Supply Chain Management Degrees In Delaware

The Nearest Supply Chain Programs To Delaware

Neither accreditor lists a supply chain, logistics or transportation program in Delaware. For Delaware, the closest accredited options are across the border: Pennsylvania (38), New Jersey (19) and Maryland (10).

The table gives the lowest verified cost in each of Delaware’s neighbors.

Every Accredited Program In The States Around Delaware

Delaware’s neighbors have 39 programs; the first 30 by state are below. Six of them name an online format, which a Delaware resident could take without crossing the border.

Tuition Discounts For Delaware Residents

Delaware belongs to one regional tuition exchange. ACM is open to Delaware residents for undergraduate and graduate study. Besides Delaware, 14 member states have 217 programs, 51 of them in Texas.

For a Delaware student, an exchange is the main way to save. Before applying, Delaware students should ask each school whether ACM covers its degree.

Studying Supply Chain Management Online In Delaware

Without a campus program in Delaware, online study is how a Delaware resident earns an accredited degree without moving.

A Delaware student enrolling online elsewhere should check whether the school charges Delaware residents its online rate or a nonresident one, and whether Delaware students must spend time on campus.

For a Delaware student, these are the six lowest online master’s totals we list.

Supply Chain Pay In Delaware

In Delaware, industrial production managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $153,000. Logisticians in Delaware earn a median of $96,090, above the $82,320 national figure; Delaware’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $67,380 and the top tenth over $139,590.

For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Delaware, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $145,000, with the 10th percentile at $101,250 and the 90th at $210,080.

Pay And The Cost Of Living In Delaware

At 99.8 for 2024, Delaware’s BEA price level sits 0.2% under the U.S. average, so Delaware’s $96,090 logistician median buys what $96,275 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Delaware ranks seventh of 51 for logistician pay.

Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Delaware

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD pays Delaware’s highest logistician median, $86,900, $9,190 below the Delaware figure. Metros crossing into Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland count their jobs outside Delaware too.

Delaware Pay Against Its Neighbors

Maryland pays logisticians the most here, $102,700; Delaware is second of 4 at $96,090. Adjusted for prices, Maryland leads at $97,848, and Delaware places second.

Where The Supply Chain Jobs Are In Delaware

Delaware’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (1,400), then logisticians (520) and production, planning, and expediting clerks (450). Delaware holds 0.1% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and Delaware logisticians are 0.2% of the U.S. total.

The managers’ occupation has 0.645 jobs per 1,000 in Delaware (location quotient 0.45), ranking Delaware 46th of 50 and well below the national share. In Delaware, logisticians hold 1.064 jobs per 1,000 (0.66 quotient, 38th).

Delaware Logistics Industries

County Business Patterns counts 19,114 transportation and warehousing jobs at 878 Delaware employers in 2023, plus 19,569 jobs in Delaware’s wholesale trade. By that count Delaware ranks 41st of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.

Within it, warehousing and storage is Delaware’s largest freight line, 6,794 jobs, followed by couriers and delivery at 3,819. Warehousing and storage employs 6,794 people at 97 Delaware sites, 37th among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Delaware is trucking, averaging $72,268 a year per job.

Supply Chain Job Growth In Delaware Through 2034

In Delaware, logisticians grow fastest: +18.7%, from 510 jobs in 2024 to 600 in 2034, per Delaware’s labor market office (U.S.: +16.7%). The slowest in Delaware is purchasing managers, at -0.7%.

Across its five core supply chain occupations, Delaware expects about 170 openings a year. Four of Delaware’s five are projected to outpace the U.S.

Supply Chain Occupations In Delaware, One By One

Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Delaware

Delaware has 310 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $145,000, puts Delaware first of 52. The middle half of Delaware’s pay for this occupation runs from $124,290 to $176,010, and the outer tenths reach $101,250 and $210,080. At 0.645 jobs per 1,000 in Delaware, its location quotient is 0.45 (46th). Delaware’s labor office projects +12.1% to 2034, about 30 openings a year.

