, nonresidents and international students, plus a $500 enrollment deposit. GMAT and GRE scores are optional. STEM-OPT eligible graduates can extend work authorization by 24 months.
Not ranked
Supply Chain Management, BS
Tempe, AZ
- On campus
- Fully online
- STEM-designated
- AACSB-accredited business school
- Lowest in-state tuition of the 2 Arizona bachelor’s programs
More about this program
A bachelor of science in supply chain management at Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business runs on the Tempe campus, through ASU Local, or fully online, with each path leading to the same Arizona State University diploma. The 120-credit-hour curriculum covers execution systems, logistics, negotiations, operations management, planning, procurement, and strategy development, then layers in statistical modeling, forecasting, and optimization techniques. A capstone project has you take on the role of a general manager charting a competitive advantage for a company. W. P. Carey, accredited by AACSB, says the program ranks No. 2 nationally for undergraduate supply chain management and logistics by U.S. News and World Report. Online classes run in 7.5-week sessions across 40 courses. Online tuition is $580 per credit hour for residents and nonresidents alike, and Arizona residents taking 10 or more credit hours in a semester pay a capped rate of $6,089.
Not ranked
Bachelor of Science in Global Business and Supply Chain Management
Prescott, AZ
- On campus
- ACBSP-accredited program
- Highest six-year graduation rate of the 2 Arizona bachelor’s schools
More about this program
This Prescott campus degree sits in the School of Business within the College of Business, Security and Intelligence and carries ACBSP accreditation. It is delivered in person and requires 120 credits: 36 in general education, 57 in the core, 15 in program support courses and 12 in open electives. The core blends business fundamentals with Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, International Business, and Global Economics, Politics and Culture, and you choose one of Management of Production and Operations, a co-op, a special topics course or an approved study abroad experience. The support block is security-focused, with Risk Intelligence and Management, Crisis Management and Recovery, and Supply Chain Security. Full-time students with the right background can finish in eight semesters, and you need a 2.00 cumulative GPA to graduate.
Each card is read from the school’s own program page. The rank is the program’s place in this site’s national ranking of its kind; the highlighted lines compare it with the other verified programs in Arizona. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: one doesn’t state enough of the figures its national ranking scores, and two are bachelor’s programs placed below the top 25 that the national bachelor’s list publishes.
Also Accredited In Arizona
These programs appear in the AACSB or ACBSP listing. This site hasn’t verified their tuition, credits or length yet, so their cards carry the accreditor’s record only.
For a bachelor’s, Arizona State University reports the lowest in-state rate in Arizona, $12,051 a year, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Campus the highest, $42,204.
Bachelor’s Programs In Arizona
Tuition and fees are per year for the whole school, from IPEDS 2023-24; graduation rates are six-year, whole school.
In-State And Out-Of-State Tuition In Arizona
Arizona State University reports charging nonresidents $20,142 more a year than Arizona residents. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Campus, the private school on Arizona’s list, reports one rate for everyone. For an Arizona student, residency at Arizona State University is worth about $80,568 over four years.
Arizona belongs to one regional tuition exchange. WUE is open to Arizona residents for undergraduate study. Besides Arizona, nine member states have 47 programs, 18 of them in California.
If the program you want isn’t offered in Arizona, an exchange can keep a campus over the border near Arizona’s in-state cost. Before applying, Arizona students should ask each school whether WUE covers its degree.
Public Universities In Other WUE States
Supply chain bachelor’s programs at public universities in other WUE states, open to Arizona students | Public University | Resident Rate | Nonresident Rate |
| University of South Dakota South Dakota | $9,432 | $12,942 |
| North Dakota State University North Dakota | $10,857 | $15,511 |
| Weber State University Utah | $6,391 | $17,084 |
| Utah Valley University Utah | $6,270 | $17,830 |
| California State University, Long Beach California | $7,008 | $18,888 |
| California State University, Northridge California | $7,095 | $18,975 |
| California State University, Sacramento California | $7,602 | $19,482 |
| California State University, San Bernardino California | $7,675 | $19,555 |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado | $10,438 | $23,955 |
| Boise State University Idaho | $8,782 | $26,976 |
| Western Washington University Washington | $9,286 | $27,853 |
| Portland State University Oregon | $10,617 | $28,257 |
Public universities in other member states with a supply chain bachelor’s in this site’s ranking, cheapest nonresident rate first; 6 more are on the bachelor’s ranking. Tuition and fees per year, whole school, IPEDS 2023-24. Participation is the school’s choice, program by program; the exchange rate, where offered, sits between the two figures.
