- Three programs at two schools. 1 bachelor’s, 2 master’s.
- One graduate program states a total: $51,750. The lowest is at Case Western Reserve University.
- Supply chain managers’ BLS occupation: median $102,080. Middle half $78,150 to $131,780; nationally $107,230.
- What stands out most: manufacturing. The strongest is 2,520 industrial production managers, a location quotient of 1.54.
- One program states STEM designation. Case Western Reserve University MS.
- 27 online programs take Ohio residents. Among local programs, Cleveland State University lists an online format.
The metro
The Census Bureau defines the Cleveland metro as the Cleveland, OH metropolitan statistical area: six counties, four central and two outlying. Every Cleveland figure here for jobs, pay and industry covers that whole area.
- Principal cities
- Cleveland
- Central counties
- Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County and Medina County
- Outlying counties
- Ashtabula County and Lorain County
Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023. Schools are placed in the metro by their county.
Programs
Cleveland has three accredited supply chain programs, at Cleveland State University and Case Western Reserve University. By level, Cleveland has one bachelor’s and two master’s. In Cleveland, Cleveland State University lists the most, two.
Ranked 37 of 45 master’s programs
Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM)
Cleveland, OH
- On campus
- STEM-designated
- No GMAT or GRE required
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Weatherhead School of Management's Master of Supply Chain Management runs 30 credit hours around what the school calls the four pillars of supply chain management, plan, source, make and deliver. You choose either a 9-month accelerated track or a 15-month professional track, and can extend further with add-on certificates in business analytics or Six Sigma Black Belt. The curriculum includes a Six Sigma course with a real company project, hands-on lean operations work, and an optional three-week SAP workshop each spring. Tuition for students entering fall 2026 is $1,725 a credit hour, $51,750 for the full degree. GMAT and GRE scores are test-optional, and applicants who skip them are evaluated more heavily on other application materials. The program is STEM-designated, and Weatherhead says graduates go on to roles like demand planner, procurement analyst, production supervisor and logistics analyst.
Not ranked
Master of Business Administration, Operations & Supply Chain Management specialization
Cleveland, OH
- MBA specialization
- On campus
- Online
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Ten core courses worth 30 credit hours form the base of Cleveland State's MBA, and you add three more courses to earn the Operations & Supply Chain Management specialization. It's designated on your transcript and diploma, and you contact the graduate advising staff to have it added to your degree audit. If you don't hold an undergraduate business degree, you first take four prerequisite courses totaling 10 credit hours, including OSM 510 Analytic Methods. No GMAT or GRE is required for admission. You can schedule your coursework in person or online, and the program offers full-time and part-time paths. Six other specializations run alongside it, including Business Analytics, Finance and Marketing, so you can compare what each adds before you commit.
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 Cleveland. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: 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.
Also Accredited In Cleveland
Cleveland State University
Bachelor of Business Administration, Operations and Supply Chain Management Major
Bachelor’s · Cleveland, OH
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.
STEM and OPT
One Cleveland 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 27,481 transportation and warehousing jobs at 1,594 employers in the Cleveland metro for 2023, and 48,564 more in wholesale trade.
Against the national mix, Cleveland stands out for manufacturing. Cleveland’s location quotient: 1.54 for industrial production managers.
Supply chain occupations in the Cleveland metro by concentration | Occupation | Jobs | Location Quotient |
| Industrial Production Managers | 2,520 | 1.54 |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Counts supply chain managers | 1,660 | 1.13 |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents | 3,560 | 1.09 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 2,790 | 1.08 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | 630 | 0.97 |
| Purchasing Managers | 500 | 0.9 |
| Logisticians | 1,300 | 0.78 |
| Compliance Officers Counts customs brokers | 1,870 | 0.68 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 330 | 0.45 |
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
27 online programs say a Cleveland resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Cleveland, none of them names Ohio as closed. Closer to home, Cleveland State University lists an online format among the Cleveland programs above.
