Nine programs at six schools. 6 bachelor’s, 3 master’s.
Stated graduate totals run $66,240 to $66,240. Lowest in-state bachelor’s rate: $14,085.
Out-of-state undergraduates pay $21,132 extra per year at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is the public university here with the widest residency gap.
Annual supply chain openings: about 4,830. Fastest growth to 2034: logisticians, +16%.
Accredited Supply Chain Programs In Illinois
By level, Illinois has six bachelor’s and three master’s. Every Illinois program sits in an AACSB-accredited business school.
Loyola University Chicago offers the most in Illinois: four programs, from bachelor’s and master’s study. Across Illinois, one listing names an online format.
Weekday evening classes at Loyola's Water Tower Campus in Chicago make up Quinlan School of Business's Supply Chain Management MS, and the school says most of its courses are also offered online. The program is STEM-certified by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation. It runs 36 credit hours at $1,840 per credit hour, for an estimated $66,240 in tuition and fees. New students start in fall or spring under a rolling admission policy, and if you're not ready to commit to the degree, you can take up to three courses as a non-degree student and later apply them toward it. Current Loyola undergraduates can also start earning credit toward the degree as seniors through an Accelerated Master's Pathway. Within a month of graduating, all of the program's graduates have a job, the school reports, at companies including BNSF, Bosch, IBM and Maersk.
Loyola's Next Generation MBA at the Quinlan School of Business lets you build a STEM-designated focus in supply chain management alongside marketing, information systems management, finance, or a general track. You choose between a one-year full-time track (36 credit hours) or a two-year part-time track called MBA: Flexible (48 credit hours), both priced at $1,840 per credit hour, putting estimated tuition and fees at $66,240 or $88,320. Classes meet weekday evenings and Saturdays, on campus at Loyola's Water Tower location and online. Every student completes a required Business Consulting course working with a real client. Quinlan is AACSB accredited, which the school says puts it among the 6% of business schools meeting that standard, and U.S. News ranked its part-time MBA No. 44 nationally and among the top 3 in Chicago in 2026.
Highest six-year graduation rate of the 3 Illinois bachelor’s schools
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The Gies College of Business at Illinois offers a STEM-designated BS in supply chain management that requires 124 hours and an approved internship, completed and reported before you enroll in Supply Chain Modeling and Analytics. Entry is by application: current Gies students at freshman through junior standing with at least a 3.25 GPA apply in fall or spring. The 27-hour major covers Purchasing and Supply Management, Global Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, IT for Networked Organizations and AI-Integrated Supply Chain and Operations Strategy, plus one elective such as Project Management or Business Process Improvement. It ends with a practicum in which teams solve real supply chain problems. A corporate affiliates program of large companies advises on the curriculum.
Saint Xavier University's BBA with a concentration in supply chain management is a 120-credit program from its AACSB-accredited business school in Chicago. The concentration sits on top of the business major core and blends in-person classes with online supply chain courses offered through a partnership with Rize Education. Coursework covers topics such as forecasting and logistics planning, and assignments ask you to design logistics networks and contingency plans for actual products. Every class includes project work, and the program ends with a capstone created in partnership with companies, in which you analyze an existing corporate supply chain and build a portfolio to show employers. An accelerated BBA+MBA dual degree lets you finish both in five years.
Lowest in-state tuition of the 3 Illinois bachelor’s programs
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Twenty-seven semester hours of departmental core courses anchor Western Illinois University's Bachelor of Business in Supply Chain Management, covering logistics, transportation, international business, professional selling, negotiations, and purchasing. Western runs the full 120-semester-hour degree at its Macomb and Quad Cities campuses and fully online, with no requirement to visit campus for the online track. Online students can transfer in up to 90 credits from a previous school. Undergraduates pay $350.10 per credit hour under the tuition plan for students entering in fall 2026, spring 2027 or summer 2027, with no separate international rate applying to US students. The program also offers an integrated path that lets students add a Master of Business Administration and finish both degrees in five years.
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 Illinois. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: three are bachelor’s programs placed below the top 25 that the national bachelor’s list publishes.
