Annual supply chain openings: about 670. Fastest growth to 2034: logisticians, +18.3%.
MSEP discounts tuition in member states. 67 programs qualify.
Accredited Supply Chain Programs In Nebraska
By level, Nebraska has three bachelor’s, three master’s and one doctorate. Every Nebraska program sits in an AACSB-accredited business school.
University of Nebraska offers the most in Nebraska: four programs, from bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate study. Across Nebraska, four listings name an online format.
Verified supply chain programs in Nebraska, at a glance
Program
Level
Tuition
Credits
University of NebraskaM.S. in Supply Chain Management (online Master of Science in Supply Chain Management)
M.S. in Supply Chain Management (online Master of Science in Supply Chain Management)
Lincoln, NE
Fully online
No GMAT or GRE required
AACSB-accredited business school
Lowest stated total of the 3 Nebraska graduate programs that state one
More about this program
Ten courses, each three credits and eight weeks long, make up Nebraska's 30-credit-hour online master's in supply chain management. Eight are required, including a Global Supply Chain Management capstone you take near the end, and you choose two electives from options such as Predictive Analytics and Risk and Simulation Modeling. The coursework covers logistics, production planning and control, sourcing and procurement, lean management and project management, plus forecasting, data mining, optimization and simulation. Tuition and fees come to a flat $710 per credit hour for every student regardless of where you live, based on 2026-27 rates. GMAT or GRE scores aren't required, though you're expected to be proficient in Excel before you begin. You can start in January, May or August. Picking the right electives also earns a Supply Chain Analytics graduate certificate with no additional courses.
Nebraska's MBA runs entirely online in 8-week terms and totals 48 credit hours: 10 core courses plus six electives. Students can add a supply chain management specialization by choosing three electives from courses such as Planning and Controlling Supply Chain Systems, Advanced Topics in Lean Supply Chain Management, Global Supply Chain Management, and Managing Logistics in the Supply Chain, building on the core course Supply Chain Management Strategies. The college charges one flat rate of $710 per credit hour for every student, and the GMAT or GRE is optional rather than required to apply. No campus visits are required. Most students finish in 18 to 36 months depending on course load, and the college notes students can also add a certificate in supply chain management alongside the degree without extra coursework.
UNO's MBA totals 33 credit hours, 24 in the core and 9 in electives, and the college runs it both on campus and online. Layering on the Logistics and Supply Chain Management concentration takes at least nine of those credit hours: a required course in supply chain management plus two electives chosen from options like International Logistics Management, Emerging Trends in Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Analytics, and Digital Supply Chain and Logistics. Core classes meet in 8-week sessions during fall and spring and 4-week sessions in summer, and you can enroll part time or full time. GMAT and GRE scores aren't required for admission. Nebraska residents pay $442 per credit hour, the Omaha Urban Rate for neighboring states is $663, and out-of-state students pay $1,088 on campus or $1,025 online.
Highest six-year graduation rate of the 3 Nebraska bachelor’s schools
More about this program
Twenty-seven credit hours of coursework make up the supply chain management major within Nebraska's 120-credit Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, including six required courses such as Decision Making Models, Digital Enterprise Systems, Supply Chain Planning and Control Systems, Global Sourcing and Distribution, and Supply Chain Logistics Management, plus three directed electives. Every major is expected to enroll in Strategic Supply Chain Management, a capstone that has students work with local and regional companies on real supply chain projects. The College of Business calls the program a STEM-designated major, which gives international students a two-year OPT extension. Recent graduates report an average starting salary of $59,000. Recent hires include Amazon, Union Pacific Railroad, and Werner Enterprises, and a supply chain management minor is available to any business student.
Business Administration Comprehensive - Supply Chain Management Emphasis, Bachelor of Science
Kearney, NE
On campus
AACSB-accredited business school
Lowest in-state tuition of the 3 Nebraska bachelor’s programs
More about this program
The University of Nebraska at Kearney offers supply chain management as an emphasis within its Business Administration Comprehensive Bachelor of Science, through the College of Business and Technology. The 120-credit degree includes a 62-credit major option: business fundamentals, analytics and technology choices, a capstone in Administrative Strategy and Policy, and a practical experience that can be a supply chain internship, a startup independent study or study abroad. Emphasis courses are Negotiation Fundamentals, Materials Management and Procurement, Logistics and Transportation, a senior seminar and special topics, plus two electives from options such as Economics of Transportation and Industrial Distribution Branch Operations. Tuition is $244 per credit hour, and the school says the New Nebraskan Tuition Waiver lets all undergraduates pay in-state rates. UNK reports a 100% placement rate for its 2025-2026 supply chain class.
Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Omaha, NE
On campus
Fully online
STEM-designated
AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Sixty-three of the 120 credit hours in Nebraska Omaha's Logistics & Supply Chain Management major cover business core courses plus four required supply chain classes: Introduction to Supply Chain Management, Industrial Purchasing and Logistics Management, Global Sourcing and Innovation, and Managing Operations in the Supply Chain. You then pick three electives from options such as Transportation Analysis, Supply Chain Analytics, Project Management, Quality Management, and a Supply Chain Management Internship. UNO runs the full degree fully online alongside its on-campus version, and the college calls it a STEM-designated program. Students can add a Logistics & Supply Chain Management Minor or an IT-Enabled Logistics and Supply Chain Logistics Minor. Graduates take roles such as logistics analyst, operations manager, project manager, purchasing specialist, and business systems analyst.
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 Nebraska. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: two 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 Nebraska
In Nebraska, stated graduate totals run from $21,300 at University of Nebraska to $34,080 at University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
For a bachelor’s, University of Nebraska at Kearney reports the lowest in-state rate in Nebraska, $8,270 a year, and University of Nebraska the highest, $10,108.
Graduate figures are read from each school’s own program page.
Master’s Programs In Nebraska
Master’s in supply chain management programs in Nebraska, 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 Nebraska
Three Nebraska public universities report higher rates for nonresidents; the gap runs from $7,650 a year at University of Nebraska at Kearney to $17,640 at University of Nebraska. For a Nebraska student, residency at University of Nebraska is worth about $70,560 over four years.
Tuition Discounts For Nebraska Residents
Nebraska belongs to one regional tuition exchange. MSEP is open to Nebraska residents for undergraduate and graduate study. Besides Nebraska, seven member states have 67 programs, 15 of them in Missouri.
If the program you want isn’t offered in Nebraska, an exchange can keep a campus over the border near Nebraska’s in-state cost. Before applying, Nebraska 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 Nebraska students
Public universities in other member states with a supply chain bachelor’s in this site’s ranking, cheapest nonresident rate first; 10 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 Nebraska
Nebraska borders Missouri, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Wyoming. Together Nebraska’s neighbors have 30 accredited programs, 15 of them in Missouri, more than Nebraska has itself.
Next door, the lowest stated graduate total is $17,845; in Nebraska it is $21,300. Missouri and Kansas share a tuition exchange with Nebraska.
Accredited supply chain programs in the states bordering Nebraska
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 Nebraska
Four of the seven Nebraska directory listings name an online format, so some Nebraska students can skip the commute to an in-state school. Nebraska’s University of Nebraska-Lincoln appears in the online master’s ranking.
Residency can still matter online for a Nebraska student: University of Nebraska charges Nebraska’s nonresidents $17,640 more a year on campus; a Nebraska student should check whether its online rate differs.
In Nebraska, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $124,010. Logisticians in Nebraska earn a median of $65,370, below the $82,320 national figure; Nebraska’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $40,230 and the top tenth over $121,600.
For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Nebraska, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $97,380, with the 10th percentile at $64,320 and the 90th at $147,110. On the procurement side, Nebraska’s purchasing managers earn a median of $124,010 and its buyers and purchasing agents $74,950, across 2,850 jobs.
Supply chain occupations in Nebraska: 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 Nebraska
At 90.1 for 2024, Nebraska’s BEA price level sits 9.9% under the U.S. average, so Nebraska’s $65,370 logistician median buys what $72,550 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Nebraska ranks 51st of 51 for logistician pay.
Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Nebraska
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD pays Nebraska’s highest logistician median, $80,020, $14,650 above the Nebraska figure. Metros crossing into Iowa and South Dakota count their jobs outside Nebraska too.
Median pay for logisticians and transportation, storage and distribution managers in Nebraska metro areas
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no estimate for that metro.
Nebraska Pay Against Its Neighbors
Colorado pays logisticians the most here, $96,090; Nebraska is seventh of 7 at $65,370. Adjusted for prices, Colorado leads at $93,244, and Nebraska places seventh.
Logistician and manager pay in Nebraska 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 Nebraska
Nebraska’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (2,850), then industrial production managers (2,160) and production, planning, and expediting clerks (1,690). Nebraska holds 0.6% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and Nebraska logisticians are 0.6% of the U.S. total.
The managers’ occupation has 1.382 jobs per 1,000 in Nebraska (location quotient 0.97), ranking Nebraska 17th of 50 and below the national share. In Nebraska, logisticians hold 1.467 jobs per 1,000 (0.91 quotient, 26th).
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.
Nebraska Logistics Industries
County Business Patterns counts 35,303 transportation and warehousing jobs at 2,583 Nebraska employers in 2023, plus 41,355 jobs in Nebraska’s wholesale trade. By that count Nebraska ranks 36th of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.
Within it, trucking is Nebraska’s largest freight line, 17,037 jobs, followed by freight support services at 6,833. Warehousing and storage employs 4,316 people at 127 Nebraska sites, 40th among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Nebraska is air transportation, averaging $79,771 a year per job.
