- Four programs at two schools. 2 bachelor’s, 2 master’s.
- One bachelor’s rate is on record: $7,593 a year. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro reports it to IPEDS.
- Out-of-state undergraduates pay $15,746 extra per year at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It is the one public university here with a bachelor’s.
- Supply chain managers’ BLS occupation: median $101,320. Middle half $85,350 to $132,380; nationally $107,230.
- What stands out most: parcel and courier hubs. The strongest is 8,189 couriers and delivery jobs, 1.87 times the national share.
- One program states STEM designation. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro bachelor’s.
The metro
The Census Bureau defines the Greensboro metro as the Greensboro-High Point, NC metropolitan statistical area: three counties, one central and two outlying. Every Greensboro figure here for jobs, pay and industry covers that whole area.
- Principal cities
- Greensboro and High Point
- Central counties
- Guilford County
- Outlying counties
- Randolph County and Rockingham County
Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023. Schools are placed in the metro by their county.
Programs
Greensboro has four accredited supply chain programs, at North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. By level, Greensboro has two bachelor’s and two master’s.
Not ranked
Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, B.S., Strategic Procurement and Supply Chain Management Concentration
Greensboro, NC
- On campus
- Fully online
- STEM-designated
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Strategic Procurement and Supply Chain Management is one of four concentrations within UNCG's Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, B.S., a STEM-designated program at the Bryan School of Business and Economics. The degree requires 120 credit hours, including at least 36 at the 300 level or above, and you can complete every concentration, including this one, entirely online or on the Greensboro campus. Concentration coursework centers on Logistics and Transportation Management and Principles of Supply Chain and Procurement Management, plus six credits of additional SCM courses and three credits chosen from options like cybersecurity essentials, blockchain applications, or digital marketing analytics. The school notes its location in Greensboro, a major logistics hub, gives students access to paid internships at companies such as Deere-Hitachi, JP Morgan, Syngenta, VF Corp., and Wells Fargo. Graduates have gone on to roles including supply chain analyst, logistics coordinator, and operations manager.
Not ranked
M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration), Supply Chain Systems concentration
Greensboro, NC
- MBA concentration
- On campus
- Online
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Supply Chain Systems is one of three concentrations in this MBA, alongside General Management and Human Resource Management. You can take the degree on campus or online. The school describes the MBA as covering business essentials including economics, accounting, finance and management. Admission asks for a current resume and a GMAT or GRE score if your undergraduate GPA is below 3.30. If your undergraduate degree is not business related, you would take up to 12 additional credits of foundation courses in accounting, finance, economics, business analysis and enterprise management first.
Not ranked
MBA - Supply Chain Management
Greensboro, NC
- MBA concentration
- On campus
- Online
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Analytics for logistics and project management are the kind of classes the school points to in the Supply Chain Management concentration of its MBA. You can take courses online or in person, and MBA students choose from more than 30 electives that count toward nine concentration areas or 18 certificate options. The curriculum stresses an interdisciplinary approach to decision making. Along the way you'll meet lectures and discussions, group projects, live case studies and projects with area businesses, and you can join one-week study abroad courses for academic credit. The Bryan School describes its business and accounting programs as holding dual AACSB accreditation.
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 Greensboro. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: one is a bachelor’s program placed below the top 25 that the national bachelor’s list publishes, and two were 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 them.
Also Accredited In Greensboro
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.
Residency
The one public university with a bachelor’s in Greensboro is the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. At that campus in Greensboro, a North Carolina resident pays less than a nonresident.
At the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in Greensboro, residents pay $7,593 a year and nonresidents $23,339.
Tuition and required fees for a full-time undergraduate, 2023-24, as each school reports them to IPEDS, via College Navigator: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Each school name links to its program page. Who counts as a resident is each school’s rule, set out on its own residency page.
STEM and OPT
One Greensboro program states STEM designation on the school’s own pages:
An F-1 student can work in the U.S. on optional practical training for 12 months after a degree; a degree in a field DHS designates as STEM adds a 24-month extension. Eligibility runs through the school’s designated school official; Study in the States has the terms.
Economy
County Business Patterns counts 24,123 transportation and warehousing jobs at 690 employers in the Greensboro metro for 2023, and 19,574 more in wholesale trade.
Against the national mix, Greensboro stands out for parcel and courier hubs and manufacturing. Greensboro’s location quotient: 1.8 for industrial production managers. In Greensboro, couriers and delivery holds 1.87 times its national share of freight jobs, 8,189 of them.
BLS OEWS May 2025. A location quotient of 1.0 means the occupation’s share of local jobs equals its national share; 1.5 means half again as many.
County Business Patterns 2023. Share is each line’s part of all transportation and warehousing jobs; ratio is the local share over the U.S. share. Not published: withheld by the Census Bureau to protect individual employers.
How this guide decides what a metro stands out forShow the rules
- Air cargo: air transportation holds at least twice its national share of the metro’s transportation and warehousing jobs, and at least 10,000 jobs.
- Port and water freight: water transportation holds at least twice its national share of the metro’s transportation and warehousing jobs, and at least 1,000 jobs.
- Warehousing: warehousing and storage holds at least 1.4 times its national share of the metro’s transportation and warehousing jobs, and at least 5,000 jobs.