Arizona borders California, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and New Mexico. Together Arizona’s neighbors have 29 accredited programs, 18 of them in California, more than Arizona has itself.
Next door, the lowest stated graduate total an Arizona student could find is $26,400. California, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and New Mexico share a tuition exchange with Arizona.
Accredited supply chain programs in the states bordering Arizona | Neighboring State | Programs | Lowest Graduate Total | Lowest Bachelor’s Rate A Year |
| California Shares WUE with Arizona | 18 | $26,400, California State Polytechnic University Pomona | $7,008 ($18,888 nonresident), California State University, Long Beach |
| Colorado Shares WUE with Arizona | 6 | $59,074, University of Colorado at Boulder | $10,438 ($23,955 nonresident), University of Colorado Colorado Springs |
| Utah Shares WUE with Arizona | 5 | $63,968, Brigham Young University | $6,270 ($17,830 nonresident), Utah Valley University |
| Nevada Shares WUE with Arizona | 0 | | |
| New Mexico Shares WUE with Arizona | 0 | | |
Note: A blank cell means that state has no program with a verified figure.
Graduate totals are read from each school’s program page; bachelor’s rates are IPEDS 2023-24, per year, for the whole school.
Two of the seven Arizona directory listings name an online format, so some Arizona students can skip the commute to an in-state school. Arizona’s Arizona State University appears in the online master’s ranking.
Residency can still matter online for an Arizona student: Arizona State University charges Arizona’s nonresidents $20,142 more a year on campus; an Arizona student should check whether its online rate differs.
Online totals as each school states them. The online degree ranking and the online master’s ranking list each program’s online tuition and any campus residency.
In Arizona, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $138,940. Logisticians in Arizona earn a median of $77,620, below the $82,320 national figure; Arizona’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $52,170 and the top tenth over $124,740.
For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Arizona, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $98,750, with the 10th percentile at $68,780 and the 90th at $166,680. On the procurement side, Arizona’s purchasing managers earn a median of $138,940 and its buyers and purchasing agents $75,340, across 10,870 jobs.
Supply chain occupations in Arizona: jobs and median pay | Occupation | Jobs | Median In Arizona | U.S. Median |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | 3,390 | $98,750 | $107,230 |
| Logisticians | 4,800 | $77,620 | $82,320 |
| Purchasing Managers | 1,630 | $138,940 | $148,080 |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents | 10,870 | $75,340 | $77,710 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 2,600 | $75,470 | $88,940 |
| Industrial Production Managers | 3,630 | $124,810 | $126,060 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 1,840 | $49,880 | $52,260 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 9,780 | $58,580 | $59,650 |
| Compliance Officers | 12,430 | $74,920 | $80,730 |
BLS publishes no separate wage for supply chain managers. They are counted inside transportation, storage and distribution managers, and every figure here is for that whole occupation. BLS publishes no separate wage for customs brokers. They are counted inside compliance officers, an occupation that spans government, finance and healthcare, so figures for the whole occupation describe far more than customs work.
Pay And The Cost Of Living In Arizona
At 100.7 for 2024, Arizona’s BEA price level sits 0.7% over the U.S. average, so Arizona’s $77,620 logistician median buys what $77,098 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Arizona ranks 47th of 51 for logistician pay.
Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Arizona
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ pays Arizona’s highest logistician median, $99,320, $21,700 above the Arizona figure.
Median pay for logisticians and transportation, storage and distribution managers in Arizona metro areas | Metro Area | Logistician Median | Managers Median |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 3,360 logistician jobs | $79,370 | $99,710 |
| Tucson, AZ 900 logistician jobs | $77,410 | $92,580 |
| Yuma, AZ 80 logistician jobs | $60,340 | $98,770 |
| Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ 70 logistician jobs | $56,240 | $94,360 |
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no estimate for that metro.
Arizona Pay Against Its Neighbors
New Mexico pays logisticians the most here, $98,430; Arizona is sixth of 6 at $77,620. Adjusted for prices, New Mexico leads at $106,743, and Arizona places sixth.
