- Four programs at two schools. 2 bachelor’s, 2 master’s.
- One bachelor’s rate is on record: $10,438 a year. University of Colorado Colorado Springs reports it to IPEDS.
- Out-of-state undergraduates pay $13,517 extra per year at University of Colorado Colorado Springs. It is the one public university here with a bachelor’s.
- Supply chain managers’ BLS occupation: median $129,700. Middle half $100,950 to $157,040; nationally $107,230.
- What stands out most: warehousing. The strongest is 5,045 warehousing and storage jobs, 1.87 times the national share.
- 27 online programs take Colorado residents. Among local programs, University of Colorado Colorado Springs lists an online format.
The metro
The Census Bureau defines the Colorado Springs metro as the Colorado Springs, CO metropolitan statistical area: two counties, one central and one outlying. Every Colorado Springs figure here for jobs, pay and industry covers that whole area.
- Principal cities
- Colorado Springs
- Central counties
- El Paso County
- Outlying counties
- Teller County
Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023. Schools are placed in the metro by their county.
Programs
Colorado Springs has four accredited supply chain programs, at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs and University of Colorado Colorado Springs. By level, Colorado Springs has two bachelor’s and two master’s.
Not ranked
Business, BS - Supply Chain Management & Analytics Emphasis
Colorado Springs, CO
- On campus
- Fully online
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Online, hybrid, or on campus, UCCS delivers this supply chain and analytics emphasis inside its 120-credit Business, BS degree. The emphasis itself runs 18 to 24 semester hours and requires courses such as Forecasting, Predicting and Planning, Applied Prescriptive Analytics, Managing Service Operations, and Global Logistic and Supply Chain Management, capped by a project-management course called Bridging Strategy and Tactics in Project Management. You round it out with an elective such as database management, data management and descriptive analytics, or a business internship. UCCS says graduates go on to roles like supply chain analyst, logistics coordinator, procurement specialist, and supply chain consultant across corporate, non-profit, government, and military employers. A 2.5 GPA in the emphasis courses and a 2.0 GPA overall are required to earn the credential.
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 Colorado Springs. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: one is a bachelor’s program placed below the top 25 that the national bachelor’s list publishes.
Also Accredited In Colorado Springs
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.
Residency
The one public university with a bachelor’s in Colorado Springs is University of Colorado Colorado Springs. At that campus in Colorado Springs, a Colorado resident pays less than a nonresident.
At University of Colorado Colorado Springs, in Colorado Springs, residents pay $10,438 a year and nonresidents $23,955.
Undergraduate tuition and fees by residency at Colorado Springs schools | School | Resident | Nonresident | Difference |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs Public, CO · undergraduate, per year | $10,438 | $23,955 | $13,517 |
Tuition and required fees for a full-time undergraduate, 2023-24, as each school reports them to IPEDS, via College Navigator: University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Each school name links to its program page. Who counts as a resident is each school’s rule, set out on its own residency page.
Economy
County Business Patterns counts 10,740 transportation and warehousing jobs at 384 employers in the Colorado Springs metro for 2023, and 7,179 more in wholesale trade.
Against the national mix, Colorado Springs stands out for warehousing. In Colorado Springs, warehousing and storage holds 1.87 times its national share of freight jobs, 5,045 of them.
BLS OEWS May 2025. A location quotient of 1.0 means the occupation’s share of local jobs equals its national share; 1.5 means half again as many.
County Business Patterns 2023. Share is each line’s part of all transportation and warehousing jobs; ratio is the local share over the U.S. share. Not published: withheld by the Census Bureau to protect individual employers.
How this guide decides what a metro stands out forShow the rules
- Air cargo: air transportation holds at least twice its national share of the metro’s transportation and warehousing jobs, and at least 10,000 jobs.
- Port and water freight: water transportation holds at least twice its national share of the metro’s transportation and warehousing jobs, and at least 1,000 jobs.
- Warehousing: warehousing and storage holds at least 1.4 times its national share of the metro’s transportation and warehousing jobs, and at least 5,000 jobs.
