Nine programs at seven schools. 1 associate degree, 5 bachelor’s, 3 master’s.
Stated graduate totals run $42,660 to $63,400. Lowest in-state bachelor’s rate: $15,700.
Out-of-state undergraduates pay $18,762 extra per year at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. One other public university also charges nonresidents more.
Annual supply chain openings: about 3,350. Fastest growth to 2034: logisticians, +14.9%.
Accredited Supply Chain Programs In New Jersey
By level, New Jersey has one associate degree, five bachelor’s and three master’s. In New Jersey, AACSB accredits the schools of seven programs; ACBSP accredits two directly.
Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Newark/New Brunswick offers the most in New Jersey: two programs, from bachelor’s and master’s study. Across New Jersey, one listing names an online format.
Verified supply chain programs in New Jersey, at a glance
Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (Master of Supply Chain Management)
Newark, NJ
Online with campus residency
No GMAT or GRE required
AACSB-accredited business school
Lowest stated total of the 2 New Jersey graduate programs that state one
Campus requirement: An optional one-week on-site executive seminar, Digital Supply Chain Management, covers the whole curriculum; residency itself is not required.
More about this program
Ten of 15 three-credit courses, picked in any order, build this master's in supply chain management to 30 credits total, with no required sequence. Courses run online through Canvas on a 12-month cycle of fall, spring, and summer semesters, so you can finish in one year or stretch it to 4.5 years. The choices include ERP/SAP I, Lean Six Sigma, supply chain law and governance, global logistics management, and supply chain finance. An optional on-site week, the Digital Supply Chain Management executive seminar, covers the whole curriculum in person. Part-time tuition for 2026-2027 is $1,422 per credit whether or not you live in New Jersey, plus technology and off-site fees. GMAT and GRE scores are optional but preferred. Because it's fully online, the program doesn't grant F1 visas.
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Supply Chain Management
South Orange, NJ
On campus
Fully online
STEM-designated
AACSB-accredited business school
The only STEM-designated program among the 7 verified in New Jersey
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Seton Hall keeps its Supply Chain Management MBA to 40 credits total, split into 25 core credits and 15 elective credits students concentrate in one of eight subject areas. It's a STEM-designated program the school says builds expertise in both the analytic and technical methods needed to optimize supply chain systems, covering how raw materials move into finished goods and the links between manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, retailers and vendors. Classes run both online and on the main South Orange campus, 14 miles from New York City, in small, flexible sections for full- and part-time students. Coursework includes visits to corporate partners like AT&T's Global Network Operations Center and Maher Terminals at the Port of New York/New Jersey, plus a consulting course with an actual client. Admission generally calls for an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher. Graduate business tuition runs $1,585 per credit hour.
Highest six-year graduation rate of the 4 New Jersey bachelor’s schools
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Rutgers Business School's supply chain management major on the New Brunswick campus requires 63 credits: a 39-credit business core, which includes introduction to supply chain management and operations management, plus 24 credits of supply chain courses. Required courses are Global Procurement & Sourcing Strategies, Business Logistics and Transportation, Demand Planning and Fulfillment, and Intro. to Project Management, and the 24 credits also include a 3-credit internship, co-op, or industry client project, each by application. Three electives come from options such as Blockchain and Its Application in SCM, Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management with SAP, Supply Chain Analytics Essentials, and Supply Chain Finance, and at least two of the three must carry the supply chain department code. The major is also offered in Newark, and the school says a quarter of its graduates are double majors.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.) Global Supply Chain Management
South Orange, NJ
On campus
AACSB-accredited business school
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Seton Hall University's Stillman School of Business offers a B.S.B. in Global Supply Chain Management through its Department of Computing and Decision Sciences on the South Orange campus. The major itself is compact: three foundation courses, Supply Chain Management, Global Sourcing/Procurement, and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems, then two electives chosen from options such as Business Intelligence, Project Management, and Product Management and Development, for at least 15 credits. The school describes the approach as interdisciplinary, drawing on management, marketing, finance, accounting, law, IT and international business. Outside class you can join the Association of Supply Chain Management student chapter, work on consulting projects, take internships and go on company field trips, with employers such as Benjamin Moore and L'Oreal named on the page.
Lowest in-state tuition of the 4 New Jersey bachelor’s programs
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Rowan University's B.S. in Supply Chain and Logistics comes from the William G. Rohrer College of Business in Glassboro. Under the program guide for students entering in fall 2023 or later, the 120-hour degree includes a 60-hour major: 27 hours of business foundation courses, 21 hours of required supply chain courses, 9 hours of supply chain electives and one more upper-level business elective. Required courses include Business Logistics, Supply Chain Analytics, Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management, Principles of Transportation, Procurement, Strategic Supply Chain Management, and a 3-credit supervised internship, open once you have completed Business Logistics and 57 credits. You need a 2.5 GPA across major courses. The college lists recruiting partners across logistics, defense and manufacturing, and a Supply Chain and Logistics Advisory Council works with the program.
