- Three programs at three schools. 1 associate’s, 2 bachelor’s.
- Bachelor’s tuition and fees run $12,570 to $37,370 a year. Rates are as each school reports them to IPEDS.
- Out-of-state undergraduates pay $24,800 extra per year at the Citadel. College of Charleston also charges nonresidents more.
- Supply chain managers’ BLS occupation: median $100,610. Middle half $81,560 to $133,140; nationally $107,230.
- What stands out most: freight brokerage and forwarding. The strongest is 730 cargo and freight agents, a location quotient of 2.95.
The metro
The Census Bureau defines the Charleston, SC metro as the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan statistical area: three counties. Every Charleston, SC figure here for jobs, pay and industry covers that whole area.
- Principal cities
- Charleston and North Charleston
- Counties
- Berkeley County, Charleston County and Dorchester County
Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023. Schools are placed in the metro by their county.
Programs
Charleston, SC has three accredited supply chain programs, at College of Charleston, the Citadel and Trident Technical College. By level, Charleston, SC has one associate’s and two bachelor’s.
Not ranked
Business Administration – Supply Chain Management, B.S.B.A.
Charleston, SC
- On campus
- AACSB-accredited business school
- Lowest in-state tuition of the 2 Charleston, SC bachelor’s programs
- Highest six-year graduation rate of the 2 Charleston, SC bachelor’s schools
More about this program
The Citadel offers supply chain management as a major within its Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, taught through the Baker School of Business in Charleston. The major is 24 credit hours: four required courses, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, and Purchasing and Materials Management, plus four electives, two of them from supply chain courses. Students also take the business core, where each course needs a grade of C or higher, along with a business elective and three general electives. Cadets in the South Carolina Corps of Cadets need 121 hours to graduate, plus the required leadership, ROTC, and physical education requirements. Outside class, you can join the Supply Chain Management Club, affiliated with CSCMP, and the Port Club, a student offshoot of the Charleston Propeller Club that meets on maritime and trade topics.
Not ranked
Supply Chain Management, B.S.
Charleston, SC
- On campus
- AACSB-accredited business school
More about this program
The College of Charleston's B.S. in supply chain management requires 60 or more credit hours in the major, with a business core in accounting, economics, business law, management, marketing and finance alongside statistics, operations and information systems courses. Supply chain requirements include Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Lean and Six Sigma, Supply Chain Planning and Analysis, Global Logistics, and Supply Chain and Operations Strategy, plus 6 elective credits. The department says you can focus on green supply chain, risk management or procurement, earn a Microsoft Excel certification, work in SAP, and complete capstone projects with local companies. Internships, available for 1 to 3 credits, usually happen in the junior and senior years with regional manufacturers. Charleston's port and manufacturing base is part of the program's appeal, and study abroad options include Costa Rica, Brazil and Greece.
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 Charleston, SC. 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.
Also Accredited In Charleston, SC
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 public universities with a bachelor’s in Charleston, SC are the Citadel and College of Charleston. At each public in Charleston, SC, a South Carolina resident pays less than a nonresident.
At the Citadel, the widest gap in Charleston, SC, residents pay $12,570 a year and nonresidents $37,370. At College of Charleston the gap is $23,880.
Undergraduate tuition and fees by residency at Charleston, SC schools | School | Resident | Nonresident | Difference |
| The Citadel Public, SC · undergraduate, per year | $12,570 | $37,370 | $24,800 |
| College of Charleston Public, SC · undergraduate, per year | $12,978 | $36,858 | $23,880 |
Tuition and required fees for a full-time undergraduate, 2023-24, as each school reports them to IPEDS, via College Navigator: The Citadel and College of Charleston. 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.
Economy
County Business Patterns counts 18,226 transportation and warehousing jobs at 854 employers in the Charleston, SC metro for 2023, and 10,413 more in wholesale trade.
