Annual supply chain openings: about 2,240. Fastest growth to 2034: logisticians, +21.1%.
MSEP discounts tuition in member states. 62 programs qualify.
Accredited Supply Chain Programs In Indiana
Indiana ranks tenth among the states here for accredited programs, tied with New York. By level, Indiana has one associate degree, seven bachelor’s, three master’s and one doctorate. In Indiana, AACSB accredits the schools of 10 programs; ACBSP accredits two directly.
Purdue University offers the most in Indiana: four programs, from bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate study. Across Indiana, two listings name an online format.
Verified supply chain programs in Indiana, at a glance
Program
Level
Tuition
Purdue UniversityOnline Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management
Online Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management
West Lafayette, IN
On campus
Fully online
STEM-designated
No GMAT or GRE required
AACSB-accredited business school
Lowest stated total of the 2 Indiana graduate programs that state one
Shortest stated length of the 2 Indiana graduate programs that state one
More about this program
Purdue's Daniels School of Business runs its Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management fully online, with 30 credit hours finished in 1.5 to 2.5 years. You start with 5 credits of foundations in operations and project management, then take 12 core credits covering supply chain analytics, strategic sourcing and procurement, advanced manufacturing management, and ethical and sustainable supply chains. The other 13 credits are electives, such as Python programming or data mining, and you can fill them by completing one of the school's graduate certificates. Tuition is $748 per credit hour for out-of-state and international students and $728 for Indiana residents, after a cut of more than 30% that began with the fall 2026 semester. You won't need a GMAT or GRE score. Classes start in January and August, and your diploma names only Purdue University, with the format left off.
Operations & Supply Chain Management is one of nine minors you can pair with your major in the Notre Dame MBA, a four-course commitment layered onto the 61-credit, four-semester core. The residential program runs a traditional two-year format on the Notre Dame campus, built around Now Irish and Leadership Launch, a Grow Irish Week consulting project, a summer internship, and two years of core and elective modules. Notre Dame's own admissions requirements call for GMAT or GRE scores from every applicant. The school lists tuition for the 2026 to 2027 academic year at $75,460. Recent classes have run about 85 students, with an average of 5 years of work experience and a median GMAT score of 655.
Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain and Operations Management
West Lafayette, IN
On campus
AACSB-accredited business school
Highest six-year graduation rate of the 5 Indiana bachelor’s schools
More about this program
Purdue's Supply Chain and Operations Management major, housed in the Mitch Daniels School of Business, teaches you to plan, manage and optimize product cycles from supplier to customer. You work with corporate partners on forecasting, inventory management, logistics and financial analysis, and tackle case studies built from real industry problems. Faculty in the program also teach in Purdue's Master's in Global Supply Chain Management. Graduates have gone on to titles like buyer logistics engineer, inventory planning specialist, process improvement lead and supply chain analyst. The school reports an average starting salary of $69,693, an average hiring bonus of $8,813 and a $24 hourly wage for interns. You can join the Operations and Supply Chain Organization, study abroad, or add a concentration, minor or master's degree without extending your time to graduation.
Bachelor's Degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Online)
Muncie, IN
On campus
Fully online
STEM-designated
AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Ball State's online bachelor of science in logistics and supply chain management requires at least 120 credits: general education, 45 credits of business foundation courses, general electives, and 21 credits within the major, all delivered 100% online in asynchronous courses. The major includes an industry internship, a course in simulation, modeling and optimization, inventory, warehousing and negotiations, manufacturing planning and control, global logistics and transportation management, and a senior capstone supply chain integration project with a partner company. The school says the program is STEM-designated and that Miller College of Business sits among less than 5 percent of the world's business schools accredited by AACSB. Indiana residents pay $346 per credit for the first 11 credits in a semester, and non-residents pay $578 per credit, plus a $25 per-credit online course fee and a technology fee. Students in Kentucky or Ohio may qualify for the Indiana resident rate.