Logistics and wholesale industries in Nebraska: 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 Nebraska Through 2034
In Nebraska, logisticians grow fastest: +18.3%, from 1,820 jobs in 2024 to 2,150 in 2034, per Nebraska’s labor market office (U.S.: +16.7%). The slowest in Nebraska is production, planning, and expediting clerks, at -0.7%.
Across its six core supply chain occupations, Nebraska expects about 670 openings a year. Five of Nebraska’s six are projected to outpace the U.S.
Projected employment for supply chain occupations in Nebraska, 2024 to 2034
Long-term projections from each state’s labor market information office, published through Projections Central (neworks.nebraska.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 Nebraska, One By One
Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Nebraska
Nebraska has 1,420 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $97,380, puts Nebraska 45th of 52. The middle half of Nebraska’s pay for this occupation runs from $76,930 to $117,250, and the outer tenths reach $64,320 and $147,110. At 1.382 jobs per 1,000 in Nebraska, its location quotient is 0.97 (17th). Nebraska’s labor office projects +7.1% to 2034, about 120 openings a year.
Logisticians In Nebraska
Nebraska has 1,500 logisticians. Their median, $65,370, puts Nebraska 51st of 52. The middle half of Nebraska’s pay for this occupation runs from $52,140 to $85,550, and the outer tenths reach $40,230 and $121,600. At 1.467 jobs per 1,000 in Nebraska, its location quotient is 0.91 (26th). Nebraska’s labor office projects +18.3% to 2034, about 200 openings a year.
Purchasing Managers In Nebraska
Nebraska has 440 purchasing managers. Their median, $124,010, puts Nebraska 41st of 51. The middle half of Nebraska’s pay for this occupation runs from $99,800 to $155,340, and the outer tenths reach $77,690 and $183,930. At 0.426 jobs per 1,000 in Nebraska, its location quotient is 0.79 (28th). Nebraska’s labor office projects +4.1% to 2034, about 40 openings a year.
Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Nebraska
Nebraska has 2,850 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $74,950, puts Nebraska 29th of 52. The middle half of Nebraska’s pay for this occupation runs from $59,990 to $92,480, and the outer tenths reach $47,840 and $124,180. At 2.782 jobs per 1,000 in Nebraska, its location quotient is 0.88 (31st).
Operations Research Analysts In Nebraska
Nebraska has 330 operations research analysts. Their median, $98,300, puts Nebraska 12th of 48. The middle half of Nebraska’s pay for this occupation runs from $70,640 to $128,280, and the outer tenths reach $60,550 and $149,760. At 0.318 jobs per 1,000 in Nebraska, its location quotient is 0.46 (35th). Nebraska’s labor office projects +20% to 2034, about 30 openings a year.
Industrial Production Managers In Nebraska
Nebraska has 2,160 industrial production managers. Their median, $107,200, puts Nebraska 50th of 51. The middle half of Nebraska’s pay for this occupation runs from $87,550 to $133,840, and the outer tenths reach $75,110 and $171,240. At 2.107 jobs per 1,000 in Nebraska, its location quotient is 1.33 (eighth). Nebraska’s labor office projects +4% to 2034, about 160 openings a year.
Cargo And Freight Agents In Nebraska
Nebraska has 390 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $62,500, puts Nebraska fourth of 49. The middle half of Nebraska’s pay for this occupation runs from $51,320 to $78,500, and the outer tenths reach $40,630 and $82,200. At 0.376 jobs per 1,000 in Nebraska, its location quotient is 0.6 (31st). Nebraska’s labor office projects +8% to 2034, about 30 openings a year.
Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Nebraska
Nebraska has 1,690 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $55,710, puts Nebraska 41st of 52. The middle half of Nebraska’s pay for this occupation runs from $47,110 to $67,220, and the outer tenths reach $39,630 and $78,220. At 1.647 jobs per 1,000 in Nebraska, its location quotient is 0.66 (33rd). Nebraska’s labor office projects -0.7% to 2034, about 120 openings a year.
Compliance Officers In Nebraska
Nebraska has 3,470 compliance officers. Their median, $73,920, puts Nebraska 36th of 52. The middle half of Nebraska’s pay for this occupation runs from $58,210 to $95,210, and the outer tenths reach $48,060 and $115,920. At 3.387 jobs per 1,000 in Nebraska, its location quotient is 1.26 (ninth). Nebraska’s labor office projects +2.1% to 2034, about 300 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.
Nebraska Freight And The Supply Chain Economy
Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Nebraska, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 407.3 million tons of freight worth $298.1 billion moved in 2024. That ranks Nebraska 36th of 51 by value and 26th by weight, and 56.2% of its tonnage never leaves the state.