- Parcel and courier hubs: couriers and delivery holds at least 1.5 times its national share of the metro’s transportation and warehousing jobs, and at least 5,000 jobs.
- Trucking: trucking holds at least 1.5 times its national share of the metro’s transportation and warehousing jobs, and at least 5,000 jobs.
- Distribution management: transportation, storage and distribution managers have a location quotient of 1.4 or more.
- Purchasing: purchasing managers have a location quotient of 1.4 or more.
- Operations analytics: operations research analysts have a location quotient of 1.5 or more.
- Manufacturing: industrial production managers have a location quotient of 1.5 or more.
- Freight brokerage and forwarding: cargo and freight agents have a location quotient of 1.5 or more.
Online
27 online programs say a Colorado Springs resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Colorado Springs, none of them names Colorado as closed. Closer to home, University of Colorado Colorado Springs lists an online format among the Colorado Springs programs above.
Online supply chain programs that state they enroll Colorado residents | School | Level | Credits | Enrolls From |
| American Public University West Virginia · Online Master of Arts in Supply Chain Management (MA) | Master’s | 36 | Every state |
| Boston University Massachusetts · Online Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MSSCM), Metropolitan College | Master’s | 32 | Every state |
| Florida International University Florida · Online Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MSLSCM) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| Georgia College & State University Georgia · Online Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MLSCM) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| Georgia Southern University Georgia · M.S. in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MS-LSCM) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| Middle Tennessee State University Tennessee · Supply Chain Management, M.S. | Master’s | 33 | Closed in CA, MA |
| Portland State University Oregon · Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management (MSGSCM) | Master’s | Not published | Every state |
| The Ohio State University Ohio · Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM) | Master’s | 33 | Every state |
| The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania · Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville Alabama · Master of Science in Supply Chain Management | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| University of Arkansas Arkansas · Master of Science in Supply Chain Management | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| University of Colorado at Boulder Colorado · MS Supply Chain Analytics - Online (Master of Science in Supply Chain Analytics) | Master’s | 33 | Every state |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska · M.S. in Supply Chain Management (online Master of Science in Supply Chain Management) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington North Carolina · Supply Chain Management, M.S. (Master of Science in Supply Chain Management, MS SCM) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| University of Oklahoma Oklahoma · Online MS in Supply Chain Management (catalog: Supply Chain Management (Online), M.S.) | Master’s | 32 | Every state |
| University of San Diego California · Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MSSCM) | Master’s | 33 | Closed in AL, AR, DC, GA, IA, KY, MN, MS, NJ, NC, ND, RI, WI |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tennessee · Online Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management (MS SCM); Master of Science in Supply Chain Management | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| American Public University West Virginia · Online Bachelor of Arts in Supply Chain Management (BA) | Bachelor’s | 120 | Every state |
| Appalachian State University North Carolina · Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) in Supply Chain Management | Bachelor’s | 120 | Closed in CA |
| Arizona State University Arizona · Supply Chain Management, BS | Bachelor’s | 120 | Every state |
| Ball State University Indiana · Bachelor's Degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Online) | Bachelor’s | 120 | Every state |
| East Texas A&M University Texas · Supply Chain Management (BBA) | Bachelor’s | 120 | Closed in MA |
| Florida International University Florida · Bachelor of Business Administration in Logistics and Supply Chain Management | Bachelor’s | 120 | Every state |
| Oregon State University Oregon · Supply Chain & Logistics Management | Bachelor’s | 180 | Every state |
| Portland State University Oregon · Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Global Supply Chain Management | Bachelor’s | 180 | Every state |
| Purdue University Global Indiana · Bachelor of Science in Applied Supply Chain Management | Bachelor’s | 180 | Every state |
| Utah Valley University Utah · Operations and Supply Chain Management, B.S. | Bachelor’s | 120 | Every state |
Each school’s own state-authorization page, read 2026-09-24. The table lists the programs whose page says who can enroll; “Every state” is the school’s own statement and “Closed in” lists the states it names. The rest are in the online degree ranking. Authorization changes, so confirm with the school before you apply.
