- Four programs at two schools. 1 associate’s, 2 bachelor’s, 1 master’s.
- Bachelor’s tuition and fees run $2,657 to $19,407 a year. Rates are as each school reports them to IPEDS.
- Out-of-state undergraduates pay $13,443 extra per year at University of North Florida. Florida State College at Jacksonville also charges nonresidents more.
- Supply chain managers’ BLS occupation: median $112,360. Middle half $78,200 to $158,250; nationally $107,230.
- What stands out most: port and water freight. The strongest is 2,591 water transportation jobs, 5.20 times the national share.
The metro
The Census Bureau defines the Jacksonville metro as the Jacksonville, FL metropolitan statistical area: five counties, three central and two outlying. Every Jacksonville figure here for jobs, pay and industry covers that whole area.
- Principal cities
- Jacksonville
- Central counties
- Clay County, Duval County and St. Johns County
- Outlying counties
- Baker County and Nassau County
Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023. Schools are placed in the metro by their county.
Programs
Jacksonville has four accredited supply chain programs, at Florida State College at Jacksonville and University of North Florida. By level, Jacksonville has one associate’s, two bachelor’s and one master’s.
Not ranked
Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MSLSCM)
Jacksonville, FL
- On campus
- Fully online
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Evening classes starting at 6 p.m. or later keep this one workable for people with day jobs: the University of North Florida's Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management runs 30 credit hours in-person or online, with students finishing in 12 to 20 months. You can start in fall, spring or summer. The curriculum covers a graduate survey of transportation, decision-making with data, strategic logistics management, modeling and management of operations, strategic sourcing, process management and quality improvement, supply chain management and international logistics, plus an elective in global economy, economic geography, or a special topics course, and it ends with a research project-thesis. The Coggin College of Business holds AACSB accreditation, held by fewer than 5% of business programs worldwide.
Ranked 7 of 147 bachelor’s programs
Logistics (B.A.S.)
Jacksonville, FL
- Fully online
- ACBSP-accredited program
- Lowest in-state tuition of the 2 Jacksonville bachelor’s programs
More about this program
A Bachelor of Applied Science in Logistics runs fully online at Florida State College at Jacksonville across 120 credits, with coursework spanning supply chain management, logistics technologies, global operations, financial management, strategic transportation, and regulatory compliance. AffordableColleges.com ranked the program eighth nationally for affordable online supply chain management degrees, and TheBestSchools.org named it one of the ten best online bachelor's programs in supply chain logistics. Graduates aim for roles such as operations manager, transportation manager, warehouse manager, distribution manager, logistics coordinator, and logistician. ACBSP accredits the degree. In-state Florida residents pay $116.52 per credit hour for upper-division coursework, and non-residents taking the online courses pay $227.09 per credit hour.
Ranked 13 of 147 bachelor’s programs
Transportation and Logistics
Jacksonville, FL
- On campus
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Eighteen credit hours of major coursework anchor UNF's Transportation and Logistics degree, covering foundations of transportation, logistics systems management, logistics subsystems analysis, international logistics, and a required course in supply chain management, plus a Capstone in Supply Chain Management. You then choose electives such as purchasing management, warehouse management, or a logistics internship. The Coggin College of Business says its curriculum qualifies graduates for the APICS certification (CTL) blanket waiver, a distinction held by only 30 academic affiliates nationwide, and reports that 75% of program graduates receive job offers in their field. Jacksonville-based transportation and logistics companies provide more than $44,000 in scholarships to T&L majors each year, and the program has drawn recruiters from firms including CSX, Landstar, Crowley, and Southeast Toyota Distributors. Students can add a Logistics or Supply Chain Management minor, each requiring 12 semester hours taken at UNF.
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 Jacksonville. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: one doesn’t state enough of the figures its national ranking scores.
Also Accredited In Jacksonville
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 public universities with a bachelor’s in Jacksonville are University of North Florida and Florida State College at Jacksonville. At each public in Jacksonville, a Florida resident pays less than a nonresident.
At University of North Florida, the widest gap in Jacksonville, residents pay $5,964 a year and nonresidents $19,407. At Florida State College at Jacksonville the gap is $6,974.
Undergraduate tuition and fees by residency at Jacksonville schools | School | Resident | Nonresident | Difference |
| University of North Florida Public, FL · undergraduate, per year | $5,964 | $19,407 | $13,443 |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville Public, FL · undergraduate, per year | $2,657 | $9,631 | $6,974 |
Tuition and required fees for a full-time undergraduate, 2023-24, as each school reports them to IPEDS, via College Navigator: University of North Florida and Florida State College at Jacksonville. 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 52,252 transportation and warehousing jobs at 1,883 employers in the Jacksonville metro for 2023, and 31,072 more in wholesale trade.