Rider University's Norm Brodsky College of Business awards a 120-credit Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in global supply chain management, with 33 credits in the major. Required courses include Introduction to Global Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Strategy and Design, and a management information systems course for supply chains, plus courses on customer and supplier logistics, the customer-driven supply chain and internal firm operations. Every major completes either a 6-credit co-op or a 3-credit internship plus a business elective. The program draws on operations, marketing, business analytics, information systems, management science and international business, and a dual major with business analytics is available. Faculty-led international study tours can earn 3 elective credits. The school says Gartner ranked its supply chain curriculum among the top two in the nation in 2018, and it reports placement above 95% in supply chain jobs.
Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain, Logistics and Maritime Port Management
Jersey City, NJ
On campus
ACBSP-accredited program
More about this program
Kean University's Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain, Logistics and Maritime Port Management is taught on the Jersey City campus through the Department of Management in the College of Business and Public Management. The catalog lists 60 major credits: a 33-credit business common core plus 27 credits of program courses, including Procurement and Supplier Management, Logistics and Transportation Management, Port and Intermodal Transportation Management, Global Supply Chain Management, Decision Intelligence in Supply Chains, and a closing seminar. You need a C or better in every business course. The program builds on its setting in the New York and New Jersey port region, and the school calls internships, industry projects and work with logistics and maritime professionals integral to the degree. Kean says it will include the program in its next AACSB review.
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 New Jersey. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: one doesn’t state enough of the figures its national ranking scores, and 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 New Jersey
In New Jersey, stated graduate totals run from $42,660 at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to $63,400 at Seton Hall University.
For a bachelor’s, Rowan University reports the lowest in-state rate in New Jersey, $15,700 a year, and Seton Hall University the highest, $51,370.
Graduate figures are read from each school’s own program page.
Master’s Programs In New Jersey
Master’s in supply chain management programs in New Jersey, 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 New Jersey
Two New Jersey public universities report higher rates for nonresidents; the gap runs from $9,864 a year at Rowan University to $18,762 at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. New Jersey’s two private schools report one rate for everyone. For a New Jersey student, residency at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is worth about $75,048 over four years.
Supply Chain Programs Near New Jersey
New Jersey borders Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware. Together New Jersey’s neighbors have 35 accredited programs, 23 of them in Pennsylvania, more than New Jersey has itself.
Next door, the lowest stated graduate total is $25,650; in New Jersey it is $42,660.
Accredited supply chain programs in the states bordering New Jersey
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 New Jersey
One of the nine New Jersey directory listings name an online format, so some New Jersey students can skip the commute to an in-state school. New Jersey’s Rutgers University appears in the online master’s ranking.
Residency can still matter online for a New Jersey student: Rutgers University-New Brunswick charges New Jersey’s nonresidents $18,762 more a year on campus; a New Jersey student should check whether its online rate differs.
In New Jersey, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $174,520. Logisticians in New Jersey earn a median of $92,280, above the $82,320 national figure; New Jersey’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $63,740 and the top tenth over $136,590.
For transportation, storage and distribution managers in New Jersey, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $130,610, with the 10th percentile at $87,330 and the 90th at $216,840. On the procurement side, New Jersey’s purchasing managers earn a median of $174,520 and its buyers and purchasing agents $93,250, across 12,180 jobs.
Supply chain occupations in New Jersey: jobs and median pay
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no New Jersey estimate for that figure.
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 New Jersey
At 108.8 for 2024, New Jersey’s BEA price level sits 8.8% over the U.S. average, so New Jersey’s $92,280 logistician median buys what $84,812 would nationally. Adjusted that way, New Jersey ranks 26th of 51 for logistician pay.
Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In New Jersey
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ pays New Jersey’s highest logistician median, $92,540, $260 above the New Jersey figure. Metros crossing into New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland count their jobs outside New Jersey too.
Median pay for logisticians and transportation, storage and distribution managers in New Jersey metro areas
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no estimate for that metro.
New Jersey Pay Against Its Neighbors
Delaware pays logisticians the most here, $96,090; New Jersey is second of 4 at $92,280. Adjusted for prices, Delaware leads at $96,275, and New Jersey places second.
Logistician and manager pay in New Jersey 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 New Jersey
New Jersey’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (12,180), then production, planning, and expediting clerks (9,410) and transportation, storage and distribution managers (9,120). New Jersey holds 4.1% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and New Jersey logisticians are 2.5% of the U.S. total.
The managers’ occupation has 2.128 jobs per 1,000 in New Jersey (location quotient 1.5), ranking New Jersey first of 50 and well above the national share. In New Jersey, logisticians hold 1.466 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.
