The only STEM-designated program among the 3 verified in Connecticut
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New Haven's full-time MBA is aimed at recent graduates with little or no professional experience and runs 38.5 to 44.5 credits depending on whether you qualify to waive the three business foundation courses. Among its seven concentrations, Global Supply Chain Management is one of four the university says are STEM certified by the federal government, alongside Data Analytics, Financial Analysis, and Marketing and Digital Marketing. Coursework spans accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, and statistics before you specialize. Students who waive the foundation courses and carry a 12-credit load can finish in as few as 12 months, while those who don't can still finish in less than two years. Tuition for the Professional MBA runs $1,185 per credit hour for a total program cost of $45,622. The program also builds in internships, faculty-led research, and consulting projects through its Shared Live Client Experience.
Highest six-year graduation rate of the 2 Connecticut bachelor’s schools
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Quinnipiac's BS in Supply Chain Management is an on-campus degree from the School of Business in Hamden. It requires at least 122 credits: 46 in the University Curriculum, 28 in the business core, a supply chain core, 9 elective credits in the field, and 18 open elective credits. Core courses include Transportation and Logistics Management, Procurement and Sourcing, Service Operations Management, Data-Driven Decision Making, and Negotiations and Problem Solving, and the major closes with a Management Senior Seminar. Electives range from Supply Chain Analytics and Project Management to Statistical Process Control and a business internship. The program page describes internships and a field-based capstone built around problems real companies face, along with student membership in ASCM through its New Haven chapter. You can add a Minor in Healthcare Management or a co-major in Environmental Studies with a few extra courses.
Lowest in-state tuition of the 2 Connecticut bachelor’s programs
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The University of Hartford's Barney School of Business awards a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in supply chain and logistics management. The major's core courses are Introduction to Supply Chain and Logistics Management, Supply Chain and Logistics Planning and Coordination, Supply Chain and Logistics Strategic Modeling and Data Analytics, Logistics Management, and a required internship with a local corporate partner or nonprofit. Other courses listed for the major include Sustainability and Risk Management in Business, E-Commerce, Project Management, and Facility and Event Management. Classes include projects with business partners; in one, students studied strategic sourcing at three local aerospace manufacturers using a sourcing platform from CONNSTEP, Connecticut's manufacturing extension partner. The program holds a networking and professional development event each semester, and admission is on a rolling basis.
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 Connecticut. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: two are bachelor’s programs placed below the top 25 that the national bachelor’s list publishes.
What A Supply Chain Degree Costs In Connecticut
University of New Haven is the Connecticut graduate program here with a stated price, $45,623 in total.
For a bachelor’s, University of Hartford reports the lowest in-state rate in Connecticut, $47,647 a year, and Quinnipiac University the highest, $53,090.
Graduate figures are read from each school’s own program page.
MBA Programs In Connecticut
MBA programs in supply chain management in Connecticut, by total tuition
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 Connecticut
Connecticut’s two private schools report the same undergraduate rate for Connecticut residents and nonresidents.
Tuition Discounts For Connecticut Residents
Connecticut belongs to one regional tuition exchange. Tuition Break is open to Connecticut residents for undergraduate and graduate study. Besides Connecticut, two member states have 7 programs, five of them in Massachusetts.
If the program you want isn’t offered in Connecticut, an exchange can keep a campus over the border near Connecticut’s in-state cost. Before applying, Connecticut students should ask each school whether Tuition Break covers its degree.
Connecticut borders New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Together Connecticut’s neighbors have 19 accredited programs, 12 of them in New York, more than Connecticut has itself.
Next door, the lowest stated graduate total is $26,140; in Connecticut it is $45,623. Massachusetts and Rhode Island share a tuition exchange with Connecticut.
Accredited supply chain programs in the states bordering Connecticut
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.
Studying Supply Chain Management Online In Connecticut
None of the three Connecticut directory listings names an online format; a Connecticut resident studying online would enroll elsewhere.
A Connecticut student enrolling online elsewhere should check whether the school charges Connecticut residents its online rate or a nonresident one, and whether Connecticut students must spend time on campus.
For a Connecticut student, these are the six lowest online master’s totals we list.
Lowest-cost online master’s in supply chain management open to Connecticut students
In Connecticut, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $138,680. Logisticians in Connecticut earn a median of $85,450, above the $82,320 national figure; Connecticut’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $61,490 and the top tenth over $126,880.
For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Connecticut, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $114,210, with the 10th percentile at $68,760 and the 90th at $179,230. On the procurement side, Connecticut’s purchasing managers earn a median of $138,680 and its buyers and purchasing agents $83,030, across 5,530 jobs.
Supply chain occupations in Connecticut: jobs and median pay
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no Connecticut estimate for that figure.
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 Connecticut
At 103.6 for 2024, Connecticut’s BEA price level sits 3.6% over the U.S. average, so Connecticut’s $85,450 logistician median buys what $82,473 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Connecticut ranks 31st of 51 for logistician pay.
Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Connecticut
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT pays Connecticut’s highest logistician median, $97,720, $12,270 above the Connecticut figure.
Median pay for logisticians and transportation, storage and distribution managers in Connecticut metro areas
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no estimate for that metro.
Connecticut Pay Against Its Neighbors
Massachusetts pays logisticians the most here, $100,360; Connecticut is third of 4 at $85,450. Adjusted for prices, Massachusetts leads at $94,897, and Connecticut places second.
Logistician and manager pay in Connecticut and the states it borders
Note: Price-adjusted pay divides the median by BEA’s state price level. A blank cell means no estimate.
Where The Supply Chain Jobs Are In Connecticut
Connecticut’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (5,530), then production, planning, and expediting clerks (4,090) and industrial production managers (3,360). Connecticut holds 1.1% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and Connecticut logisticians are 0.9% of the U.S. total.
The managers’ occupation has 1.418 jobs per 1,000 in Connecticut (location quotient 1), ranking Connecticut 15th of 50 and about level with the national share. In Connecticut, logisticians hold 1.296 jobs per 1,000 (0.8 quotient, 30th).
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.
Connecticut Logistics Industries
County Business Patterns counts 56,184 transportation and warehousing jobs at 1,924 Connecticut employers in 2023, plus 68,400 jobs in Connecticut’s wholesale trade. By that count Connecticut ranks 34th of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.
Within it, couriers and delivery is Connecticut’s largest freight line, 13,197 jobs, followed by warehousing and storage at 12,148. Warehousing and storage employs 12,148 people at 161 Connecticut sites, 34th among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Connecticut is water transportation, averaging $92,562 a year per job.
Logistics and wholesale industries in Connecticut: jobs, employers and average pay, 2023
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.
Supply Chain Job Growth In Connecticut Through 2034
In Connecticut, logisticians grow fastest: +21.6%, from 1,450 jobs in 2024 to 1,760 in 2034, per Connecticut’s labor market office (U.S.: +16.7%). The slowest in Connecticut is industrial production managers, at +7.2%.
Across its six core supply chain occupations, Connecticut expects about 1,260 openings a year. All six grow faster in Connecticut than across the U.S.
Projected employment for supply chain occupations in Connecticut, 2024 to 2034
Long-term projections from each state’s labor market information office, published through Projections Central (ct.gov). Openings count new jobs plus workers who retire or change careers. The core occupations leave out compliance officers and operations research analysts.
Supply Chain Occupations In Connecticut, One By One
Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Connecticut
Connecticut has 2,410 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $114,210, puts Connecticut 16th of 52. The middle half of Connecticut’s pay for this occupation runs from $82,870 to $149,660, and the outer tenths reach $68,760 and $179,230. At 1.418 jobs per 1,000 in Connecticut, its location quotient is 1 (15th). Connecticut’s labor office projects +11.8% to 2034, about 220 openings a year.
Logisticians In Connecticut
Connecticut has 2,200 logisticians. Their median, $85,450, puts Connecticut 17th of 52. The middle half of Connecticut’s pay for this occupation runs from $74,400 to $101,650, and the outer tenths reach $61,490 and $126,880. At 1.296 jobs per 1,000 in Connecticut, its location quotient is 0.8 (30th). Connecticut’s labor office projects +21.6% to 2034, about 170 openings a year.
Purchasing Managers In Connecticut
Connecticut has 1,420 purchasing managers. Their median, $138,680, puts Connecticut 21st of 51. The middle half of Connecticut’s pay for this occupation runs from $119,510 to $175,680, and the outer tenths reach $99,440 and $218,460. At 0.834 jobs per 1,000 in Connecticut, its location quotient is 1.54 (fourth). Connecticut’s labor office projects +7.8% to 2034, about 140 openings a year.
Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Connecticut
Connecticut has 5,530 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $83,030, puts Connecticut tenth of 52. The middle half of Connecticut’s pay for this occupation runs from $65,350 to $102,890, and the outer tenths reach $51,790 and $132,410. At 3.259 jobs per 1,000 in Connecticut, its location quotient is 1.03 (18th).
Operations Research Analysts In Connecticut
Connecticut has 950 operations research analysts. Their median, $96,700, puts Connecticut 16th of 48. The middle half of Connecticut’s pay for this occupation runs from $79,330 to $110,170, and the outer tenths reach $61,300 and $131,030. At 0.558 jobs per 1,000 in Connecticut, its location quotient is 0.8 (22nd). Connecticut’s labor office projects +11.3% to 2034, about 70 openings a year.
Industrial Production Managers In Connecticut
Connecticut has 3,360 industrial production managers. Their median, $134,780, puts Connecticut eighth of 51. The middle half of Connecticut’s pay for this occupation runs from $106,140 to $163,270, and the outer tenths reach $91,360 and $202,560. At 1.979 jobs per 1,000 in Connecticut, its location quotient is 1.25 (ninth). Connecticut’s labor office projects +7.2% to 2034, about 260 openings a year.
Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Connecticut
Connecticut has 4,090 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $63,240, puts Connecticut seventh of 52. The middle half of Connecticut’s pay for this occupation runs from $52,570 to $83,630, and the outer tenths reach $46,630 and $100,840. At 2.412 jobs per 1,000 in Connecticut, its location quotient is 0.96 (17th). Connecticut’s labor office projects +7.3% to 2034, about 420 openings a year.
Compliance Officers In Connecticut
Connecticut has 3,610 compliance officers. Their median, $91,810, puts Connecticut fifth of 52. The middle half of Connecticut’s pay for this occupation runs from $71,810 to $109,990, and the outer tenths reach $60,050 and $137,690. At 2.131 jobs per 1,000 in Connecticut, its location quotient is 0.79 (39th). Connecticut’s labor office projects +6.3% to 2034, about 270 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.
Connecticut Freight And The Supply Chain Economy
Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Connecticut, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 167.5 million tons of freight worth $392.2 billion moved in 2024. That ranks Connecticut 32nd of 51 by value and 41st by weight, and 50.5% of its tonnage never leaves the state.
By value, mixed freight and pharmaceuticals lead Connecticut’s freight. By weight, Connecticut moves mostly natural gas and fossil products and gravel. In Connecticut, trucks carry 76.2% of the tons, pipelines 17.4%.
Connecticut’s largest domestic trading partner is New York ($52.5 billion, both directions), then Massachusetts and New Jersey. Connecticut exported $16.7 billion of freight, mostly to Europe, and imported $21.0 billion, mostly from Europe. The framework forecasts Connecticut’s tonnage to grow 53.1% by 2050 and its real value 92.5%.
The five largest commodities by value in Connecticut freight, 2024
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.
Connecticut Metro Areas With Supply Chain Programs
Connecticut’s programs fall across two Census areas, led by New Haven, CT with two schools.
New Haven, CT (metro area): Quinnipiac University and University of New Haven.
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT (metro area): University of Hartford.
Areas are Census Bureau CBSAs (July 2023), assigned by each school’s county.
Connecticut City Guides
Connecticut has two city pages: New Haven and Hartford.
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.
Connecticut Programs In The National Rankings
MBA ranking: one of the 38 programs is in Connecticut, and the best placed is University of New Haven at number 14.
How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In Connecticut
With three accredited programs in Connecticut, the choice at home is short: Quinnipiac University, University of Hartford and University of New Haven. If none fits, Connecticut’s neighbor New York has 12.
Ask about Tuition Break before ruling out a school outside Connecticut; Connecticut’s residents can use it for undergraduate and graduate study.
Match the program to where you’ll work: in Connecticut, Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT pays logisticians most, $97,720 against $85,450 statewide.
Look at demand too: in Connecticut, logisticians grow fastest, +21.6% by 2034.
FAQ
How Many Supply Chain Management Programs Are In Connecticut?
This directory lists three accredited supply chain programs in Connecticut, at three schools: two bachelor’s and one master’s.
How Much Does A Supply Chain Management Degree Cost In Connecticut?
University of New Haven states a graduate total of $45,623. For a bachelor’s in Connecticut, in-state tuition and fees per year run from $47,647 to $53,090, as schools report them to IPEDS.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Make In Connecticut?
In Connecticut, the occupation counting supply chain managers pays a median of $114,210 across 2,410 jobs, against $107,230 nationally.
How Much Do Logisticians Make In Connecticut?
The logistician median in Connecticut is $85,450, across 2,200 jobs. At Connecticut’s price level of 103.6 (U.S. = 100), it buys what $82,473 would nationally.
Which Connecticut Metro Area Pays Supply Chain Workers The Most?
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT has Connecticut’s highest logistician median, $97,720. It also pays Connecticut’s managers’ occupation the most, $131,970.
How Does Connecticut Supply Chain Pay Compare With Neighboring States?
Of the 4 states compared with Connecticut, Massachusetts pays logisticians the most, $100,360; Connecticut ranks third at $85,450. After adjusting for prices, Connecticut ranks second.
How Many Logistics Jobs Are In Connecticut?
Census County Business Patterns counts 56,184 transportation and warehousing jobs in Connecticut for 2023, 12,148 of them in warehousing and storage. BLS counts 2,200 Connecticut logisticians, the planners who run those flows.
Which Supply Chain Job Pays The Most In Connecticut?
Purchasing managers earn Connecticut’s highest supply chain median, $138,680, then industrial production managers at $134,780.
Is Supply Chain Management In Demand In Connecticut?
Connecticut’s labor market office expects logisticians in Connecticut to grow 21.6% by 2034, against 16.7% nationally, and Connecticut expects about 1,260 openings a year across Connecticut’s six core supply chain occupations.
Can Connecticut Residents Get A Tuition Discount At Out-Of-State Schools?
Yes. Connecticut is in Tuition Break. Tuition Break reaches 7 accredited programs outside Connecticut and covers undergraduate and graduate study for Connecticut residents. Before applying, Connecticut students should ask whether Tuition Break covers the program.