Online supply chain programs that state they enroll Ohio residents | School | Level | Credits | Enrolls From |
| American Public University West Virginia · Online Master of Arts in Supply Chain Management (MA) | Master’s | 36 | Every state |
| Boston University Massachusetts · Online Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MSSCM), Metropolitan College | Master’s | 32 | Every state |
| Florida International University Florida · Online Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MSLSCM) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| Georgia College & State University Georgia · Online Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MLSCM) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| Georgia Southern University Georgia · M.S. in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MS-LSCM) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| Middle Tennessee State University Tennessee · Supply Chain Management, M.S. | Master’s | 33 | Closed in CA, MA |
| Portland State University Oregon · Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management (MSGSCM) | Master’s | Not published | Every state |
| The Ohio State University Ohio · Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM) | Master’s | 33 | Every state |
| The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania · Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville Alabama · Master of Science in Supply Chain Management | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| University of Arkansas Arkansas · Master of Science in Supply Chain Management | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| University of Colorado at Boulder Colorado · MS Supply Chain Analytics - Online (Master of Science in Supply Chain Analytics) | Master’s | 33 | Every state |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska · M.S. in Supply Chain Management (online Master of Science in Supply Chain Management) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington North Carolina · Supply Chain Management, M.S. (Master of Science in Supply Chain Management, MS SCM) | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| University of Oklahoma Oklahoma · Online MS in Supply Chain Management (catalog: Supply Chain Management (Online), M.S.) | Master’s | 32 | Every state |
| University of San Diego California · Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MSSCM) | Master’s | 33 | Closed in AL, AR, DC, GA, IA, KY, MN, MS, NJ, NC, ND, RI, WI |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tennessee · Online Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management (MS SCM); Master of Science in Supply Chain Management | Master’s | 30 | Every state |
| American Public University West Virginia · Online Bachelor of Arts in Supply Chain Management (BA) | Bachelor’s | 120 | Every state |
| Appalachian State University North Carolina · Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) in Supply Chain Management | Bachelor’s | 120 | Closed in CA |
| Arizona State University Arizona · Supply Chain Management, BS | Bachelor’s | 120 | Every state |
| Ball State University Indiana · Bachelor's Degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Online) | Bachelor’s | 120 | Every state |
| East Texas A&M University Texas · Supply Chain Management (BBA) | Bachelor’s | 120 | Closed in MA |
| Florida International University Florida · Bachelor of Business Administration in Logistics and Supply Chain Management | Bachelor’s | 120 | Every state |
| Oregon State University Oregon · Supply Chain & Logistics Management | Bachelor’s | 180 | Every state |
| Portland State University Oregon · Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Global Supply Chain Management | Bachelor’s | 180 | Every state |
| Purdue University Global Indiana · Bachelor of Science in Applied Supply Chain Management | Bachelor’s | 180 | Every state |
| Utah Valley University Utah · Operations and Supply Chain Management, B.S. | Bachelor’s | 120 | Every state |
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
- 1
Pick The Level That Fits Where You Start
Cleveland offers one bachelor’s and two master’s. With a degree already, Cleveland’s stated graduate totals start at $51,750.
- 2
Keep Working While You Study
In Cleveland, Cleveland State University lists an online format. Beyond Cleveland, 27 online programs state they enroll Ohio residents.
- 3
Know The Local Pay Ladder Before You Negotiate
Logisticians in Cleveland run from $50,010 at the 10th percentile to $124,570 at the 90th, with the median at $79,030.
- 4
Aim At The Roles Cleveland Concentrates
Industrial production managers are Cleveland’s most concentrated supply chain occupation: 1.54 times the national share, median $107,380 in Cleveland.
Cost
Case Western Reserve University states a total for its Cleveland graduate program: $51,750. Cleveland sits at 93.9 on BEA’s 2024 price index (U.S. = 100).
Graduate supply chain programs in Cleveland, by total tuition | Program | Total Tuition | Per Credit | Credits |
| Case Western Reserve University OH · On campus | $51,750 | $1,725 | 30 |
Note: A blank cell means the school’s program page does not state that figure.
Pay
BLS counts Cleveland’s supply chain managers among transportation, storage and distribution managers; in Cleveland their median is $102,080, against $107,230 nationally. Cleveland logisticians earn $79,030 at the median, and the middle half of them $61,130 to $98,280.
Two of the nine occupations below pay more in Cleveland than nationally. At Cleveland’s prices, the logistician median is worth $84,143 in national terms.
Supply chain pay in the Cleveland metro by percentile | Occupation | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | U.S. Median |
| Purchasing Managers 500 jobs | $90,460 | $106,020 | $134,030 | $169,020 | $224,920 | $148,080 |
| Industrial Production Managers 2,520 jobs | $73,340 | $87,990 | $107,380 | $137,600 | $170,360 | $126,060 |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Counts supply chain managers · 1,660 jobs | $62,400 | $78,150 | $102,080 | $131,780 | $167,920 | $107,230 |
| Operations Research Analysts 330 jobs | $52,970 | $68,370 | $101,560 | $127,120 | $137,960 | $88,940 |
| Logisticians 1,300 jobs | $50,010 | $61,130 | $79,030 | $98,280 | $124,570 | $82,320 |
| Compliance Officers Counts customs brokers · 1,870 jobs | $48,040 | $59,640 | $74,480 | $100,130 | $127,090 | $80,730 |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents 3,560 jobs | $47,770 | $60,090 | $74,350 | $89,230 | $107,900 | $77,710 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 2,790 jobs | $41,620 | $47,800 | $59,210 | $74,080 | $81,690 | $59,650 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents 630 jobs | $40,090 | $46,210 | $56,060 | $63,250 | $80,890 | $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 Cleveland Offer A Supply Chain Management Degree?
Cleveland State University and Case Western Reserve University: three accredited programs in Cleveland.
Are Any Cleveland Supply Chain Programs STEM-Designated?
Yes: Case Western Reserve University MS. An F-1 graduate of that Cleveland program can apply for the 24-month STEM OPT extension.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Earn In Cleveland?
BLS counts them among transportation, storage and distribution managers, whose Cleveland median is $102,080; the top tenth earn over $167,920.
What Kind Of Supply Chain Economy Does Cleveland Have?
By the thresholds on this page, Cleveland stands out for manufacturing.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online From Cleveland?
27 online programs say a Cleveland resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Cleveland, none of them names Ohio as closed. Closer to home, Cleveland State University lists an online format among the Cleveland programs above.
Other city guides in Ohio | City | Programs | Manager Median |
| Toledo Toledo, OH | 2 | $98,970 |
| Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 3 | $106,160 |
| Columbus Columbus, OH | 3 | $105,360 |
| Dayton Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 4 | $97,980 |
Every accredited program in Ohio, 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.
No employer is named on this page: none of the sources above lists employers by metro.