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.
What A Supply Chain Degree Costs In Illinois
In Illinois, stated graduate totals run from $66,240 at Loyola University Chicago to $66,240 at Loyola University Chicago.
For a bachelor’s, Western Illinois University reports the lowest in-state rate in Illinois, $14,085 a year, and Saint Xavier University the highest, $36,840.
Graduate figures are read from each school’s own program page.
Master’s Programs In Illinois
Master’s in supply chain management programs in Illinois, 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 Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reports charging nonresidents $21,132 more a year than Illinois residents. Saint Xavier University, the private school on Illinois’s list, reports one rate for everyone. For an Illinois student, residency at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is worth about $84,528 over four years.
Supply Chain Programs Near Illinois
Illinois borders Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky and Iowa. Together Illinois’s neighbors have 50 accredited programs, 15 of them in Missouri, more than Illinois has itself.
Next door, the lowest stated graduate total is $22,440; in Illinois it is $66,240.
Accredited supply chain programs in the states bordering Illinois
$9,728 ($21,272 nonresident), University of Northern Iowa
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 Illinois
One of the nine Illinois directory listings name an online format, so some Illinois students can skip the commute to an in-state school.
Residency can still matter online for an Illinois student: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign charges Illinois’s nonresidents $21,132 more a year on campus; an Illinois student should check whether its online rate differs.
In Illinois, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $153,370. Logisticians in Illinois earn a median of $80,100, below the $82,320 national figure; Illinois’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $48,020 and the top tenth over $128,070.
For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Illinois, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $120,250, with the 10th percentile at $68,310 and the 90th at $207,570. On the procurement side, Illinois’s purchasing managers earn a median of $153,370 and its buyers and purchasing agents $78,470, across 19,660 jobs.
Supply chain occupations in Illinois: jobs and median pay
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 Illinois
At 100.0 for 2024, Illinois’s BEA price level sits 0% under the U.S. average, so Illinois’s $80,100 logistician median buys what $80,134 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Illinois ranks 38th of 51 for logistician pay.
Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Illinois
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL pays Illinois’s highest logistician median, $100,710, $20,610 above the Illinois figure. Metros crossing into Indiana, Missouri and Iowa count their jobs outside Illinois too.
Median pay for logisticians and transportation, storage and distribution managers in Illinois metro areas
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 Illinois
Illinois’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (19,660), then logisticians (14,170) and production, planning, and expediting clerks (11,900). Illinois holds 5% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and Illinois logisticians are 5.6% of the U.S. total.
The managers’ occupation has 1.809 jobs per 1,000 in Illinois (location quotient 1.27), ranking Illinois sixth of 50 and well above the national share. In Illinois, logisticians hold 2.323 jobs per 1,000 (1.44 quotient, sixth).
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.
Illinois Logistics Industries
County Business Patterns counts 349,235 transportation and warehousing jobs at 20,586 Illinois employers in 2023, plus 322,193 jobs in Illinois’s wholesale trade. By that count Illinois ranks fourth of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.
Within it, warehousing and storage is Illinois’s largest freight line, 86,938 jobs, followed by trucking at 86,658. Warehousing and storage employs 86,938 people at 976 Illinois sites, sixth among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Illinois is water transportation, averaging $98,338 a year per job.
Logistics and wholesale industries in Illinois: 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 Illinois Through 2034
In Illinois, logisticians grow fastest: +16%, from 10,680 jobs in 2024 to 12,390 in 2034, per Illinois’s labor market office (U.S.: +16.7%). The slowest in Illinois is production, planning, and expediting clerks, at -2.5%.
Across its six core supply chain occupations, Illinois expects about 4,830 openings a year. One of Illinois’s six is projected to outpace the U.S.
Projected employment for supply chain occupations in Illinois, 2024 to 2034
Long-term projections from each state’s labor market information office, published through Projections Central (ides.illinois.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 Illinois, One By One
Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Illinois
Illinois has 11,030 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $120,250, puts Illinois 11th of 52. The middle half of Illinois’s pay for this occupation runs from $91,940 to $156,020, and the outer tenths reach $68,310 and $207,570. At 1.809 jobs per 1,000 in Illinois, its location quotient is 1.27 (sixth). Illinois’s labor office projects +6.1% to 2034, about 1,090 openings a year.
