Annual supply chain openings: about 1,960. Fastest growth to 2034: logisticians, +10.7%.
ACM discounts tuition in member states. 207 programs qualify.
Accredited Supply Chain Programs In Maryland
By level, Maryland has three bachelor’s, four master’s and three doctorates. Every Maryland program sits in an AACSB-accredited business school.
University of Maryland offers the most in Maryland: six programs, from bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate study. Across Maryland, one listing names an online format.
Six Sigma credentialing comes standard: the University of Maryland's Smith School awards a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt to everyone who finishes its Master of Science in Supply Chain Management, a 30-credit, in-person degree completed over three semesters. Coursework is aligned with Association for Supply Chain Management and Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals certifications, and admission requires a statistics course passed with a grade of B or higher. Neither the GMAT nor the GRE is required, though strong scores are encouraged. Smith reports that 80% of recent graduates found jobs within six months of graduating, with a median starting salary of $71K. For Fall 2025/Spring 2026, tuition runs $1,631 per credit for Maryland residents and $2,072.50 per credit for non-Maryland residents, plus a mandatory fee each semester.
Lowest stated total of the 2 Maryland graduate programs that state one
The only STEM-designated program among the 4 verified in Maryland
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Six required courses anchor Towson University's Master of Science in Supply Chain Management, Maryland's first program of its kind: introduction to supply chain management, introduction to project management, operations management, procurement and sourcing, logistics and distribution, and supply chain analytics, worth 18 of the degree's 30 total units. You choose three electives from options like Six-Sigma quality, customer relationship management, or an internship, then close with a capstone seminar or an independent capstone project. Completing the first five core courses also earns a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Supply Chain Management along the way. Courses run in a combination of face-to-face, online, and blended formats, and evening-only students can finish in two years without leaving their jobs. Admission needs no GRE score, just a 3.00 GPA for full admission or 2.75 for conditional admission. International students may qualify for a STEM optional practical training extension. Towson's 2026-2027 graduate tuition runs $774 per unit for Maryland residents and $1,400 for out-of-state students.
Shortest stated length of the 2 Maryland graduate programs that state one
Campus requirement: Online MBA students can opt in to add on-campus courses, a certificate or experiential learning at Smith's Rockville, Baltimore or Washington, D.C. locations, but this isn't required.
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Maryland Smith's 48-credit MBA lets you specialize in one of four career tracks, including Supply Chain Management, whether you study through the Online MBA or the Full-Time MBA on campus. The Online MBA divides work evenly between online classroom learning and self-paced study, requires no GMAT for admission, and typically takes 21 to 24 months. Students can opt in to add on-campus courses, a certificate or experiential learning at the school's Rockville, Baltimore or Washington, D.C. locations. The Full-Time MBA builds the same 48 credits from 30 credits of core business courses, 10 credits of Execution Labs and eight credits of electives, with a Supply Chain Management focus area that the school says strengthens your ability to evaluate operational trade-offs, manage risk and help organizations build more resilient systems. Merit scholarships up to $25,000 are available for students entering in Spring 2027.
Maryland structures its supply chain concentration as an 18-credit junior-senior sequence inside the Robert H. Smith School of Business. You start with Introduction to Transportation and Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management, then choose three electives from options like Supply Chain Risk Management, Purchasing and Inbound Logistics, Supply Chain Strategy and Network Design, and International Supply Chain Management. A final course, chosen from options such as Operations Analytics or a capstone practicum, rounds out the concentration. Program learning outcomes include identifying optimal transportation modes for a shipper's needs and analyzing cost-service trade-offs to determine inventory practices under different business assumptions. The school says supply chain managers oversee flows of materials, funds, and information across demand planning, procurement, inventory and production operations, transportation, warehousing, and reverse logistics.
Forty-eight credits make up this full-time MBA: 30 in core business courses, 10 in Execution Labs and eight in electives. You choose five electives, and those can build toward a Supply Chain Management focus area, which the school describes as covering how organizations manage operations, supply networks and resources in an interconnected global economy. Across five Execution Labs you work with real clients and produce deliverables such as prototypes, strategic analyses and consulting-style reports. Case competitions and consulting projects add applied practice. The two-year path also opens dual-degree options, and some pairings with business master's programs require GMAT or GRE scores.
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 Maryland. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: one doesn’t state enough of the figures its national ranking scores, and one was found in this site’s crawl of AACSB-accredited schools’ own program pages, and AACSB’s supply chain list, which the national rankings are built from, doesn’t name it.
