Stated graduate totals run $11,010 to $139,870. Lowest in-state bachelor’s rate: $7,536.
Out-of-state undergraduates pay $31,100 extra per year at The University of Texas at Austin. 10 other public universities also charge nonresidents more.
Annual supply chain openings: about 11,650. Fastest growth to 2034: logisticians, +30.3%.
ACM discounts tuition in member states. 103 programs qualify.
Accredited Supply Chain Programs In Texas
No state in this directory has more supply chain programs than Texas. By level, Texas has one associate degree, 16 bachelor’s, nine master’s and one doctorate. In Texas, AACSB accredits the schools of 26 programs; ACBSP accredits one directly.
Texas A&M International University offers the most in Texas: three programs, from bachelor’s and master’s study. Across Texas, nine listings name an online format.
Verified supply chain programs in Texas, at a glance
Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MS-LSCM)
Stephenville, TX
Fully online
No GMAT or GRE required
AACSB-accredited business school
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Two concentrations, logistics or supply chain management, shape Tarleton State University's Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, which the Dr. Sam Pack College of Business delivers 100% online. Everyone takes 21 hours of core courses, including risk management, project management, business analytical statistics, supply chain analytics, and a capstone, LSCM 5380: Logistics and Supply Chain Management Strategy. The supply chain concentration adds 9 hours in supply chain management, global supply chain management, and strategic sourcing. The logistics concentration swaps in transportation management, logistics operations, and prescriptive analytics. The degree runs 30 to 36 credit hours, depending on whether you write a thesis. Courses come in 5, 8, 10, or 16-week formats with rolling admissions. There are no leveling courses, and the graduate school asks for a GPA of 2.5 or higher without requiring the GMAT or GRE.
Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MS-SCM)
Houston, TX
On campus
Fully online
STEM-designated
GMAT or GRE waivable
AACSB-accredited business school
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Two formats lead to the same degree at the University of Houston's Bauer College: an in-class, face-to-face Master of Science in Supply Chain Management, and a fully online version offered under the UH Extend name. Either way, the STEM-certified program runs 30 credit hours, 18 in core supply chain courses and 12 in supply chain analytics, on a full-time or part-time schedule that finishes in 18 to 24 months. Courses cover demand and supply integration, strategic supply management, and global logistics management, ending with a Supply Chain Corporate Projects capstone where you work directly with companies on real challenges. Bauer estimates total cost at $31,500 for Texas residents and $47,000 for other US residents in the face-to-face program, or $25,983 online no matter where you live. Admission takes a four-year degree in any discipline, and GMAT or GRE waivers are considered upon request.
Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MS SCM)
Richardson, TX
On campus
STEM-designated
No GMAT or GRE required
Internship: required, or a named course
AACSB-accredited business school
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Four concentrations, analytics, technology and artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, or risk and strategy, each add 9 semester credit hours atop UT Dallas's Master of Science in Supply Chain Management, a STEM-designated, minimum 36-credit degree at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. The 18-credit core covers statistics and data analysis and global supply chain management, and the 18 elective credits let you add any master's-level OPRE course, an internship, or a capstone project. Applicants without an undergraduate calculus course complete Quantitative Foundations of Business, and everyone takes a 1-credit Professional Development course except executive-education students. The program welcomes any undergraduate major and asks for a 3.0 GPA in graduate coursework. GRE or GMAT scores aren't required, though applicants can submit them. You apply for fall, spring, or summer entry, with deadlines of May 1, October 1, and March 1. A 9-credit Graduate Certificate in Procurement in Supply Chain Management can be layered in.
Master of Business Administration in International Trade and Logistics
Laredo, TX
Fully online
AACSB-accredited business school
Lowest stated total of the 5 Texas graduate programs that state one
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TAMIU's A.R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business runs a 100% online MBA with an International Trade and Logistics concentration, part of a 30-credit hour program you can finish in as few as 12 months. The concentration draws from courses in import operations and practice, export operations and practice, international logistics, and special issues in logistics, layered onto a core built around business research methods, strategic management, and four to five foundation courses matched to your undergraduate background. The school describes the track as a way to deepen knowledge of overseas import and export operations while studying logistics strategies that support company growth. Total tuition and fees for the program come to $11,010, and multiple start dates each year let you build a schedule around 7-week courses.