Bachelor of Science in Business, Supply Chain Management
New Albany, IN
On campus
AACSB-accredited business school
Lowest in-state tuition of the 5 Indiana bachelor’s programs
More about this program
Indiana University Southeast's Bachelor of Science in Business with a supply chain management concentration pairs supply chain work with information systems, looking at how organizations move goods and use technology in operational decisions. The 120-credit degree includes 25 credit hours of 100- and 200-level courses and 19 hours of upper-level courses in the business and economics core, a 24-credit concentration, and at least 30 credit hours at the 300 level or above. Course topics include international business administration, project management, fundamentals of negotiation, and supply chain management. Classes meet in person, and coursework draws on case studies and industry projects, with internships available as electives. Students need a cumulative GPA of 2.0, and the campus awards credit for transfer and dual credit work, military service, and some non-credit training.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Logistics and Supply Chain Management Major
Evansville, IN
On campus
AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
The University of Evansville's Logistics and Supply Chain Management major leads to a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration through the Schroeder Family School of Business Administration. The degree requires 124 semester hours: 38 in general education, 45 in the common core, 18 in the major, and about 23 in free electives. The major requires LSCM 320 and 330 plus at least four more LSCM courses, drawn from offerings such as Advanced Logistics Management, E-Logistics, Global Logistics, and Supply Chain Management; two 300- or 400-level business courses can substitute. Every LSCM student completes at least one internship. Students learn SAP software through the SAP University Alliance, can compete in Conexus Indiana's statewide Logistics Case Competition, and meet executives at campus events and on company tours. The Center for Logistics and Supply Chain Management runs several experiential programs for students.
Bachelor of Science in Applied Supply Chain Management
West Lafayette, IN
Fully online
ACBSP-accredited program
More about this program
A 180-quarter-credit online curriculum built entirely around supply chain coursework, this bachelor's splits into 33 courses across 10-week terms, with a stated weekly workload of 15 to 18 hours. Courses include global supply chain management, logistics and distribution management, supply chain systems and strategic warehouse management, and you finish with a capstone applying those skills to a supply chain scenario. Part of the credits are open electives, so you can angle part of your schedule toward your own interests. Tuition runs $371 per credit, putting the full degree at an estimated $66,780. Admission requires a high school diploma or GED, and the business program holds ACBSP accreditation while Purdue Global itself carries accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. New terms begin regularly, including one starting November 11, 2026.
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 Indiana. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: four 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 Indiana
In Indiana, stated graduate totals run from $22,440 at Purdue University to $75,460 at University of Notre Dame.
For a bachelor’s, Indiana University Southeast reports the lowest in-state rate in Indiana, $8,179 a year, and University of Evansville the highest, $42,676.
Graduate figures are read from each school’s own program page.
Master’s Programs In Indiana
Master’s in supply chain management programs in Indiana, 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 Indiana
Four Indiana public universities report higher rates for nonresidents; the gap runs from $4,311 a year at Purdue University Global to $18,802 at Purdue University. University of Evansville, the private school on Indiana’s list, reports one rate for everyone. For an Indiana student, residency at Purdue University is worth about $75,208 over four years.
Tuition Discounts For Indiana Residents
Indiana belongs to one regional tuition exchange. MSEP is open to Indiana residents for undergraduate and graduate study. Besides Indiana, seven member states have 62 programs, 15 of them in Missouri.
If the program you want isn’t offered in Indiana, an exchange can keep a campus over the border near Indiana’s in-state cost. Before applying, Indiana students should ask each school whether MSEP covers its degree.
Midwest Student Exchange Program, run by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact: no more than 150% of in-state tuition at public schools, and 10% off at private ones, for the programs each campus opens.
Public Universities In Other MSEP States
Supply chain bachelor’s programs at public universities in other MSEP states, open to Indiana students
Public universities in other member states with a supply chain bachelor’s in this site’s ranking, cheapest nonresident rate first; 9 more are on the bachelor’s ranking. Tuition and fees per year, whole school, IPEDS 2023-24. Participation is the school’s choice, program by program; the exchange rate, where offered, sits between the two figures.
Supply Chain Programs Near Indiana
Indiana borders Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky. Together Indiana’s neighbors have 50 accredited programs, 23 of them in Michigan, more than Indiana has itself.