Supply Chain Management (SCM), PhD area of specialization
Doctorate · College Park, MD
Doctoral specialization
Found on the school’s site
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.
Programs tagged “Found on the school’s site” sit in AACSB-accredited business schools and were found in this site’s crawl of those schools’ own program pages. AACSB’s supply chain list doesn’t name them, so they are ranked nowhere; each one links to the school’s page, and a concentration is labeled with the degree it belongs to.
What A Supply Chain Degree Costs In Maryland
In Maryland, stated graduate totals run from $42,000 at Towson University to $62,175 at University of Maryland.
University of Maryland reports $11,505 a year in tuition and fees for Maryland residents.
Graduate figures are read from each school’s own program page.
Master’s Programs In Maryland
Master’s in supply chain management programs in Maryland, 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 Maryland
University of Maryland reports charging nonresidents $28,801 more a year than Maryland residents. For a Maryland student, residency at University of Maryland is worth about $115,204 over four years.
Tuition Discounts For Maryland Residents
Maryland belongs to one regional tuition exchange. ACM is open to Maryland residents for undergraduate and graduate study. Besides Maryland, 13 member states have 207 programs, 51 of them in Texas.
If the program you want isn’t offered in Maryland, an exchange can keep a campus over the border near Maryland’s in-state cost. Before applying, Maryland students should ask each school whether ACM covers its degree.
Academic Common Market, run by SREB: in-state tuition at an out-of-state school for a program that public institutions in your home state don’t offer.
Supply Chain Programs Near Maryland
Maryland borders Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, District of Columbia and Delaware. Together Maryland’s neighbors have 55 accredited programs, 38 of them in Pennsylvania, more than Maryland has itself.
Next door, the lowest stated graduate total is $16,920; in Maryland it is $42,000. West Virginia, Virginia and Delaware share a tuition exchange with Maryland.
Accredited supply chain programs in the states bordering Maryland
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 Maryland
One of the 10 Maryland directory listings name an online format, so some Maryland students can skip the commute to an in-state school.
Residency can still matter online for a Maryland student: University of Maryland charges Maryland’s nonresidents $28,801 more a year on campus; a Maryland student should check whether its online rate differs.
In Maryland, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $161,470. Logisticians in Maryland earn a median of $102,700, above the $82,320 national figure; Maryland’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $64,090 and the top tenth over $156,750.
For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Maryland, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $105,180, with the 10th percentile at $71,450 and the 90th at $169,680. On the procurement side, Maryland’s purchasing managers earn a median of $161,470 and its buyers and purchasing agents $90,900, across 8,900 jobs.
Supply chain occupations in Maryland: 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 Maryland
At 105.0 for 2024, Maryland’s BEA price level sits 5% over the U.S. average, so Maryland’s $102,700 logistician median buys what $97,848 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Maryland ranks fifth of 51 for logistician pay.
Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Maryland
Lexington Park, MD pays Maryland’s highest logistician median, $131,600, $28,900 above the Maryland figure. Metros crossing into District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware count their jobs outside Maryland too.
Median pay for logisticians and transportation, storage and distribution managers in Maryland metro areas
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no estimate for that metro.
Maryland Pay Against Its Neighbors
District of Columbia pays logisticians the most here, $104,770; Maryland is second of 6 at $102,700. Adjusted for prices, Maryland comes out on top, at $97,848 in national terms.
Logistician and manager pay in Maryland 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 Maryland
Maryland’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (8,900), then logisticians (6,840) and production, planning, and expediting clerks (4,670). Maryland holds 1.6% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and Maryland logisticians are 2.7% of the U.S. total.
The managers’ occupation has 1.283 jobs per 1,000 in Maryland (location quotient 0.9), ranking Maryland 23rd of 50 and below the national share. In Maryland, logisticians hold 2.475 jobs per 1,000 (1.53 quotient, third).
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.
Maryland Logistics Industries
County Business Patterns counts 96,536 transportation and warehousing jobs at 4,002 Maryland employers in 2023, plus 90,300 jobs in Maryland’s wholesale trade. By that count Maryland ranks 23rd of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.
Within it, couriers and delivery is Maryland’s largest freight line, 24,043 jobs, followed by warehousing and storage at 23,936. Warehousing and storage employs 23,936 people at 307 Maryland sites, 21st among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Maryland is air transportation, averaging $94,537 a year per job.