Supply Chain Management, Master of Business Administration
Denton, TX
On campus
Fully online
GMAT or GRE waivable
AACSB-accredited business school
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Twelve required credit hours anchor the Supply Chain Management concentration inside the MBA with Flexible Concentration: Industrial Distribution and Logistics Management, Strategic Supply Management, Operations Management, and Advanced Supply Chain Management Problems. Add the 24-hour MBA core and the whole degree runs 36 credit hours. Every course is available online, in 8-week fall and spring terms and 5-week summer terms, or in person once a week evenings on the Denton or Frisco campus. Most part-time students finish in 18 months to 2 years, and a full-time pace of 9 credit hours a semester finishes in 16 months. GMAT or GRE scores are required unless the college waives them for a 3.0 GPA. The college estimates $23.9K in tuition and fees for Texas residents, though the rate varies by state residency.
SMU Cox's Full-Time Two-Year MBA spans 21 months and 71 credit hours, split across 20 to 22 credits in the first fall term, 16 to 20 in spring, a summer internship, then 14 to 16 credits each semester of year two as students add electives and specialized coursework. The school's own catalog lists a Supply Chain and Operations Management concentration among its MBA specializations, alongside options in finance, marketing, real estate and management consulting. Admission review is holistic, covering academic record, leadership potential and professional experience, and the program is test optional: the 2026 class profile averaged a 3.56 undergraduate GPA and a 712 GMAT score, though submitting a score can still strengthen an application. Full-time tuition runs $1,970 per credit hour for the first 8 hours, then a flat $51,337 a year for 9 to 24 hours, plus a $1,900 program fee each semester.
Texas Wesleyan's 100% online MBA offers a Supply Chain Management concentration covering global logistics, supplier management and strategic decision-making, and the school says completing it meets the prerequisite requirements to sit for the Certified Supply Chain Professional exam. Classes run in condensed 6-7 week sessions with 6 start sessions a year, and the university says you can finish the degree in as little as 1 year. You may qualify for a GMAT waiver rather than submitting a score outright. Students in the concentration can also earn an SAP Recognition Award Certificate by completing Procurement Management, Global Logistics, and Supply Chain Management Strategic Decision Making and Software with a grade of B or better. Everything, including classes, tests and advising, is delivered online.
Bachelor of Business Administration in Supply Chain Management
Houston, TX
On campus
STEM-designated
AACSB-accredited business school
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Bauer College designates this supply chain major as a STEM Advanced Degree, which qualifies international graduates for extended OPT employment. You can specialize further with concentrations in areas like analytics, strategic sourcing, or energy supply management, and the curriculum is shaped by input from the college's Supply Chain Industry Advisory Board and a forum representing more than 20 supply chain executives. Houston gives the program a location that includes the Port of Houston, the largest in the U.S. for international tonnage, three major airports, and extensive rail and trucking networks, plus 26 Fortune 500 headquarters nearby. Bauer says the program was ranked 8th in Gartner's 2024 list of the Top 25 North American Supply Chain Undergraduate Programs. Students take part in industry-sponsored projects, case competitions, internships, and co-op placements with employers across manufacturing, energy, technology, and healthcare.
Highest six-year graduation rate of the 14 Texas bachelor’s schools
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Supply chain management at McCombs centers on how data analysis and efficient systems operations create value for an organization, according to the school. You learn to make changes to a company's supply chain, connect shifts in strategy to financial results, apply current data methods, and build the quantitative skills to use them well. The major suits students who like developing strategies and solving problems through research and analytics. Graduates go on to roles such as business and planning analyst, consultant, global procurement services analyst, logistics analyst, operations associate, and procurement specialist, spanning industries well beyond manufacturing alone.
Texas A&M's Mays Business School offers the supply chain management BBA through its Department of Information and Operations Management. The 120 hours split into a 60-hour lower-level business program and a 60-hour upper-level major, and you must meet upper-level entry requirements before joining the major. Required courses include Operations Management, Data Analytics with Optimization, Operations Planning and Control, a professional development course and a seminar, plus Purchasing Practices or Sourcing and Procurement. You then choose one course each in logistics management (such as Lean Business Systems or Transportation Management Systems), supply chain technology (such as Blockchain and AI Business Transformation or Enterprise Resource Planning), and modeling and data analytics. Six hours of international electives are also required.