How to become
- 1
Pick The Level That Fits Where You Start
Colorado Springs offers two bachelor’s and two master’s. University of Colorado Colorado Springs has the lowest in-state rate for a bachelor’s in Colorado Springs, $10,438 a year.
- 2
Keep Working While You Study
In Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Colorado Springs lists an online format. Beyond Colorado Springs, 27 online programs state they enroll Colorado residents.
- 3
Know The Local Pay Ladder Before You Negotiate
Logisticians in Colorado Springs run from $67,270 at the 10th percentile to $152,590 at the 90th, with the median at $103,480.
- 4
Aim At The Roles Colorado Springs Concentrates
Logisticians are Colorado Springs’s most concentrated supply chain occupation: 1.26 times the national share, median $103,480 in Colorado Springs.
Cost
University of Colorado Colorado Springs reports $10,438 a year in tuition and fees for a Colorado Springs bachelor’s. Colorado Springs sits at 100.7 on BEA’s 2024 price index (U.S. = 100).
Pay
BLS counts Colorado Springs’s supply chain managers among transportation, storage and distribution managers; in Colorado Springs their median is $129,700, against $107,230 nationally. Colorado Springs logisticians earn $103,480 at the median, and the middle half of them $80,220 to $127,680.
Six of the eight occupations below pay more in Colorado Springs than nationally. At Colorado Springs’s prices, the logistician median is worth $102,754 in national terms.
Supply chain pay in the Colorado Springs metro by percentile | Occupation | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | U.S. Median |
| Purchasing Managers 70 jobs | $107,620 | $119,890 | $141,400 | $163,300 | $210,920 | $148,080 |
| Operations Research Analysts 170 jobs | $84,060 | $110,630 | $140,590 | $163,730 | $174,400 | $88,940 |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Counts supply chain managers · 170 jobs | $83,550 | $100,950 | $129,700 | $157,040 | $195,570 | $107,230 |
| Industrial Production Managers 130 jobs | $74,710 | $96,880 | $127,390 | $165,730 | $202,060 | $126,060 |
| Logisticians 640 jobs | $67,270 | $80,220 | $103,480 | $127,680 | $152,590 | $82,320 |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents 1,200 jobs | $49,190 | $63,920 | $84,370 | $115,560 | $140,610 | $77,710 |
| Compliance Officers Counts customs brokers · 720 jobs | $50,450 | $63,990 | $78,420 | $100,400 | $126,190 | $80,730 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 820 jobs | $44,980 | $49,170 | $60,860 | $73,770 | $88,500 | $59,650 |
BLS OEWS May 2025, metropolitan area estimates: annual wages at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles. 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.
Questions
Which Schools In Colorado Springs Offer A Supply Chain Management Degree?
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs and University of Colorado Colorado Springs: four accredited programs in Colorado Springs.
How Much More Do Out-Of-State Students Pay In Colorado Springs?
A nonresident undergraduate in Colorado Springs pays $13,517 more a year at University of Colorado Colorado Springs, per the IPEDS report of each Colorado Springs school.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Earn In Colorado Springs?
BLS counts them among transportation, storage and distribution managers, whose Colorado Springs median is $129,700; the top tenth earn over $195,570.
What Kind Of Supply Chain Economy Does Colorado Springs Have?
By the thresholds on this page, Colorado Springs stands out for warehousing.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online From Colorado Springs?
27 online programs say a Colorado Springs resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Colorado Springs, none of them names Colorado as closed. Closer to home, University of Colorado Colorado Springs lists an online format among the Colorado Springs programs above.
Every accredited program in Colorado, with statewide pay and job growth.
All 64 metros with an accredited program, searchable.
ASCM and ISM credentials: who may sit each exam and what it costs.
Every verified online program, with tuition and campus visits.
National, state and metro pay for the managers’ occupation.
National, state and metro pay for logisticians.
No employer is named on this page: none of the sources above lists employers by metro.