- Parcel and courier hubs: couriers and delivery holds at least 1.5 times its national share of the metro’s transportation and warehousing jobs, and at least 5,000 jobs.
- Trucking: trucking holds at least 1.5 times its national share of the metro’s transportation and warehousing jobs, and at least 5,000 jobs.
- Distribution management: transportation, storage and distribution managers have a location quotient of 1.4 or more.
- Purchasing: purchasing managers have a location quotient of 1.4 or more.
- Operations analytics: operations research analysts have a location quotient of 1.5 or more.
- Manufacturing: industrial production managers have a location quotient of 1.5 or more.
- Freight brokerage and forwarding: cargo and freight agents have a location quotient of 1.5 or more.
Online
26 online programs say a Greensboro resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For the Greensboro metro, University of San Diego lists North Carolina as closed, so Greensboro residents can’t enroll. Closer to home, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University list an online format among the Greensboro programs above.
Each school’s own state-authorization page, read 2026-09-24. The table lists the programs whose page says who can enroll; “Every state” is the school’s own statement and “Closed in” lists the states it names. The rest are in the online degree ranking. Authorization changes, so confirm with the school before you apply.
How to become
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Pick The Level That Fits Where You Start
Greensboro offers two bachelor’s and two master’s. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has the lowest in-state rate for a bachelor’s in Greensboro, $7,593 a year.
- 2
Keep Working While You Study
In Greensboro, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University list an online format. Beyond Greensboro, 26 online programs state they enroll North Carolina residents.
- 3
Know The Local Pay Ladder Before You Negotiate
Logisticians in Greensboro run from $45,650 at the 10th percentile to $111,910 at the 90th, with the median at $74,290.
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Aim At The Roles Greensboro Concentrates
Industrial production managers are Greensboro’s most concentrated supply chain occupation: 1.8 times the national share, median $124,570 in Greensboro.
Cost
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro reports $7,593 a year in tuition and fees for a Greensboro bachelor’s. Greensboro sits at 92.9 on BEA’s 2024 price index (U.S. = 100).
Pay
BLS counts Greensboro’s supply chain managers among transportation, storage and distribution managers; in Greensboro their median is $101,320, against $107,230 nationally. Greensboro logisticians earn $74,290 at the median, and the middle half of them $59,410 to $97,310.
No of the nine occupations below pay more in Greensboro than nationally. At Greensboro’s prices, the logistician median is worth $79,998 in national terms.
Supply chain pay in the Greensboro metro by percentile | Occupation | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | U.S. Median |
| Purchasing Managers 210 jobs | $82,320 | $101,440 | $132,020 | $167,460 | $194,270 | $148,080 |
| Industrial Production Managers 1,040 jobs | $76,030 | $95,790 | $124,570 | $157,010 | $192,960 | $126,060 |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Counts supply chain managers · 700 jobs | $68,360 | $85,350 | $101,320 | $132,380 | $180,820 | $107,230 |
| Operations Research Analysts 120 jobs | $59,110 | $65,560 | $80,300 | $102,790 | $129,010 | $88,940 |
| Logisticians 520 jobs | $45,650 | $59,410 | $74,290 | $97,310 | $111,910 | $82,320 |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents 1,170 jobs | $47,020 | $58,220 | $72,540 | $91,970 | $118,280 | $77,710 |
| Compliance Officers Counts customs brokers · 620 jobs | $43,360 | $56,260 | $71,850 | $97,110 | $122,930 | $80,730 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 1,430 jobs | $37,320 | $41,930 | $51,340 | $63,550 | $77,410 | $59,650 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents 260 jobs | $34,950 | $37,210 | $47,600 | $55,770 | $62,510 | $52,260 |
BLS OEWS May 2025, metropolitan area estimates: annual wages at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles. 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.
Questions
Which Schools In Greensboro Offer A Supply Chain Management Degree?
North Carolina A&T State University and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro: four accredited programs in Greensboro.
Are Any Greensboro Supply Chain Programs STEM-Designated?
Yes: the University of North Carolina at Greensboro bachelor’s. An F-1 graduate of that Greensboro program can apply for the 24-month STEM OPT extension.
How Much More Do Out-Of-State Students Pay In Greensboro?
A nonresident undergraduate in Greensboro pays $15,746 more a year at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, per the IPEDS report of each Greensboro school.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Earn In Greensboro?
BLS counts them among transportation, storage and distribution managers, whose Greensboro median is $101,320; the top tenth earn over $180,820.
What Kind Of Supply Chain Economy Does Greensboro Have?
By the thresholds on this page, Greensboro stands out for parcel and courier hubs and manufacturing.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online From Greensboro?
26 online programs say a Greensboro resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For the Greensboro metro, University of San Diego lists North Carolina as closed, so Greensboro residents can’t enroll. Closer to home, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University list an online format among the Greensboro programs above.
Other city guides in North Carolina | City | Programs | Manager Median |
| Charlotte Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 3 | $118,100 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 1 | $108,430 |
Every accredited program in North Carolina, with statewide pay and job growth.
All 64 metros with an accredited program, searchable.
ASCM and ISM credentials: who may sit each exam and what it costs.
Every verified online program, with tuition and campus visits.
National, state and metro pay for the managers’ occupation.
National, state and metro pay for logisticians.
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