Logistician and manager pay in Arizona and the states it borders | State | Logistician Median | Managers Median | Logistician, Price-Adjusted |
| Arizona (this page) 4,800 logistician jobs | $77,620 | $98,750 | $77,098 |
| California 32,940 logistician jobs | $92,890 | $123,780 | $83,896 |
| Colorado 4,490 logistician jobs | $96,090 | $132,610 | $93,244 |
| Utah 3,760 logistician jobs | $83,300 | $102,180 | $84,257 |
| Nevada 1,290 logistician jobs | $79,600 | $99,860 | $79,617 |
| New Mexico 850 logistician jobs | $98,430 | $101,420 | $106,743 |
Note: Price-adjusted pay divides the median by BEA’s state price level. A blank cell means no estimate.
Arizona’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (10,870), then production, planning, and expediting clerks (9,780) and logisticians (4,800). Arizona holds 1.5% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and Arizona logisticians are 1.9% of the U.S. total.
The managers’ occupation has 1.047 jobs per 1,000 in Arizona (location quotient 0.74), ranking Arizona 31st of 50 and well below the national share. In Arizona, logisticians hold 1.48 jobs per 1,000 (0.92 quotient, 25th).
Compliance officers and operations research analysts are left out of this count: both occupations reach well beyond supply chain work. “The managers’ occupation” is transportation, storage and distribution managers. A location quotient of 1.0 means the occupation’s share of jobs matches the national share.
County Business Patterns counts 130,877 transportation and warehousing jobs at 4,367 Arizona employers in 2023, plus 111,833 jobs in Arizona’s wholesale trade. By that count Arizona ranks 16th of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.
Within it, trucking is Arizona’s largest freight line, 35,341 jobs, followed by warehousing and storage at 29,351. Warehousing and storage employs 29,351 people at 378 Arizona sites, 17th among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Arizona is air transportation, averaging $93,612 a year per job.
Logistics and wholesale industries in Arizona: jobs, employers and average pay, 2023 | Industry | Jobs | Employers | Average Pay | Share Of U.S. Jobs |
| Transportation and warehousing | 130,877 | 4,367 | $67,233 | 2.0% |
| Truck transportation | 35,341 | 2,308 | $59,211 | 2.1% |
| Warehousing and storage | 29,351 | 378 | $54,972 | 1.8% |
| Support activities for transportation | 14,389 | 866 | $65,451 | 1.7% |
| Couriers and messengers | 26,289 | 330 | $84,376 | 2.2% |
| Air transportation | 14,728 | 99 | $93,612 | 2.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 111,833 | 6,613 | $85,143 | 1.8% |
Note: A blank cell means the Census Bureau withholds that figure to protect individual employers.
County Business Patterns 2023 (Census Bureau): employer establishments, mid-March employment and annual payroll; average pay is payroll divided by jobs. Rail is outside its scope. Shares compare with the 50 states and DC.
In Arizona, logisticians grow fastest: +31.5%, from 3,890 jobs in 2024 to 5,120 in 2034, per Arizona’s labor market office (U.S.: +16.7%). The slowest in Arizona is production, planning, and expediting clerks, at +9.1%.
Across its six core supply chain occupations, Arizona expects about 2,830 openings a year. All six grow faster in Arizona than across the U.S.
Projected employment for supply chain occupations in Arizona, 2024 to 2034 | Occupation | 2024 Jobs | 2034 | Change | Openings A Year | U.S. Change |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | 3,040 | 3,640 | +19.8% | 320 | +6% |
| Logisticians | 3,890 | 5,120 | +31.5% | 510 | +16.7% |
| Purchasing Managers | 1,880 | 2,130 | +13.3% | 170 | +3.1% |
| Operations Research Analysts | 2,050 | 2,540 | +23.9% | 180 | +21.5% |
| Industrial Production Managers | 3,920 | 4,490 | +14.5% | 340 | +1.9% |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 3,220 | 4,010 | +24.4% | 350 | +8.5% |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 11,020 | 12,020 | +9.1% | 1,140 | -1.8% |
| Compliance Officers | 10,560 | 11,750 | +11.3% | 960 | +2.9% |
Long-term projections from each state’s labor market information office, published through Projections Central (oeo.az.gov). Openings count new jobs plus workers who retire or change careers. The core occupations leave out compliance officers and operations research analysts.
Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Arizona
Arizona has 3,390 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $98,750, puts Arizona 43rd of 52. The middle half of Arizona’s pay for this occupation runs from $81,650 to $129,680, and the outer tenths reach $68,780 and $166,680. At 1.047 jobs per 1,000 in Arizona, its location quotient is 0.74 (31st). Arizona’s labor office projects +19.8% to 2034, about 320 openings a year.