Logisticians In Illinois
Illinois has 14,170 logisticians. Their median, $80,100, puts Illinois 28th of 52. The middle half of Illinois’s pay for this occupation runs from $63,300 to $100,620, and the outer tenths reach $48,020 and $128,070. At 2.323 jobs per 1,000 in Illinois, its location quotient is 1.44 (sixth). Illinois’s labor office projects +16% to 2034, about 1,160 openings a year.
Purchasing Managers In Illinois
Illinois has 4,160 purchasing managers. Their median, $153,370, puts Illinois 14th of 51. The middle half of Illinois’s pay for this occupation runs from $127,070 to $183,930, and the outer tenths reach $100,990 and $225,450. At 0.682 jobs per 1,000 in Illinois, its location quotient is 1.26 (11th). Illinois’s labor office projects +1.3% to 2034, about 310 openings a year.
Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Illinois
Illinois has 19,660 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $78,470, puts Illinois 15th of 52. The middle half of Illinois’s pay for this occupation runs from $61,940 to $100,530, and the outer tenths reach $50,710 and $126,640. At 3.224 jobs per 1,000 in Illinois, its location quotient is 1.02 (19th).
Operations Research Analysts In Illinois
Illinois has 5,180 operations research analysts. Their median, $89,800, puts Illinois 24th of 48. The middle half of Illinois’s pay for this occupation runs from $75,490 to $126,920, and the outer tenths reach $62,500 and $164,990. At 0.849 jobs per 1,000 in Illinois, its location quotient is 1.22 (12th). Illinois’s labor office projects +19.5% to 2034, about 410 openings a year.
Industrial Production Managers In Illinois
Illinois has 11,570 industrial production managers. Their median, $127,270, puts Illinois 17th of 51. The middle half of Illinois’s pay for this occupation runs from $101,990 to $162,070, and the outer tenths reach $82,900 and $205,310. At 1.898 jobs per 1,000 in Illinois, its location quotient is 1.2 (14th). Illinois’s labor office projects +0.6% to 2034, about 840 openings a year.
Cargo And Freight Agents In Illinois
Illinois has 6,110 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $59,750, puts Illinois ninth of 49. The middle half of Illinois’s pay for this occupation runs from $48,840 to $62,480, and the outer tenths reach $40,030 and $80,580. At 1.003 jobs per 1,000 in Illinois, its location quotient is 1.6 (fifth). Illinois’s labor office projects +7.9% to 2034, about 600 openings a year.
Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Illinois
Illinois has 11,900 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $57,880, puts Illinois 31st of 52. The middle half of Illinois’s pay for this occupation runs from $47,250 to $71,760, and the outer tenths reach $39,880 and $87,960. At 1.952 jobs per 1,000 in Illinois, its location quotient is 0.78 (25th). Illinois’s labor office projects -2.5% to 2034, about 830 openings a year.
Compliance Officers In Illinois
Illinois has 10,650 compliance officers. Their median, $80,550, puts Illinois 19th of 52. The middle half of Illinois’s pay for this occupation runs from $62,850 to $108,360, and the outer tenths reach $50,040 and $132,290. At 1.746 jobs per 1,000 in Illinois, its location quotient is 0.65 (50th). Illinois’s labor office projects +2% to 2034, about 790 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.
Illinois Freight And The Supply Chain Economy
Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Illinois, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 1.28 billion tons of freight worth $2.07 trillion moved in 2024. That ranks Illinois third of 51 by value and fourth by weight, and 43.1% of its tonnage never leaves the state.
By value, pharmaceuticals and electronics lead Illinois’s freight. By weight, Illinois moves mostly cereal grains and crude petroleum. In Illinois, trucks carry 59.1% of the tons, pipelines 21.8% and rail 8.5%.