Logisticians In Delaware

Delaware has 520 logisticians. Their median, $96,090, puts Delaware ninth of 52. The middle half of Delaware’s pay for this occupation runs from $73,820 to $115,950, and the outer tenths reach $67,380 and $139,590. At 1.064 jobs per 1,000 in Delaware, its location quotient is 0.66 (38th). Delaware’s labor office projects +18.7% to 2034, about 60 openings a year.

Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Delaware

Delaware has 1,400 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $82,920, puts Delaware 11th of 52. The middle half of Delaware’s pay for this occupation runs from $67,150 to $100,660, and the outer tenths reach $57,530 and $128,040. At 2.888 jobs per 1,000 in Delaware, its location quotient is 0.91 (28th).

Operations Research Analysts In Delaware

Delaware has 660 operations research analysts. Their median, $101,070, puts Delaware ninth of 48. The middle half of Delaware’s pay for this occupation runs from $77,520 to $130,100, and the outer tenths reach $62,510 and $132,780. At 1.365 jobs per 1,000 in Delaware, its location quotient is 1.96 (sixth). Delaware’s labor office projects +14.5% to 2034, about 50 openings a year.

Industrial Production Managers In Delaware

Delaware has 370 industrial production managers. Their median, $153,000, puts Delaware first of 51. The middle half of Delaware’s pay for this occupation runs from $129,290 to $178,190, and the outer tenths reach $99,770 and $214,960. At 0.764 jobs per 1,000 in Delaware, its location quotient is 0.48 (45th). Delaware’s labor office projects +6.6% to 2034, about 30 openings a year.

Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Delaware

Delaware has 450 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $62,700, puts Delaware tenth of 52. The middle half of Delaware’s pay for this occupation runs from $48,800 to $77,080, and the outer tenths reach $44,230 and $92,440. At 0.934 jobs per 1,000 in Delaware, its location quotient is 0.37 (49th). Delaware’s labor office projects +4.5% to 2034, about 40 openings a year.

Compliance Officers In Delaware

Delaware has 2,150 compliance officers. Their median, $91,050, puts Delaware sixth of 52. The middle half of Delaware’s pay for this occupation runs from $65,520 to $105,800, and the outer tenths reach $51,930 and $137,540. At 4.428 jobs per 1,000 in Delaware, its location quotient is 1.65 (fourth). Delaware’s labor office projects +4% to 2034, about 200 openings a year.

Delaware Freight And The Supply Chain Economy

Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Delaware, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 66.6 million tons of freight worth $132.9 billion moved in 2024. That ranks Delaware 42nd of 51 by value and 46th by weight, and 34.5% of its tonnage never leaves the state.

By value, pharmaceuticals and mixed freight lead Delaware’s freight. By weight, Delaware moves mostly other farm products and cereal grains. In Delaware, trucks carry 72% of the tons, pipelines 12.4% and rail 9.1%.

Delaware’s largest domestic trading partner is Pennsylvania ($19.0 billion, both directions), then New Jersey and Maryland. Delaware exported $4.8 billion of freight, mostly to Eastern Asia, and imported $10.4 billion, mostly from Europe. The framework forecasts Delaware’s tonnage to grow 64.1% by 2050 and its real value 112%.

Delaware City Guides

Delaware has one city page, for Philadelphia.

How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In Delaware

1. For a Delaware student, weigh a campus in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland against an online program; Pennsylvania has the most choice next door, with 38.
2. Ask about ACM before ruling out a school outside Delaware; Delaware’s residents can use it for undergraduate and graduate study.
3. Match the program to where you’ll work: in Delaware, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD pays logisticians most, $86,900 against $96,090 statewide.
4. Look at demand too: in Delaware, logisticians grow fastest, +18.7% by 2034.

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