Next door, the lowest stated graduate total is $28,920; in Indiana it is $22,440. Ohio shares a tuition exchange with Indiana.
Accredited supply chain programs in the states bordering Indiana
$9,708 ($19,452 nonresident), Murray State University
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 Indiana
Two of the 12 Indiana directory listings name an online format, so some Indiana students can skip the commute to an in-state school. Indiana’s Purdue University appears in the online master’s ranking.
Residency can still matter online for an Indiana student: Purdue University charges Indiana’s nonresidents $18,802 more a year on campus; an Indiana student should check whether its online rate differs.
In Indiana, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $126,880. Logisticians in Indiana earn a median of $77,670, below the $82,320 national figure; Indiana’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $49,310 and the top tenth over $122,910.
For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Indiana, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $108,720, with the 10th percentile at $70,690 and the 90th at $174,220. On the procurement side, Indiana’s purchasing managers earn a median of $126,880 and its buyers and purchasing agents $69,350, across 10,720 jobs.
Supply chain occupations in Indiana: 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 Indiana
At 93.3 for 2024, Indiana’s BEA price level sits 6.7% under the U.S. average, so Indiana’s $77,670 logistician median buys what $83,222 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Indiana ranks 30th of 51 for logistician pay.
Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Indiana
Columbus, IN pays Indiana’s highest logistician median, $100,720, $23,050 above the Indiana figure. Metros crossing into Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky count their jobs outside Indiana too.
Median pay for logisticians and transportation, storage and distribution managers in Indiana metro areas
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no estimate for that metro.
Indiana Pay Against Its Neighbors
Ohio pays logisticians the most here, $83,460; Indiana is fourth of 5 at $77,670. Adjusted for prices, Ohio leads at $89,961, and Indiana places third.
Logistician and manager pay in Indiana 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 Indiana
Indiana’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (10,720), then industrial production managers (9,400) and production, planning, and expediting clerks (9,100). Indiana holds 1.9% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and Indiana logisticians are 1.5% of the U.S. total.
The managers’ occupation has 1.31 jobs per 1,000 in Indiana (location quotient 0.92), ranking Indiana 22nd of 50 and below the national share. In Indiana, logisticians hold 1.216 jobs per 1,000 (0.75 quotient, 33rd).
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.
Indiana Logistics Industries
County Business Patterns counts 157,996 transportation and warehousing jobs at 6,449 Indiana employers in 2023, plus 124,776 jobs in Indiana’s wholesale trade. By that count Indiana ranks 12th of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.
Within it, trucking is Indiana’s largest freight line, 56,379 jobs, followed by warehousing and storage at 51,626. Warehousing and storage employs 51,626 people at 598 Indiana sites, tenth among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Indiana is water transportation, averaging $97,900 a year per job.
Logistics and wholesale industries in Indiana: 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 Indiana Through 2034
In Indiana, logisticians grow fastest: +21.1%, from 3,910 jobs in 2024 to 4,730 in 2034, per Indiana’s labor market office (U.S.: +16.7%). The slowest in Indiana is production, planning, and expediting clerks, at -1.5%.
Across its six core supply chain occupations, Indiana expects about 2,240 openings a year. All six grow faster in Indiana than across the U.S.
Projected employment for supply chain occupations in Indiana, 2024 to 2034
Long-term projections from each state’s labor market information office, published through Projections Central (hoosierdata.in.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 Indiana, One By One
Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Indiana
Indiana has 4,190 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $108,720, puts Indiana 18th of 52. The middle half of Indiana’s pay for this occupation runs from $86,670 to $137,510, and the outer tenths reach $70,690 and $174,220. At 1.31 jobs per 1,000 in Indiana, its location quotient is 0.92 (22nd). Indiana’s labor office projects +7.2% to 2034, about 320 openings a year.
Logisticians In Indiana
Indiana has 3,890 logisticians. Their median, $77,670, puts Indiana 36th of 52. The middle half of Indiana’s pay for this occupation runs from $62,140 to $100,720, and the outer tenths reach $49,310 and $122,910. At 1.216 jobs per 1,000 in Indiana, its location quotient is 0.75 (33rd). Indiana’s labor office projects +21.1% to 2034, about 450 openings a year.