Illinois’s largest domestic trading partner is Indiana ($121.8 billion, both directions), then Wisconsin and Texas. Illinois exported $89.5 billion of freight, mostly to Canada, and imported $209.8 billion, mostly from Canada. The framework forecasts Illinois’s tonnage to grow 42.8% by 2050 and its real value 81.9%.
The five largest commodities by value in Illinois 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.
Illinois Metro Areas With Supply Chain Programs
Illinois’s programs fall across four Census areas, led by Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN with three schools.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (metro area): Loyola University Chicago, Governors State University and Saint Xavier University.
The area crosses into IN.
Champaign-Urbana, IL (metro area): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Macomb, IL (micropolitan area): Western Illinois University.
Peoria, IL (metro area): Bradley University.
Areas are Census Bureau CBSAs (July 2023), assigned by each school’s county.
Illinois City Guides
Illinois has two city pages: St. Louis and Chicago.
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.
Illinois Programs In The National Rankings
Master’s ranking: one of the 58 programs is in Illinois, and the best placed is Loyola University Chicago at number 44.
MBA ranking: one of the 38 programs is in Illinois, and the best placed is Loyola University Chicago at number 22.
Start with the level: Illinois’s nine listings split into six bachelor’s and three master’s.
Compare totals, not per-credit rates. Among Illinois’s priced graduate programs, Loyola University Chicago costs $0 less in total than Loyola University Chicago.
Stay in state if you can. At University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an Illinois resident pays $18,060 a year against $39,192 for everyone else.
Check the format line by line: one of Illinois’s nine directory listings name an online option, and Loyola University Chicago states an online graduate format on its own page.
Match the program to where you’ll work: in Illinois, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL pays logisticians most, $100,710 against $80,100 statewide.
Look at demand too: in Illinois, logisticians grow fastest, +16% by 2034.
FAQ
How Many Supply Chain Management Programs Are In Illinois?
This directory lists nine accredited supply chain programs in Illinois, at six schools: six bachelor’s and three master’s.
How Much Does A Supply Chain Management Degree Cost In Illinois?
Stated graduate totals in Illinois run from $66,240 at Loyola University Chicago to $66,240 at Loyola University Chicago. For a bachelor’s in Illinois, in-state tuition and fees per year run from $14,085 to $36,840, as schools report them to IPEDS.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Make In Illinois?
In Illinois, the occupation counting supply chain managers pays a median of $120,250 across 11,030 jobs, against $107,230 nationally.
How Much Do Logisticians Make In Illinois?
The logistician median in Illinois is $80,100, across 14,170 jobs. At Illinois’s price level of 100.0 (U.S. = 100), it buys what $80,134 would nationally.
Which Illinois Metro Area Pays Supply Chain Workers The Most?
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL has Illinois’s highest logistician median, $100,710. Decatur, IL pays Illinois’s managers’ occupation the most, $160,460.
How Does Illinois Supply Chain Pay Compare With Neighboring States?
Illinois pays logisticians the most of the 6 states compared, $80,100. After adjusting for prices, Illinois ranks fourth.
How Many Logistics Jobs Are In Illinois?
Census County Business Patterns counts 349,235 transportation and warehousing jobs in Illinois for 2023, 86,938 of them in warehousing and storage. BLS counts 14,170 Illinois logisticians, the planners who run those flows.
Which Supply Chain Job Pays The Most In Illinois?
Purchasing managers earn Illinois’s highest supply chain median, $153,370, then industrial production managers at $127,270.
Is Supply Chain Management In Demand In Illinois?
Illinois’s labor market office expects logisticians in Illinois to grow 16% by 2034, against 16.7% nationally, and Illinois expects about 4,830 openings a year across Illinois’s six core supply chain occupations.
Can Illinois Residents Get A Tuition Discount At Out-Of-State Schools?
Illinois is in none of the four regional exchanges, so Illinois residents pay nonresident rates elsewhere unless a school discounts them itself.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online In Illinois?
One of the nine Illinois programs lists an online format in the accreditor’s record. Of Illinois’s graduate programs with verified costs, Loyola University Chicago states an online format.
