- Three programs at two schools. 1 associate’s, 1 bachelor’s, 1 master’s.
- One graduate program states a total: $42,504. The lowest is at Wright State University.
- Out-of-state undergraduates pay $9,418 extra per year at Wright State University. It is the one public university here with a bachelor’s.
- Supply chain managers’ BLS occupation: median $97,980. Middle half $74,880 to $125,940; nationally $107,230.
- What stands out most: operations analytics. The strongest is 410 operations research analysts, a location quotient of 1.56.
- One program states STEM designation. Wright State University MS.
The metro
The Census Bureau defines the Dayton metro as the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metropolitan statistical area: three counties, two central and one outlying. Every Dayton figure here for jobs, pay and industry covers that whole area.
- Principal cities
- Beavercreek, Dayton and Kettering
- Central counties
- Greene County and Montgomery County
- Outlying counties
- Miami County
Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023. Schools are placed in the metro by their county.
Programs
Dayton has three accredited supply chain programs, at Wright State University and Sinclair Community College. By level, Dayton has one associate’s, one bachelor’s and one master’s. In Dayton, Wright State University lists the most, two.
Ranked 29 of 45 master’s programs
Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LOGMGTSC-MS)
Dayton, OH
- Online with campus residency
- STEM-designated
- No GMAT or GRE required
- AACSB-accredited business school
- The only STEM-designated program among the 2 verified in Dayton
Campus requirement: Students spend four residencies throughout the year on campus.
More about this program
Four on-campus residencies anchor the Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Wright State University, a cohort program for working professionals that can be finished in one year. Residency weekends run Friday through Sunday before classes begin, and the rest of the coursework comes through e-learning modules that mix synchronous and asynchronous delivery. The degree totals 33 credit hours: 27 in core courses such as Global Logistics and Trade, Contracting and Strategic Sourcing, and Data Analytics and Fundamentals in Supply Chain Management, plus six in a practicum or an interdisciplinary business concentration. A capstone project pairs you with a business or community organization to solve a problem for them. Applicants with at least a 2.7 GPA don't need GMAT or GRE scores. Business graduate tuition is $800 per credit hour for Ohio residents and $1,288 for nonresidents below 11 hours. International graduates are eligible for STEM OPT.
Not ranked
Supply Chain Management, BSB
Dayton, OH
- On campus
- Fully online
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
Managing the flow of materials, finances and information within and between companies is the focus of Wright State University's Supply Chain Management, BSB, run by the School of Supply Chain Management, Marketing, and Management within the Raj Soin College of Business. The program teaches strategies for improving customer service and cutting costs for businesses, nonprofits and government agencies competing in a global economy. Wright State lists supply chain management among its online degree programs, so you can become what the school calls a supply chain management specialist without attending in person. Students who want to keep building expertise afterward can add the Quality and Process Management undergraduate microcredential, pursue the Supply Chain Management minor, or continue directly into the university's Logistics and Supply Chain Management master's program.
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 Dayton. 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.
Also Accredited In Dayton
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 Dayton is Wright State University. At that campus in Dayton, an Ohio resident pays less than a nonresident.
At Wright State University, in Dayton, residents pay $10,614 a year and nonresidents $20,032.
Undergraduate tuition and fees by residency at Dayton schools | School | Resident | Nonresident | Difference |
| Wright State University Public, OH · undergraduate, per year | $10,614 | $20,032 | $9,418 |
Tuition and required fees for a full-time undergraduate, 2023-24, as each school reports them to IPEDS, via College Navigator: Wright State University. 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 Dayton 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 13,952 transportation and warehousing jobs at 415 employers in the Dayton metro for 2023, and 12,502 more in wholesale trade.
Against the national mix, Dayton stands out for operations analytics and manufacturing. Dayton’s location quotients: 1.56 for operations research analysts and 1.55 for industrial production managers.
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 Dayton resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Dayton, none of them names Ohio as closed. Closer to home, Wright State University lists an online format among the Dayton 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
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Pick The Level That Fits Where You Start
Dayton offers one associate’s, one bachelor’s and one master’s. Wright State University has the lowest in-state rate for a bachelor’s in Dayton, $10,614 a year. With a degree already, Dayton’s stated graduate totals start at $42,504.