Against the national mix, Jacksonville stands out for port and water freight, operations analytics, distribution management and freight brokerage and forwarding. Jacksonville’s location quotients: 2.1 for operations research analysts, 1.46 for transportation, storage and distribution managers and 1.51 for cargo and freight agents. In Jacksonville, water transportation holds 5.20 times its national share of freight jobs, 2,591 of them.
Supply chain occupations in the Jacksonville metro by concentration | Occupation | Jobs | Location Quotient |
| Operations Research Analysts | 1,120 | 2.1 |
| Logisticians | 2,040 | 1.65 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 720 | 1.51 |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Counts supply chain managers | 1,600 | 1.46 |
| Compliance Officers Counts customs brokers | 2,050 | 1 |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents | 2,310 | 0.95 |
| Purchasing Managers | 370 | 0.89 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 1,590 | 0.83 |
| Industrial Production Managers | 770 | 0.63 |
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 Jacksonville resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Jacksonville, none of them names Florida as closed.
Online supply chain programs that state they enroll Florida 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
Jacksonville offers one associate’s, two bachelor’s and one master’s. Florida State College at Jacksonville has the lowest in-state rate for a bachelor’s in Jacksonville, $2,657 a year.
- 2
Keep Working While You Study
Beyond Jacksonville, 27 online programs state they enroll Florida residents.
- 3
Know The Local Pay Ladder Before You Negotiate
Logisticians in Jacksonville run from $45,080 at the 10th percentile to $130,290 at the 90th, with the median at $80,230.
- 4
Aim At The Roles Jacksonville Concentrates
Operations research analysts are Jacksonville’s most concentrated supply chain occupation: 2.1 times the national share, median $79,250 in Jacksonville.
Cost
For a Jacksonville bachelor’s, tuition and fees run $2,657 to $19,407 a year. Jacksonville sits at 99.5 on BEA’s 2024 price index (U.S. = 100).
Pay
BLS counts Jacksonville’s supply chain managers among transportation, storage and distribution managers; in Jacksonville their median is $112,360, against $107,230 nationally. Jacksonville logisticians earn $80,230 at the median, and the middle half of them $60,930 to $103,380.
One of the nine occupations below pay more in Jacksonville than nationally. At Jacksonville’s prices, the logistician median is worth $80,646 in national terms.
Supply chain pay in the Jacksonville metro by percentile | Occupation | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | U.S. Median |
| Purchasing Managers 370 jobs | $83,830 | $104,340 | $136,970 | $165,770 | $204,670 | $148,080 |
| Industrial Production Managers 770 jobs | $72,790 | $90,210 | $122,190 | $167,470 | $214,270 | $126,060 |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Counts supply chain managers · 1,600 jobs | $55,840 | $78,200 | $112,360 | $158,250 | $195,580 | $107,230 |
| Logisticians 2,040 jobs | $45,080 | $60,930 | $80,230 | $103,380 | $130,290 | $82,320 |
| Operations Research Analysts 1,120 jobs | $50,620 | $63,790 | $79,250 | $104,220 | $128,890 | $88,940 |
| Compliance Officers Counts customs brokers · 2,050 jobs | $44,120 | $56,470 | $76,760 | $103,890 | $129,640 | $80,730 |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents 2,310 jobs | $46,220 | $58,330 | $73,920 | $100,120 | $122,930 | $77,710 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 1,590 jobs | $39,120 | $46,040 | $54,200 | $64,940 | $80,700 | $59,650 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents 720 jobs | $41,930 | $47,780 | $50,740 | $60,650 | $74,240 | $52,260 |
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 Jacksonville Offer A Supply Chain Management Degree?
Florida State College at Jacksonville and University of North Florida: four accredited programs in Jacksonville.
How Much More Do Out-Of-State Students Pay In Jacksonville?
A nonresident undergraduate in Jacksonville pays $13,443 more a year at University of North Florida and $6,974 more a year at Florida State College at Jacksonville, per the IPEDS report of each Jacksonville school.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Earn In Jacksonville?
BLS counts them among transportation, storage and distribution managers, whose Jacksonville median is $112,360; the top tenth earn over $195,580.
What Kind Of Supply Chain Economy Does Jacksonville Have?
By the thresholds on this page, Jacksonville stands out for port and water freight, operations analytics, distribution management and freight brokerage and forwarding.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online From Jacksonville?
27 online programs say a Jacksonville resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Jacksonville, none of them names Florida as closed.
Other city guides in Florida | City | Programs | Manager Median |
| Miami Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 2 | $104,010 |
| Tampa Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 2 | $102,530 |
| Orlando Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 1 | $100,220 |
Every accredited program in Florida, with statewide pay and job growth.
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ASCM and ISM credentials: who may sit each exam and what it costs.
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National, state and metro pay for the managers’ occupation.
National, state and metro pay for logisticians.
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