By value, live animals and meat and seafood lead Nebraska’s freight. By weight, Nebraska moves mostly cereal grains and natural gas and fossil products. In Nebraska, trucks carry 70.7% of the tons, pipelines 14.5% and rail 10.7%.
Nebraska’s largest domestic trading partner is Kansas ($27.9 billion, both directions), then Iowa and Colorado. Nebraska exported $8.2 billion of freight, mostly to Eastern Asia, and imported $5.8 billion, mostly from Europe. The framework forecasts Nebraska’s tonnage to grow 66.9% by 2050 and its real value 103.5%.
The five largest commodities by value in Nebraska 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.
Nebraska Metro Areas With Supply Chain Programs
Nebraska’s programs fall across three Census areas, led by Kearney, NE with one school.
Kearney, NE (micropolitan area): University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Lincoln, NE (metro area): University of Nebraska.
Omaha, NE-IA (metro area): University of Nebraska at Omaha.
The area crosses into IA.
Areas are Census Bureau CBSAs (July 2023), assigned by each school’s county.
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.
Nebraska Programs In The National Rankings
Master’s ranking: one of the 58 programs is in Nebraska, and the best placed is University of Nebraska at number 1.
MBA ranking: two of the 38 programs are in Nebraska, and the best placed is University of Nebraska–Lincoln at number 3.
Bachelor’s ranking: three of the 148 programs are in Nebraska, and the best placed is University of Nebraska at number 19.
How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In Nebraska
Start with the level: Nebraska’s seven listings split into three bachelor’s, three master’s and one doctorate.
Compare totals, not per-credit rates. Among Nebraska’s priced graduate programs, University of Nebraska costs $12,780 less in total than University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Stay in state if you can. At University of Nebraska, a Nebraska resident pays $10,108 a year against $27,748 for everyone else.
Ask about MSEP before ruling out a school outside Nebraska; Nebraska’s residents can use it for undergraduate and graduate study.
Check the format line by line: four of Nebraska’s seven directory listings name an online option, and University of Nebraska, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and University of Nebraska at Omaha state an online graduate format on their own page.
Match the program to where you’ll work: in Nebraska, Sioux City, IA-NE-SD pays logisticians most, $80,020 against $65,370 statewide.
Look at demand too: in Nebraska, logisticians grow fastest, +18.3% by 2034.
FAQ
How Many Supply Chain Management Programs Are In Nebraska?
This directory lists seven accredited supply chain programs in Nebraska, at three schools: three bachelor’s, three master’s and one doctorate.
How Much Does A Supply Chain Management Degree Cost In Nebraska?
Stated graduate totals in Nebraska run from $21,300 at University of Nebraska to $34,080 at University of Nebraska–Lincoln. For a bachelor’s in Nebraska, in-state tuition and fees per year run from $8,270 to $10,108, as schools report them to IPEDS.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Make In Nebraska?
In Nebraska, the occupation counting supply chain managers pays a median of $97,380 across 1,420 jobs, against $107,230 nationally.
How Much Do Logisticians Make In Nebraska?
The logistician median in Nebraska is $65,370, across 1,500 jobs. At Nebraska’s price level of 90.1 (U.S. = 100), it buys what $72,550 would nationally.
Which Nebraska Metro Area Pays Supply Chain Workers The Most?
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD has Nebraska’s highest logistician median, $80,020. It also pays Nebraska’s managers’ occupation the most, $102,490.
How Does Nebraska Supply Chain Pay Compare With Neighboring States?
Of the 7 states compared with Nebraska, Colorado pays logisticians the most, $96,090; Nebraska ranks seventh at $65,370. After adjusting for prices, Nebraska ranks seventh.
How Many Logistics Jobs Are In Nebraska?
Census County Business Patterns counts 35,303 transportation and warehousing jobs in Nebraska for 2023, 4,316 of them in warehousing and storage. BLS counts 1,500 Nebraska logisticians, the planners who run those flows.
Which Supply Chain Job Pays The Most In Nebraska?
Purchasing managers earn Nebraska’s highest supply chain median, $124,010, then industrial production managers at $107,200.
Is Supply Chain Management In Demand In Nebraska?
Nebraska’s labor market office expects logisticians in Nebraska to grow 18.3% by 2034, against 16.7% nationally, and Nebraska expects about 670 openings a year across Nebraska’s six core supply chain occupations.
Can Nebraska Residents Get A Tuition Discount At Out-Of-State Schools?
Yes. Nebraska is in MSEP. MSEP reaches 67 accredited programs outside Nebraska and covers undergraduate and graduate study for Nebraska residents. Before applying, Nebraska students should ask whether MSEP covers the program.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online In Nebraska?
Four of the seven Nebraska programs list an online format in the accreditor’s record. Of Nebraska’s graduate programs with verified costs, University of Nebraska, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and University of Nebraska at Omaha state an online format.