Purchasing Managers In Indiana
Indiana has 1,190 purchasing managers. Their median, $126,880, puts Indiana 37th of 51. The middle half of Indiana’s pay for this occupation runs from $100,670 to $161,920, and the outer tenths reach $80,270 and $192,260. At 0.372 jobs per 1,000 in Indiana, its location quotient is 0.69 (33rd). Indiana’s labor office projects +4.4% to 2034, about 100 openings a year.
Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Indiana
Indiana has 10,720 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $69,350, puts Indiana 44th of 52. The middle half of Indiana’s pay for this occupation runs from $56,340 to $85,870, and the outer tenths reach $45,810 and $108,740. At 3.347 jobs per 1,000 in Indiana, its location quotient is 1.06 (15th).
Operations Research Analysts In Indiana
Indiana has 1,380 operations research analysts. Their median, $85,280, puts Indiana 28th of 48. The middle half of Indiana’s pay for this occupation runs from $67,340 to $108,930, and the outer tenths reach $59,850 and $133,480. At 0.43 jobs per 1,000 in Indiana, its location quotient is 0.62 (28th). Indiana’s labor office projects +21.9% to 2034, about 140 openings a year.
Industrial Production Managers In Indiana
Indiana has 9,400 industrial production managers. Their median, $121,500, puts Indiana 29th of 51. The middle half of Indiana’s pay for this occupation runs from $98,740 to $157,830, and the outer tenths reach $78,410 and $207,820. At 2.936 jobs per 1,000 in Indiana, its location quotient is 1.85 (third). Indiana’s labor office projects +3.3% to 2034, about 650 openings a year.
Cargo And Freight Agents In Indiana
Indiana has 1,200 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $50,020, puts Indiana 26th of 49. The middle half of Indiana’s pay for this occupation runs from $40,830 to $65,390, and the outer tenths reach $37,710 and $85,130. At 0.376 jobs per 1,000 in Indiana, its location quotient is 0.6 (31st). Indiana’s labor office projects +8.9% to 2034, about 140 openings a year.
Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Indiana
Indiana has 9,100 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $58,980, puts Indiana 26th of 52. The middle half of Indiana’s pay for this occupation runs from $47,850 to $73,420, and the outer tenths reach $40,700 and $80,740. At 2.844 jobs per 1,000 in Indiana, its location quotient is 1.13 (12th). Indiana’s labor office projects -1.5% to 2034, about 580 openings a year.
Compliance Officers In Indiana
Indiana has 5,120 compliance officers. Their median, $78,770, puts Indiana 24th of 52. The middle half of Indiana’s pay for this occupation runs from $60,820 to $104,750, and the outer tenths reach $47,650 and $134,820. At 1.601 jobs per 1,000 in Indiana, its location quotient is 0.6 (51st). Indiana’s labor office projects +5.6% to 2034, about 410 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.
Indiana Freight And The Supply Chain Economy
Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Indiana, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 813.4 million tons of freight worth $1.10 trillion moved in 2024. That ranks Indiana 11th of 51 by value and eighth by weight, and 38.5% of its tonnage never leaves the state.
By value, motor vehicles and pharmaceuticals lead Indiana’s freight. By weight, Indiana moves mostly natural gas and fossil products and cereal grains. In Indiana, trucks carry 57.9% of the tons, pipelines 21.2% and rail 10.8%.
Indiana’s largest domestic trading partner is Illinois ($121.8 billion, both directions), then Ohio and Michigan. Indiana exported $64.2 billion of freight, mostly to Europe, and imported $101.8 billion, mostly from Europe. The framework forecasts Indiana’s tonnage to grow 42.4% by 2050 and its real value 81.4%.
The five largest commodities by value in Indiana 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.
Indiana Metro Areas With Supply Chain Programs
Indiana’s programs fall across six Census areas, led by Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN with two schools.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN (metro area): Butler University and Ivy Tech Community College.