Bachelor of Applied Arts & Sciences in Business with a Concentration in Transportation & International Logistics
Laredo, TX
On campus
AACSB-accredited business school
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Texas A&M International University in Laredo offers a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Business with a concentration in transportation and international logistics, through the A.R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business. The 120-hour degree includes 42 hours of university core, 21 hours from a business-related vocational technical field, 30 concentration hours, and 12 hours of advanced business and general electives, with at least 45 hours at the advanced level. Foundation courses cover business math, microeconomics, professional written communication, and financial and managerial accounting. Concentration courses include Principles of Transportation, Export/Import Operations, Business Logistics Management, Global Business Logistics, and Supply Chain Security, along with Legal Environment of Business, international commercial law, International Business, Marketing and Business Strategy.
Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management and Analytics
Richardson, TX
On campus
STEM-designated
Internship: required
AACSB-accredited business school
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The Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas awards a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management and Analytics that takes 120 semester credit hours, including 42 hours of core curriculum and 70 to 76 hours of major requirements. Beyond Supply Chain and Operations Management and two quantitative decision courses, you choose six of seven supply chain courses: Integrated Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Lean and Six Sigma Processes, Supply Chain Information Systems, Global Logistics and Inventory Management, Purchasing and Sourcing Management, and Supply Chain Strategies, Processes and AI Applications. Graduation requires a capstone, a practicum of at least 160 working hours, and 100 hours of community engagement. A fast-track option lets eligible students waive the GMAT or GRE and count up to 12 credit hours toward both the bachelor's and a master's.
Supply Chain Management (Bachelor of Business Administration)
Fort Worth, TX
On campus
AACSB-accredited business school
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Texas Christian University's Neeley School of Business offers supply chain management as a major within the Bachelor of Business Administration; the catalog calls it supply and value chain management, a cross-disciplinary field drawing on marketing, logistics, purchasing, operations and information technology. Sample courses include Supply Chain Strategy, Systems Planning and Process Analysis, Demand Planning and Management, Procurement/Supply Management, and Logistics and Transportation. In the spring of junior year or during senior year, majors complete a project with a company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Center for Supply Chain Innovation runs events, round tables, panels and case competitions and connects students with mentors and internships, and a Supply Chain Advisory Board of sponsor companies helps with recruiting. Neeley now uses direct admission, and all students complete TCU's Core Curriculum.
UNT's G. Brint Ryan College of Business offers a 120-hour BS in supply chain management with five concentrations: logistics, aviation logistics, operations management, purchasing, and supply chain analytics. The 30-hour major includes 9 hours of degree core (Global Alliances and International Supply Chain Management, Purchasing and Materials Management, Management of Projects and Systems), 9 hours of concentration courses, 6 hours of professional field electives, a 3-hour internship and a 3-hour capstone. You need a 2.7 GPA in UNT coursework to enter the major, and first-term transfer students need the same transfer GPA to take professional program courses. Each professional course requires a C or better, and three short professional development courses run through the degree.
Texas Tech's B.B.A. in supply chain management is a 120-credit, four-year degree in the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business, which holds AACSB accreditation. Coursework spans logistics, operations, procurement, and analytics, aimed at planning, forecasting, sourcing, and distributing goods across global markets. Upper-division business courses such as Managing People and Organizations and Marketing for a Global Marketplace require a minimum cumulative 2.75 Texas Tech GPA, and the marketing course includes an applied international experience. Before each Rawls Career Fair, supply chain students attend a networking breakfast with recruiters, and two student groups, the Tech Supply Chain Association and Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence, run site visits, sponsored dinners, and leadership training. The school reports a 92.2% job placement rate for 2024-2025.
Global Supply Chain Management, Bachelor of Business Administration
Edinburg, TX
On campus
AACSB-accredited business school
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UTRGV's global supply chain management BBA comes from the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship and totals 120 credit hours: 42 in the core curriculum and 78 in the major. Supply chain foundation courses include Import/Export Theory, Forecasting, Materials Management and ERP, Import/Export Operations, International Logistics, Operations Management, and Cost Accounting and Management. Prescribed electives cover information systems, international business, ethics and business communication, and an internship in global supply chain management is one of the advanced elective choices. Before taking advanced major courses you must be admitted to the college, which requires the 18-hour business foundation, at least 27 core hours including macroeconomics with a C or better, and a 2.6 GPA across that coursework. After admission you need a 2.5 institutional GPA and a C or better in every advanced course.