Logistics and wholesale industries in Maryland: 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 Maryland Through 2034
In Maryland, logisticians grow fastest: +10.7%, from 7,400 jobs in 2024 to 8,190 in 2034, per Maryland’s labor market office (U.S.: +16.7%). The slowest in Maryland is purchasing managers, at -0.2%.
Across its six core supply chain occupations, Maryland expects about 1,960 openings a year. Three of Maryland’s six are projected to outpace the U.S.
Projected employment for supply chain occupations in Maryland, 2024 to 2034
Long-term projections from each state’s labor market information office, published through Projections Central (labor.maryland.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 Maryland, One By One
Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Maryland
Maryland has 3,550 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $105,180, puts Maryland 25th of 52. The middle half of Maryland’s pay for this occupation runs from $84,990 to $137,470, and the outer tenths reach $71,450 and $169,680. At 1.283 jobs per 1,000 in Maryland, its location quotient is 0.9 (23rd). Maryland’s labor office projects +7.4% to 2034, about 330 openings a year.
Logisticians In Maryland
Maryland has 6,840 logisticians. Their median, $102,700, puts Maryland third of 52. The middle half of Maryland’s pay for this occupation runs from $81,100 to $130,870, and the outer tenths reach $64,090 and $156,750. At 2.475 jobs per 1,000 in Maryland, its location quotient is 1.53 (third). Maryland’s labor office projects +10.7% to 2034, about 750 openings a year.
Purchasing Managers In Maryland
Maryland has 2,380 purchasing managers. Their median, $161,470, puts Maryland ninth of 51. The middle half of Maryland’s pay for this occupation runs from $130,510 to $180,480, and the outer tenths reach $102,900 and $199,950. At 0.863 jobs per 1,000 in Maryland, its location quotient is 1.59 (second). Maryland’s labor office projects -0.2% to 2034, about 180 openings a year.
Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Maryland
Maryland has 8,900 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $90,900, puts Maryland third of 52. The middle half of Maryland’s pay for this occupation runs from $68,370 to $123,300, and the outer tenths reach $56,310 and $148,700. At 3.221 jobs per 1,000 in Maryland, its location quotient is 1.02 (19th).
Operations Research Analysts In Maryland
Maryland has 4,710 operations research analysts. Their median, $97,410, puts Maryland 14th of 48. The middle half of Maryland’s pay for this occupation runs from $71,290 to $135,300, and the outer tenths reach $55,880 and $180,750. At 1.703 jobs per 1,000 in Maryland, its location quotient is 2.44 (second). Maryland’s labor office projects +17.5% to 2034, about 410 openings a year.
Industrial Production Managers In Maryland
Maryland has 2,480 industrial production managers. Their median, $132,540, puts Maryland 11th of 51. The middle half of Maryland’s pay for this occupation runs from $102,550 to $167,110, and the outer tenths reach $78,760 and $213,100. At 0.898 jobs per 1,000 in Maryland, its location quotient is 0.57 (43rd). Maryland’s labor office projects +6.5% to 2034, about 200 openings a year.
Cargo And Freight Agents In Maryland
Maryland has 740 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $48,730, puts Maryland 37th of 49. The middle half of Maryland’s pay for this occupation runs from $38,530 to $58,430, and the outer tenths reach $35,230 and $70,580. At 0.267 jobs per 1,000 in Maryland, its location quotient is 0.43 (41st). Maryland’s labor office projects +8.1% to 2034, about 60 openings a year.
Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Maryland
Maryland has 4,670 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $58,590, puts Maryland 27th of 52. The middle half of Maryland’s pay for this occupation runs from $47,930 to $71,840, and the outer tenths reach $41,600 and $88,480. At 1.689 jobs per 1,000 in Maryland, its location quotient is 0.67 (32nd). Maryland’s labor office projects +0.5% to 2034, about 440 openings a year.
Compliance Officers In Maryland
Maryland has 10,100 compliance officers. Their median, $84,720, puts Maryland 13th of 52. The middle half of Maryland’s pay for this occupation runs from $66,370 to $111,530, and the outer tenths reach $56,310 and $132,620. At 3.654 jobs per 1,000 in Maryland, its location quotient is 1.36 (seventh). Maryland’s labor office projects +2.5% to 2034, about 870 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.
Maryland Freight And The Supply Chain Economy
Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Maryland, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 315.2 million tons of freight worth $498.9 billion moved in 2024. That ranks Maryland 25th of 51 by value and 31st by weight, and 41.3% of its tonnage never leaves the state.