New Jersey Logistics Industries
County Business Patterns counts 237,710 transportation and warehousing jobs at 9,202 New Jersey employers in 2023, plus 272,397 jobs in New Jersey’s wholesale trade. By that count New Jersey ranks ninth of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.
Within it, warehousing and storage is New Jersey’s largest freight line, 66,084 jobs, followed by couriers and delivery at 50,436. Warehousing and storage employs 66,084 people at 968 New Jersey sites, seventh among the states. The best-paid of these lines in New Jersey is air transportation, averaging $112,724 a year per job.
Logistics and wholesale industries in New Jersey: 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 New Jersey Through 2034
In New Jersey, logisticians grow fastest: +14.9%, from 5,950 jobs in 2024 to 6,840 in 2034, per New Jersey’s labor market office (U.S.: +16.7%). The slowest in New Jersey is production, planning, and expediting clerks, at -0.2%.
Across its six core supply chain occupations, New Jersey expects about 3,350 openings a year. Three of New Jersey’s six are projected to outpace the U.S.
Projected employment for supply chain occupations in New Jersey, 2024 to 2034
Long-term projections from each state’s labor market information office, published through Projections Central (nj.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 New Jersey, One By One
Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In New Jersey
New Jersey has 9,120 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $130,610, puts New Jersey fifth of 52. The middle half of New Jersey’s pay for this occupation runs from $105,080 to $169,390, and the outer tenths reach $87,330 and $216,840. At 2.128 jobs per 1,000 in New Jersey, its location quotient is 1.5 (first). New Jersey’s labor office projects +8.6% to 2034, about 740 openings a year.
Logisticians In New Jersey
New Jersey has 6,280 logisticians. Their median, $92,280, puts New Jersey 12th of 52. The middle half of New Jersey’s pay for this occupation runs from $78,240 to $115,170, and the outer tenths reach $63,740 and $136,590. At 1.466 jobs per 1,000 in New Jersey, its location quotient is 0.91 (26th). New Jersey’s labor office projects +14.9% to 2034, about 640 openings a year.
Purchasing Managers In New Jersey
New Jersey has 3,430 purchasing managers. Their median, $174,520, puts New Jersey second of 51. The middle half of New Jersey’s pay for this occupation runs from $140,610 to $218,770, and the outer tenths reach $117,660 and $285,280. At 0.8 jobs per 1,000 in New Jersey, its location quotient is 1.47 (fifth). New Jersey’s labor office projects +2.5% to 2034, about 210 openings a year.
Buyers And Purchasing Agents In New Jersey
New Jersey has 12,180 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $93,250, puts New Jersey second of 52. The middle half of New Jersey’s pay for this occupation runs from $75,030 to $116,430, and the outer tenths reach $62,400 and $140,730. At 2.843 jobs per 1,000 in New Jersey, its location quotient is 0.9 (30th).
Industrial Production Managers In New Jersey
New Jersey has 6,780 industrial production managers. Their median, $147,260, puts New Jersey fourth of 51. The middle half of New Jersey’s pay for this occupation runs from $114,490 to $177,870, and the outer tenths reach $91,410 and $218,150. At 1.582 jobs per 1,000 in New Jersey, its location quotient is 1 (21st). New Jersey’s labor office projects +3.1% to 2034, about 450 openings a year.
Cargo And Freight Agents In New Jersey
New Jersey has 4,280 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $60,210, puts New Jersey seventh of 49. The middle half of New Jersey’s pay for this occupation runs from $49,470 to $69,860, and the outer tenths reach $47,630 and $77,750. At 0.999 jobs per 1,000 in New Jersey, its location quotient is 1.59 (sixth). New Jersey’s labor office projects +7.6% to 2034, about 280 openings a year.
Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In New Jersey
New Jersey has 9,410 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $62,710, puts New Jersey ninth of 52. The middle half of New Jersey’s pay for this occupation runs from $50,050 to $76,360, and the outer tenths reach $42,440 and $87,660. At 2.195 jobs per 1,000 in New Jersey, its location quotient is 0.87 (21st). New Jersey’s labor office projects -0.2% to 2034, about 1,030 openings a year.
Compliance Officers In New Jersey
New Jersey has 13,310 compliance officers. Their median, $100,000, puts New Jersey third of 52. The middle half of New Jersey’s pay for this occupation runs from $76,180 to $128,790, and the outer tenths reach $58,860 and $158,540. At 3.107 jobs per 1,000 in New Jersey, its location quotient is 1.16 (12th). New Jersey’s labor office projects +1.9% to 2034, about 970 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.