Against the national mix, Charleston, SC stands out for freight brokerage and forwarding and manufacturing. Charleston, SC’s location quotients: 2.95 for cargo and freight agents and 1.57 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 Charleston, SC resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Charleston, SC, none of them names South Carolina as closed.
Online supply chain programs that state they enroll South Carolina 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
Charleston, SC offers one associate’s and two bachelor’s. The Citadel has the lowest in-state rate for a bachelor’s in Charleston, SC, $12,570 a year.
- 2
Keep Working While You Study
Beyond Charleston, SC, 27 online programs state they enroll South Carolina residents.
- 3
Know The Local Pay Ladder Before You Negotiate
Logisticians in Charleston, SC run from $60,550 at the 10th percentile to $127,690 at the 90th, with the median at $82,780.
- 4
Aim At The Roles Charleston, SC Concentrates
Cargo and freight agents are Charleston, SC’s most concentrated supply chain occupation: 2.95 times the national share, median $57,560 in Charleston, SC.
Cost
For a Charleston, SC bachelor’s, tuition and fees run $12,570 to $37,370 a year. Charleston, SC sits at 101.0 on BEA’s 2024 price index (U.S. = 100).
Pay
BLS counts Charleston, SC’s supply chain managers among transportation, storage and distribution managers; in Charleston, SC their median is $100,610, against $107,230 nationally. Charleston, SC logisticians earn $82,780 at the median, and the middle half of them $78,070 to $101,770.
Five of the nine occupations below pay more in Charleston, SC than nationally. At Charleston, SC’s prices, the logistician median is worth $81,991 in national terms.
Supply chain pay in the Charleston, SC metro by percentile | Occupation | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | U.S. Median |
| Purchasing Managers 220 jobs | $93,810 | $121,610 | $138,340 | $166,890 | $200,990 | $148,080 |
| Industrial Production Managers 980 jobs | $84,390 | $115,660 | $124,060 | $158,710 | $199,740 | $126,060 |
| Operations Research Analysts 340 jobs | $69,080 | $79,310 | $104,220 | $125,140 | $136,990 | $88,940 |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Counts supply chain managers · 610 jobs | $66,630 | $81,560 | $100,610 | $133,140 | $183,950 | $107,230 |
| Compliance Officers Counts customs brokers · 1,110 jobs | $49,500 | $62,070 | $86,260 | $109,300 | $130,740 | $80,730 |
| Logisticians 1,410 jobs | $60,550 | $78,070 | $82,780 | $101,770 | $127,690 | $82,320 |
| Buyers and Purchasing Agents 1,300 jobs | $49,440 | $62,620 | $82,240 | $104,630 | $135,180 | $77,710 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 960 jobs | $41,760 | $48,990 | $58,690 | $75,610 | $89,270 | $59,650 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents 730 jobs | $47,150 | $48,910 | $57,560 | $66,290 | $79,440 | $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 Charleston, SC Offer A Supply Chain Management Degree?
College of Charleston, The Citadel and Trident Technical College: three accredited programs in Charleston, SC.
How Much More Do Out-Of-State Students Pay In Charleston, SC?
A nonresident undergraduate in Charleston, SC pays $24,800 more a year at the Citadel and $23,880 more a year at College of Charleston, per the IPEDS report of each Charleston, SC school.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Earn In Charleston, SC?
BLS counts them among transportation, storage and distribution managers, whose Charleston, SC median is $100,610; the top tenth earn over $183,950.
What Kind Of Supply Chain Economy Does Charleston, SC Have?
By the thresholds on this page, Charleston, SC stands out for freight brokerage and forwarding and manufacturing.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online From Charleston, SC?
27 online programs say a Charleston, SC resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Charleston, SC, none of them names South Carolina as closed.
Other city guides in South Carolina | City | Programs | Manager Median |
| Charlotte Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 1 | $118,100 |
| Greenville, SC Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 1 | $109,520 |
Every accredited program in South 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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