Logisticians In Arizona
Arizona has 4,800 logisticians. Their median, $77,620, puts Arizona 37th of 52. The middle half of Arizona’s pay for this occupation runs from $59,640 to $100,630, and the outer tenths reach $52,170 and $124,740. At 1.48 jobs per 1,000 in Arizona, its location quotient is 0.92 (25th). Arizona’s labor office projects +31.5% to 2034, about 510 openings a year.
Purchasing Managers In Arizona
Arizona has 1,630 purchasing managers. Their median, $138,940, puts Arizona 19th of 51. The middle half of Arizona’s pay for this occupation runs from $113,510 to $171,080, and the outer tenths reach $97,810 and $211,510. At 0.505 jobs per 1,000 in Arizona, its location quotient is 0.93 (19th). Arizona’s labor office projects +13.3% to 2034, about 170 openings a year.
Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Arizona
Arizona has 10,870 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $75,340, puts Arizona 27th of 52. The middle half of Arizona’s pay for this occupation runs from $60,710 to $92,790, and the outer tenths reach $49,790 and $117,900. At 3.356 jobs per 1,000 in Arizona, its location quotient is 1.06 (15th).
Operations Research Analysts In Arizona
Arizona has 2,600 operations research analysts. Their median, $75,470, puts Arizona 41st of 48. The middle half of Arizona’s pay for this occupation runs from $64,430 to $96,120, and the outer tenths reach $58,430 and $124,230. At 0.803 jobs per 1,000 in Arizona, its location quotient is 1.15 (14th). Arizona’s labor office projects +23.9% to 2034, about 180 openings a year.
Industrial Production Managers In Arizona
Arizona has 3,630 industrial production managers. Their median, $124,810, puts Arizona 21st of 51. The middle half of Arizona’s pay for this occupation runs from $100,720 to $154,870, and the outer tenths reach $79,410 and $199,440. At 1.121 jobs per 1,000 in Arizona, its location quotient is 0.71 (38th). Arizona’s labor office projects +14.5% to 2034, about 340 openings a year.
Cargo And Freight Agents In Arizona
Arizona has 1,840 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $49,880, puts Arizona 29th of 49. The middle half of Arizona’s pay for this occupation runs from $39,010 to $59,020, and the outer tenths reach $36,950 and $70,010. At 0.568 jobs per 1,000 in Arizona, its location quotient is 0.9 (18th). Arizona’s labor office projects +24.4% to 2034, about 350 openings a year.
Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Arizona
Arizona has 9,780 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $58,580, puts Arizona 28th of 52. The middle half of Arizona’s pay for this occupation runs from $48,470 to $71,290, and the outer tenths reach $41,330 and $83,440. At 3.019 jobs per 1,000 in Arizona, its location quotient is 1.2 (tenth). Arizona’s labor office projects +9.1% to 2034, about 1,140 openings a year.
Compliance Officers In Arizona
Arizona has 12,430 compliance officers. Their median, $74,920, puts Arizona 34th of 52. The middle half of Arizona’s pay for this occupation runs from $58,160 to $100,230, and the outer tenths reach $47,630 and $132,620. At 3.838 jobs per 1,000 in Arizona, its location quotient is 1.43 (fifth). Arizona’s labor office projects +11.3% to 2034, about 960 openings a year.
Pay and percentiles from BLS OEWS (May 2025); state ranks count the states, DC and Puerto Rico with an estimate. Each occupation’s salary page carries its national, state and metro detail.
Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Arizona, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 267.7 million tons of freight worth $492.4 billion moved in 2024. That ranks Arizona 26th of 51 by value and 36th by weight, and 50.8% of its tonnage never leaves the state.
By value, electronics and pharmaceuticals lead Arizona’s freight. By weight, Arizona moves mostly natural gas and fossil products and mineral products. In Arizona, trucks carry 63.2% of the tons, pipelines 23.5% and rail 9.8%.
Arizona’s largest domestic trading partner is California ($78.6 billion, both directions), then Texas and New Mexico. Arizona exported $32.1 billion of freight, mostly to Mexico, and imported $38.6 billion, mostly from Mexico. The framework forecasts Arizona’s tonnage to grow 58.2% by 2050 and its real value 90.2%.