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (metro area): Purdue University and Purdue University Global.
Evansville, IN (metro area): University of Evansville.
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (metro area): Indiana University Southeast.
The area crosses into KY.
Muncie, IN (metro area): Ball State University.
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI (metro area): University of Notre Dame.
The area crosses into MI.
Areas are Census Bureau CBSAs (July 2023), assigned by each school’s county.
Indiana City Guides
Indiana has four city pages: Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Louisville.
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.
Indiana Programs In The National Rankings
Master’s ranking: one of the 58 programs is in Indiana, and the best placed is Purdue University at number 3.
MBA ranking: one of the 38 programs is in Indiana, and the best placed is University of Notre Dame at number 23.
Bachelor’s ranking: five of the 148 programs are in Indiana, and the best placed is Purdue University at number 5.
How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In Indiana
Start with the level: Indiana’s 12 listings split into one associate degree, seven bachelor’s, three master’s and one doctorate.
Compare totals, not per-credit rates. Among Indiana’s priced graduate programs, Purdue University costs $53,020 less in total than University of Notre Dame.
Stay in state if you can. At Purdue University, an Indiana resident pays $9,992 a year against $28,794 for everyone else.
Ask about MSEP before ruling out a school outside Indiana; Indiana’s residents can use it for undergraduate and graduate study.
Check the format line by line: two of Indiana’s 12 directory listings name an online option, and Purdue University states an online graduate format on its own page.
Match the program to where you’ll work: in Indiana, Columbus, IN pays logisticians most, $100,720 against $77,670 statewide.
Look at demand too: in Indiana, logisticians grow fastest, +21.1% by 2034.
FAQ
How Many Supply Chain Management Programs Are In Indiana?
This directory lists 12 accredited supply chain programs in Indiana, at eight schools: one associate degree, seven bachelor’s, three master’s and one doctorate.
How Much Does A Supply Chain Management Degree Cost In Indiana?
Stated graduate totals in Indiana run from $22,440 at Purdue University to $75,460 at University of Notre Dame. For a bachelor’s in Indiana, in-state tuition and fees per year run from $8,179 to $42,676, as schools report them to IPEDS.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Make In Indiana?
In Indiana, the occupation counting supply chain managers pays a median of $108,720 across 4,190 jobs, against $107,230 nationally.
How Much Do Logisticians Make In Indiana?
The logistician median in Indiana is $77,670, across 3,890 jobs. At Indiana’s price level of 93.3 (U.S. = 100), it buys what $83,222 would nationally.
Which Indiana Metro Area Pays Supply Chain Workers The Most?
Columbus, IN has Indiana’s highest logistician median, $100,720. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN pays Indiana’s managers’ occupation the most, $124,120.
How Does Indiana Supply Chain Pay Compare With Neighboring States?
Of the 5 states compared with Indiana, Ohio pays logisticians the most, $83,460; Indiana ranks fourth at $77,670. After adjusting for prices, Indiana ranks third.
How Many Logistics Jobs Are In Indiana?
Census County Business Patterns counts 157,996 transportation and warehousing jobs in Indiana for 2023, 51,626 of them in warehousing and storage. BLS counts 3,890 Indiana logisticians, the planners who run those flows.
Which Supply Chain Job Pays The Most In Indiana?
Purchasing managers earn Indiana’s highest supply chain median, $126,880, then industrial production managers at $121,500.
Is Supply Chain Management In Demand In Indiana?
Indiana’s labor market office expects logisticians in Indiana to grow 21.1% by 2034, against 16.7% nationally, and Indiana expects about 2,240 openings a year across Indiana’s six core supply chain occupations.
Can Indiana Residents Get A Tuition Discount At Out-Of-State Schools?
Yes. Indiana is in MSEP. MSEP reaches 62 accredited programs outside Indiana and covers undergraduate and graduate study for Indiana residents. Before applying, Indiana students should ask whether MSEP covers the program.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online In Indiana?
Two of the 12 Indiana programs list an online format in the accreditor’s record. Of Indiana’s graduate programs with verified costs, Purdue University states an online format.