Three delivery formats, 100% online, hybrid online, and face-to-face in Commerce and Dallas, lead to the same 120 credit hour Supply Chain Management BBA, completed in four years with no foreign language requirement. Coursework builds competencies in supply chain management, project management, human resource management, operations and international management on top of a business core in accounting, finance, marketing and business analytics. The College of Business has held AACSB accreditation since 1976, one of roughly 800 business programs worldwide with that distinction. Undergraduate tuition and fees run $4,212 for Texas residents and $9,108 for non-residents at 12 credit hours per term. Payscale data cited by the school puts median pay for supply chain managers at $84,052, ahead of logistics managers at $67,265 and operations managers at $63,792.
Bachelor of Business Administration in Supply Chain Management
Houston, TX
On campus
AACSB-accredited business school
Lowest in-state tuition of the 14 Texas bachelor’s programs
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Pairing this major with a minor in an area like engineering technology, marketing, or management gives UHD students a fuller view of supply chain strategy alongside the required coursework. The 120-credit-hour degree includes courses such as Purchasing Management, Materials Management, Supply Chain Logistics Management, Management of Supply Chain Contracts, and an Advanced Purchasing and Supply Management Seminar. UHD says its Marilyn Davies College of Business holds accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, a distinction fewer than 5 percent of business programs worldwide have achieved. The curriculum is updated in consultation with the National Association of Purchasing Management-Houston and the local chapter of the National Institute for Governmental Purchasing. Graduates take on roles in materials and procurement, logistics, and transportation, where the school says they can directly affect a company's profitability.
Baylor's supply chain management major sits inside the Bachelor of Business Administration at the Hankamer School of Business in Waco. The BBA needs at least 124 hours, including 49 hours of business core courses such as Operations Management and Introduction to Business Analytics. The major itself is 18 hours: Distribution Management, Procurement and Materials Management and Global Supply Chain Management, plus three courses chosen from options that include Project Management, a Global Logistics Experience, a supply chain internship, Christian Ethics Applied to Business, Negotiating and Conflict Resolution and Management Consulting. To declare the major, you need a 3.0 cumulative Baylor GPA, at least 12 Baylor hours and a C or higher in the Business Foundation courses, which include Microsoft Excel for Business, financial and managerial accounting, and principles of micro- and macroeconomics. All major courses must be completed at Baylor.
UTEP's BBA in Operations and Supply Chain Management sits in the Woody L. Hunt College of Business and requires 120 credits, including 42 hours of the University Core Curriculum. Required major courses are Logistics Management, Purchasing and Supply Management, Transportation and Warehousing Systems, and Global Supply Chain Management and International Logistics, plus nine hours of upper-division OSCM electives drawn from options such as Inventory Management, Customs Management, Project Management, and ERP and Business Intelligence Systems. The plan also calls for three hours of upper-division business electives and a 12-hour business minor or certificate. An internship course in production and operations management is on the elective list. Lower-division business core courses require a C or better. The catalog says graduates build skills in e-procurement systems and problem-solving and go on to roles such as logistics, purchasing, and production planning manager.
You can complete this bachelor's in supply chain management entirely online, with Texas Wesleyan advertising full-time completion in three years or, with transfer credit, in as little as 15 months. The 120-hour BBA covers procurement, logistics, operations strategy, and global supply networks, and the school says graduates meet the prerequisites to sit for the Certified Supply Chain Professional exam. Along the way you can earn a SAP Recognition Award certificate, which the school describes as demonstrating expertise in enterprise-level logistics, planning, and supply chain software. If you want to keep going, the Turbo Two-Step pathway lets you add an online MBA with a supply chain management concentration, finishing both degrees in as little as four years.
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What A Supply Chain Degree Costs In Texas
In Texas, stated graduate totals run from $11,010 at Texas A&M International University to $139,870 at Southern Methodist University.
For a bachelor’s, University of Houston-Downtown reports the lowest in-state rate in Texas, $7,536 a year, and Texas Christian University the highest, $57,220.
Graduate figures are read from each school’s own program page.