The five largest commodities by value in Arizona freight, 2024 | Commodity | Value, 2024 | Share Of Value |
| Electronics By value, first in Arizona | $78.9 billion | 16% |
| Pharmaceuticals By value, second in Arizona | $41.9 billion | 8.5% |
| Mixed freight By value, third in Arizona | $34.7 billion | 7% |
| Machinery By value, fourth in Arizona | $34.2 billion | 7% |
| Motor vehicles By value, fifth in Arizona | $31.2 billion | 6.3% |
Freight Analysis Framework 5.7.1 (BTS and FHWA): 2024 estimates in current dollars; the 2050 value forecast is in constant 2017 dollars. Trading-partner values combine freight in both directions.
Arizona’s programs fall across three Census areas, led by Flagstaff, AZ with one school.
- Flagstaff, AZ (metro area): Northern Arizona University.
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (metro area): Arizona State University.
- Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ (metro area): Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott.
Areas are Census Bureau CBSAs (July 2023), assigned by each school’s county.
Arizona has one city page, for Phoenix.
City pages for Arizona metro areas | City | Programs | Logistician Median |
| Phoenix Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 5 | $79,370 |
Each city page lists the programs with a campus in the city itself (where there is none, the nearest in its metro, and the page says “near”), with pay for every supply chain occupation across the metro. A metro that crosses a state line is listed under each state it reaches.
- Start with the level: Arizona’s seven listings split into three bachelor’s, two master’s and two doctorates.
- Stay in state if you can. At Arizona State University, an Arizona resident pays $12,051 a year against $32,193 for everyone else.
- Ask about WUE before ruling out a school outside Arizona; Arizona’s residents can use it for undergraduate study.
- Check the format line by line: two of Arizona’s seven directory listings name an online option, and Arizona State University states an online graduate format on its own page.
- Match the program to where you’ll work: in Arizona, Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ pays logisticians most, $99,320 against $77,620 statewide.
- Look at demand too: in Arizona, logisticians grow fastest, +31.5% by 2034.
How Many Supply Chain Management Programs Are In Arizona?
This directory lists seven accredited supply chain programs in Arizona, at three schools: three bachelor’s, two master’s and two doctorates.
How Much Does A Supply Chain Management Degree Cost In Arizona?
For a bachelor’s in Arizona, in-state tuition and fees per year run from $12,051 to $42,204, as schools report them to IPEDS.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Make In Arizona?
In Arizona, the occupation counting supply chain managers pays a median of $98,750 across 3,390 jobs, against $107,230 nationally.
How Much Do Logisticians Make In Arizona?
The logistician median in Arizona is $77,620, across 4,800 jobs. At Arizona’s price level of 100.7 (U.S. = 100), it buys what $77,098 would nationally.
Which Arizona Metro Area Pays Supply Chain Workers The Most?
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ has Arizona’s highest logistician median, $99,320. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ pays Arizona’s managers’ occupation the most, $99,710.
How Does Arizona Supply Chain Pay Compare With Neighboring States?
Of the 6 states compared with Arizona, New Mexico pays logisticians the most, $98,430; Arizona ranks sixth at $77,620. After adjusting for prices, Arizona ranks sixth.
How Many Logistics Jobs Are In Arizona?
Census County Business Patterns counts 130,877 transportation and warehousing jobs in Arizona for 2023, 29,351 of them in warehousing and storage. BLS counts 4,800 Arizona logisticians, the planners who run those flows.
Which Supply Chain Job Pays The Most In Arizona?
Purchasing managers earn Arizona’s highest supply chain median, $138,940, then industrial production managers at $124,810.
Is Supply Chain Management In Demand In Arizona?
Arizona’s labor market office expects logisticians in Arizona to grow 31.5% by 2034, against 16.7% nationally, and Arizona expects about 2,830 openings a year across Arizona’s six core supply chain occupations.
Can Arizona Residents Get A Tuition Discount At Out-Of-State Schools?
Yes. Arizona is in WUE. WUE reaches 47 accredited programs outside Arizona and covers undergraduate study for Arizona residents. Before applying, Arizona students should ask whether WUE covers the program.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online In Arizona?
Two of the seven Arizona programs list an online format in the accreditor’s record. Of Arizona’s graduate programs with verified costs, Arizona State University states an online format.
National, state and metro pay for buyers and purchasing agents.
Programs, pay and logistics jobs in the Phoenix metro.
18 accredited programs next door.
Six accredited programs next door.
Five accredited programs next door.
Bachelor’s degrees you can finish online from Arizona.
Every state, with its accredited programs and a link to its page.
What each job involves and the degree path into it.