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Keep Working While You Study
In Dayton, Wright State University lists an online format. Beyond Dayton, 27 online programs state they enroll Ohio residents.
- 3
Know The Local Pay Ladder Before You Negotiate
Logisticians in Dayton run from $59,950 at the 10th percentile to $145,500 at the 90th, with the median at $105,060.
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Aim At The Roles Dayton Concentrates
Logisticians are Dayton’s most concentrated supply chain occupation: 2.42 times the national share, median $105,060 in Dayton.
Cost
Wright State University states a total for its Dayton graduate program: $42,504. Wright State University reports $10,614 a year in tuition and fees for a Dayton bachelor’s. Dayton sits at 92.7 on BEA’s 2024 price index (U.S. = 100).
Graduate supply chain programs in Dayton, by total tuition | Program | Total Tuition | Per Credit | Credits |
| Wright State University OH · Online with residency | $42,504 | $1,288 | 33 |
Note: A blank cell means the school’s program page does not state that figure.
Pay
BLS counts Dayton’s supply chain managers among transportation, storage and distribution managers; in Dayton their median is $97,980, against $107,230 nationally. Dayton logisticians earn $105,060 at the median, and the middle half of them $82,110 to $127,520.
Four of the nine occupations below pay more in Dayton than nationally. At Dayton’s prices, the logistician median is worth $113,341 in national terms.
Supply chain pay in the Dayton metro by percentile | Occupation | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | U.S. Median |
| Purchasing Managers 200 jobs | $89,590 | $110,550 | $132,470 | $153,080 | $195,190 | $148,080 |
| Operations Research Analysts 410 jobs | $66,580 | $94,140 | $122,570 | $149,360 | $174,300 | $88,940 |
| Logisticians 1,460 jobs | $59,950 | $82,110 | $105,060 | $127,520 | $145,500 | $82,320 |
| Industrial Production Managers 910 jobs | $73,560 | $83,170 | $104,180 | $133,450 | $164,330 | $126,060 |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Counts supply chain managers · 600 jobs | $58,090 | $74,880 | $97,980 | $125,940 | $166,040 | $107,230 |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents 2,850 jobs | $52,120 | $66,360 | $94,520 | $120,640 | $142,480 | $77,710 |
| Compliance Officers Counts customs brokers · 610 jobs | $45,960 | $52,600 | $68,120 | $93,480 | $117,890 | $80,730 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents 40 jobs | $40,220 | $44,810 | $59,980 | $70,410 | $81,710 | $52,260 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 1,370 jobs | $40,220 | $42,480 | $54,080 | $69,720 | $81,660 | $59,650 |
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 Dayton Offer A Supply Chain Management Degree?
Wright State University and Sinclair Community College: three accredited programs in Dayton.
Are Any Dayton Supply Chain Programs STEM-Designated?
Yes: Wright State University MS. An F-1 graduate of that Dayton program can apply for the 24-month STEM OPT extension.
How Much More Do Out-Of-State Students Pay In Dayton?
A nonresident undergraduate in Dayton pays $9,418 more a year at Wright State University, per the IPEDS report of each Dayton school.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Earn In Dayton?
BLS counts them among transportation, storage and distribution managers, whose Dayton median is $97,980; the top tenth earn over $166,040.
What Kind Of Supply Chain Economy Does Dayton Have?
By the thresholds on this page, Dayton stands out for operations analytics and manufacturing.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online From Dayton?
27 online programs say a Dayton resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Dayton, none of them names Ohio as closed. Closer to home, Wright State University lists an online format among the Dayton programs above.
Other city guides in Ohio | City | Programs | Manager Median |
| Toledo Toledo, OH | 1 | $98,970 |
| Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 2 | $106,160 |
| Cleveland Cleveland, OH | 1 | $102,080 |
| Columbus Columbus, OH | 3 | $105,360 |
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.
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