Master’s Programs In Texas
Master’s in supply chain management programs in Texas, 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 Texas
11 Texas public universities report higher rates for nonresidents; the gap runs from $9,936 a year at University of Houston-Downtown to $31,100 at The University of Texas at Austin. Texas’s three private schools report one rate for everyone. For a Texas student, residency at The University of Texas at Austin is worth about $124,400 over four years.
Tuition Discounts For Texas Residents
Texas belongs to one regional tuition exchange. ACM is open to Texas residents for graduate study only. Besides Texas, 13 member states have 103 programs, 21 of them in Florida.
If the program you want isn’t offered in Texas, an exchange can keep a campus over the border near Texas’s in-state cost. Before applying, Texas students should ask each school whether ACM covers its degree.
Academic Common Market, run by SREB: in-state tuition at an out-of-state school for a program that public institutions in your home state don’t offer.
Supply Chain Programs Near Texas
Texas borders Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and New Mexico. Together Texas’s neighbors have 15 accredited programs, 7 of them in Arkansas.
Next door, the lowest stated graduate total is $19,572; in Texas it is $11,010. Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana share a tuition exchange with Texas.
Accredited supply chain programs in the states bordering Texas
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 Texas
Nine of the 27 Texas directory listings name an online format, so some Texas students can skip the commute to an in-state school. Texas’s Tarleton State University and University of Houston appear in the online master’s ranking.
Residency can still matter online for a Texas student: The University of Texas at Austin charges Texas’s nonresidents $31,100 more a year on campus; a Texas student should check whether its online rate differs.
In Texas, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $134,670. Logisticians in Texas earn a median of $75,480, below the $82,320 national figure; Texas’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $45,310 and the top tenth over $123,790.
For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Texas, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $100,700, with the 10th percentile at $63,380 and the 90th at $177,340. On the procurement side, Texas’s purchasing managers earn a median of $134,670 and its buyers and purchasing agents $76,050, across 44,030 jobs.
Supply chain occupations in Texas: jobs and median pay
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 Texas
At 97.1 for 2024, Texas’s BEA price level sits 2.9% under the U.S. average, so Texas’s $75,480 logistician median buys what $77,769 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Texas ranks 43rd of 51 for logistician pay.
Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Texas
Killeen-Temple, TX pays Texas’s highest logistician median, $84,680, $9,200 above the Texas figure.
Median pay for logisticians and transportation, storage and distribution managers in Texas metro areas
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no estimate for that metro.
Texas Pay Against Its Neighbors
New Mexico pays logisticians the most here, $98,430; Texas is fourth of 5 at $75,480. Adjusted for prices, New Mexico leads at $106,743, and Texas places fifth.
Logistician and manager pay in Texas 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 Texas
Texas’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (44,030), then production, planning, and expediting clerks (33,080) and transportation, storage and distribution managers (28,710). Texas holds 13% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and Texas logisticians are 8.4% of the U.S. total.
The managers’ occupation has 2.04 jobs per 1,000 in Texas (location quotient 1.43), ranking Texas third of 50 and well above the national share. In Texas, logisticians hold 1.494 jobs per 1,000 (0.93 quotient, 24th).
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.
Texas Logistics Industries
County Business Patterns counts 650,795 transportation and warehousing jobs at 25,135 Texas employers in 2023, plus 566,990 jobs in Texas’s wholesale trade. By that count Texas ranks second of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.
Within it, trucking is Texas’s largest freight line, 166,894 jobs, followed by warehousing and storage at 165,499. Warehousing and storage employs 165,499 people at 2,003 Texas sites, second among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Texas is water transportation, averaging $127,196 a year per job.
Logistics and wholesale industries in Texas: 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 Texas Through 2034
In Texas, logisticians grow fastest: +30.3%, from 19,380 jobs in 2024 to 25,260 in 2034, per Texas’s labor market office (U.S.: +16.7%). The slowest in Texas is production, planning, and expediting clerks, at +6.3%.
Across its six core supply chain occupations, Texas expects about 11,650 openings a year. All six grow faster in Texas than across the U.S.