By value, motor vehicles and pharmaceuticals lead Maryland’s freight. By weight, Maryland moves mostly natural gas and fossil products and coal. In Maryland, trucks carry 71.4% of the tons, pipelines 17% and rail 7.9%.
Maryland’s largest domestic trading partner is Virginia ($54.9 billion, both directions), then Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Maryland exported $18.2 billion of freight, mostly to Europe, and imported $42.8 billion, mostly from Europe. The framework forecasts Maryland’s tonnage to grow 35% by 2050 and its real value 102%.
The five largest commodities by value in Maryland 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.
Maryland Metro Areas With Supply Chain Programs
Maryland’s programs fall across two Census areas, led by Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD with three schools.
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (metro area): Morgan State University, Loyola University Maryland and Towson University.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (metro area): University of Maryland.
The area crosses into DC, VA and WV.
Areas are Census Bureau CBSAs (July 2023), assigned by each school’s county.
Maryland City Guides
Maryland has three city pages: Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, DC.
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.
Maryland Programs In The National Rankings
Master’s ranking: two of the 58 programs are in Maryland, and the best placed is University of Maryland at number 31.
MBA ranking: one of the 38 programs is in Maryland.
Bachelor’s ranking: one of the 148 programs is in Maryland, and the best placed is University of Maryland at number 9.
How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In Maryland
Start with the level: Maryland’s 10 listings split into three bachelor’s, four master’s and three doctorates.
Compare totals, not per-credit rates. Among Maryland’s priced graduate programs, Towson University costs $20,175 less in total than University of Maryland.
Stay in state if you can. At University of Maryland, a Maryland resident pays $11,505 a year against $40,306 for everyone else.
Ask about ACM before ruling out a school outside Maryland; Maryland’s residents can use it for undergraduate and graduate study.
Check the format line by line: one of Maryland’s 10 directory listings name an online option, and Towson University and University of Maryland state an online graduate format on their own page.
Match the program to where you’ll work: in Maryland, Lexington Park, MD pays logisticians most, $131,600 against $102,700 statewide.
Look at demand too: in Maryland, logisticians grow fastest, +10.7% by 2034.
FAQ
How Many Supply Chain Management Programs Are In Maryland?
This directory lists 10 accredited supply chain programs in Maryland, at four schools: three bachelor’s, four master’s and three doctorates.
How Much Does A Supply Chain Management Degree Cost In Maryland?
Stated graduate totals in Maryland run from $42,000 at Towson University to $62,175 at University of Maryland. University of Maryland reports in-state tuition and fees of $11,505 a year to IPEDS.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Make In Maryland?
In Maryland, the occupation counting supply chain managers pays a median of $105,180 across 3,550 jobs, against $107,230 nationally.
How Much Do Logisticians Make In Maryland?
The logistician median in Maryland is $102,700, across 6,840 jobs. At Maryland’s price level of 105.0 (U.S. = 100), it buys what $97,848 would nationally.
Which Maryland Metro Area Pays Supply Chain Workers The Most?
Lexington Park, MD has Maryland’s highest logistician median, $131,600. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV pays Maryland’s managers’ occupation the most, $129,050.
How Does Maryland Supply Chain Pay Compare With Neighboring States?
Of the 6 states compared with Maryland, District of Columbia pays logisticians the most, $104,770; Maryland ranks second at $102,700. After adjusting for prices, Maryland ranks first.
How Many Logistics Jobs Are In Maryland?
Census County Business Patterns counts 96,536 transportation and warehousing jobs in Maryland for 2023, 23,936 of them in warehousing and storage. BLS counts 6,840 Maryland logisticians, the planners who run those flows.
Which Supply Chain Job Pays The Most In Maryland?
Purchasing managers earn Maryland’s highest supply chain median, $161,470, then industrial production managers at $132,540.
Is Supply Chain Management In Demand In Maryland?
Maryland’s labor market office expects logisticians in Maryland to grow 10.7% by 2034, against 16.7% nationally, and Maryland expects about 1,960 openings a year across Maryland’s six core supply chain occupations.
Can Maryland Residents Get A Tuition Discount At Out-Of-State Schools?
Yes. Maryland is in ACM. ACM reaches 207 accredited programs outside Maryland and covers undergraduate and graduate study for Maryland residents. Before applying, Maryland students should ask whether ACM covers the program.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online In Maryland?
One of the 10 Maryland programs lists an online format in the accreditor’s record. Of Maryland’s graduate programs with verified costs, Towson University and University of Maryland state an online format.