New Jersey Freight And The Supply Chain Economy
Counting shipments that start, end or stay in New Jersey, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 515.5 million tons of freight worth $1.28 trillion moved in 2024. That ranks New Jersey tenth of 51 by value and 20th by weight, and 42.8% of its tonnage never leaves the state.
By value, pharmaceuticals and electronics lead New Jersey’s freight. By weight, New Jersey moves mostly natural gas and fossil products and gasoline. In New Jersey, trucks carry 66.6% of the tons, pipelines 20.5%.
New Jersey’s largest domestic trading partner is Pennsylvania ($151.8 billion, both directions), then New York and California. New Jersey exported $47.1 billion of freight, mostly to Europe, and imported $153.3 billion, mostly from Europe. The framework forecasts New Jersey’s tonnage to grow 57.3% by 2050 and its real value 101.9%.
The five largest commodities by value in New Jersey 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.
New Jersey Metro Areas With Supply Chain Programs
New Jersey’s programs fall across three Census areas, led by New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ with five schools.
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (metro area): Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Newark/New Brunswick, Seton Hall University, Essex County College, Fairleigh Dickinson University and New Jersey City University.
The area crosses into NY.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (metro area): Rowan University.
The area crosses into PA, DE and MD.
Trenton-Princeton, NJ (metro area): Rider University.
Areas are Census Bureau CBSAs (July 2023), assigned by each school’s county.
New Jersey City Guides
New Jersey has three city pages: New York City, Philadelphia and Allentown-Bethlehem.
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.
New Jersey Programs In The National Rankings
Master’s ranking: one of the 58 programs is in New Jersey, and the best placed is Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at number 30.
MBA ranking: one of the 38 programs is in New Jersey, and the best placed is Seton Hall University at number 18.
How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In New Jersey
Start with the level: New Jersey’s nine listings split into one associate degree, five bachelor’s and three master’s.
Compare totals, not per-credit rates. Among New Jersey’s priced graduate programs, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey costs $20,740 less in total than Seton Hall University.
Stay in state if you can. At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, a New Jersey resident pays $17,239 a year against $36,001 for everyone else.
Check the format line by line: one of New Jersey’s nine directory listings name an online option, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Seton Hall University state an online graduate format on their own page.
Match the program to where you’ll work: in New Jersey, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ pays logisticians most, $92,540 against $92,280 statewide.
Look at demand too: in New Jersey, logisticians grow fastest, +14.9% by 2034.
FAQ
How Many Supply Chain Management Programs Are In New Jersey?
This directory lists nine accredited supply chain programs in New Jersey, at seven schools: one associate degree, five bachelor’s and three master’s.
How Much Does A Supply Chain Management Degree Cost In New Jersey?
Stated graduate totals in New Jersey run from $42,660 at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to $63,400 at Seton Hall University. For a bachelor’s in New Jersey, in-state tuition and fees per year run from $15,700 to $51,370, as schools report them to IPEDS.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Make In New Jersey?
In New Jersey, the occupation counting supply chain managers pays a median of $130,610 across 9,120 jobs, against $107,230 nationally.
How Much Do Logisticians Make In New Jersey?
The logistician median in New Jersey is $92,280, across 6,280 jobs. At New Jersey’s price level of 108.8 (U.S. = 100), it buys what $84,812 would nationally.
Which New Jersey Metro Area Pays Supply Chain Workers The Most?
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has New Jersey’s highest logistician median, $92,540. Trenton-Princeton, NJ pays New Jersey’s managers’ occupation the most, $138,760.
How Does New Jersey Supply Chain Pay Compare With Neighboring States?
Of the 4 states compared with New Jersey, Delaware pays logisticians the most, $96,090; New Jersey ranks second at $92,280. After adjusting for prices, New Jersey ranks second.
How Many Logistics Jobs Are In New Jersey?
Census County Business Patterns counts 237,710 transportation and warehousing jobs in New Jersey for 2023, 66,084 of them in warehousing and storage. BLS counts 6,280 New Jersey logisticians, the planners who run those flows.
Which Supply Chain Job Pays The Most In New Jersey?
Purchasing managers earn New Jersey’s highest supply chain median, $174,520, then industrial production managers at $147,260.
Is Supply Chain Management In Demand In New Jersey?
New Jersey’s labor market office expects logisticians in New Jersey to grow 14.9% by 2034, against 16.7% nationally, and New Jersey expects about 3,350 openings a year across New Jersey’s six core supply chain occupations.
Can New Jersey Residents Get A Tuition Discount At Out-Of-State Schools?
New Jersey is in none of the four regional exchanges, so New Jersey residents pay nonresident rates elsewhere unless a school discounts them itself.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online In New Jersey?
One of the nine New Jersey programs lists an online format in the accreditor’s record. Of New Jersey’s graduate programs with verified costs, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Seton Hall University state an online format.