Projected employment for supply chain occupations in Texas, 2024 to 2034
Long-term projections from each state’s labor market information office, published through Projections Central (texaslmi.com). 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 Texas, One By One
Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Texas
Texas has 28,710 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $100,700, puts Texas 38th of 52. The middle half of Texas’s pay for this occupation runs from $79,390 to $135,960, and the outer tenths reach $63,380 and $177,340. At 2.04 jobs per 1,000 in Texas, its location quotient is 1.43 (third). Texas’s labor office projects +17.2% to 2034, about 2,830 openings a year.
Logisticians In Texas
Texas has 21,030 logisticians. Their median, $75,480, puts Texas 41st of 52. The middle half of Texas’s pay for this occupation runs from $58,470 to $98,900, and the outer tenths reach $45,310 and $123,790. At 1.494 jobs per 1,000 in Texas, its location quotient is 0.93 (24th). Texas’s labor office projects +30.3% to 2034, about 2,500 openings a year.
Purchasing Managers In Texas
Texas has 9,640 purchasing managers. Their median, $134,670, puts Texas 28th of 51. The middle half of Texas’s pay for this occupation runs from $105,990 to $169,930, and the outer tenths reach $86,340 and $212,340. At 0.685 jobs per 1,000 in Texas, its location quotient is 1.26 (11th). Texas’s labor office projects +12.6% to 2034, about 700 openings a year.
Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Texas
Texas has 44,030 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $76,050, puts Texas 21st of 52. The middle half of Texas’s pay for this occupation runs from $59,470 to $97,730, and the outer tenths reach $47,760 and $124,140. At 3.129 jobs per 1,000 in Texas, its location quotient is 0.99 (23rd).
Operations Research Analysts In Texas
Texas has 11,890 operations research analysts. Their median, $90,710, puts Texas 22nd of 48. The middle half of Texas’s pay for this occupation runs from $70,650 to $119,860, and the outer tenths reach $57,840 and $164,570. At 0.845 jobs per 1,000 in Texas, its location quotient is 1.21 (13th). Texas’s labor office projects +36.8% to 2034, about 1,150 openings a year.
Industrial Production Managers In Texas
Texas has 21,200 industrial production managers. Their median, $130,890, puts Texas 12th of 51. The middle half of Texas’s pay for this occupation runs from $98,260 to $165,980, and the outer tenths reach $79,780 and $207,880. At 1.507 jobs per 1,000 in Texas, its location quotient is 0.95 (24th). Texas’s labor office projects +8.9% to 2034, about 1,740 openings a year.
Cargo And Freight Agents In Texas
Texas has 7,610 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $48,470, puts Texas 39th of 49. The middle half of Texas’s pay for this occupation runs from $40,260 to $61,060, and the outer tenths reach $35,480 and $73,120. At 0.541 jobs per 1,000 in Texas, its location quotient is 0.86 (19th). Texas’s labor office projects +20.8% to 2034, about 960 openings a year.
Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Texas
Texas has 33,080 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $55,850, puts Texas 39th of 52. The middle half of Texas’s pay for this occupation runs from $44,340 to $70,720, and the outer tenths reach $35,470 and $86,200. At 2.351 jobs per 1,000 in Texas, its location quotient is 0.94 (18th). Texas’s labor office projects +6.3% to 2034, about 2,920 openings a year.
Compliance Officers In Texas
Texas has 42,900 compliance officers. Their median, $75,370, puts Texas 32nd of 52. The middle half of Texas’s pay for this occupation runs from $54,700 to $103,730, and the outer tenths reach $45,170 and $126,920. At 3.049 jobs per 1,000 in Texas, its location quotient is 1.14 (13th). Texas’s labor office projects +12.1% to 2034, about 3,540 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.
Texas Freight And The Supply Chain Economy
Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Texas, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 3.67 billion tons of freight worth $4.34 trillion moved in 2024. That ranks Texas first of 51 by value, and 69.1% of its tonnage never leaves the state.
By value, electronics and gasoline lead Texas’s freight. By weight, Texas moves mostly crude petroleum and natural gas and fossil products. In Texas, trucks carry 50.5% of the tons, pipelines 28.9% and rail 8.5%.
Texas’s largest domestic trading partner is Louisiana ($176.9 billion, both directions), then California and Oklahoma. Texas exported $458.8 billion of freight, mostly to Mexico, and imported $390.0 billion, mostly from Mexico. The framework forecasts Texas’s tonnage to grow 35.3% by 2050 and its real value 81.7%.
The five largest commodities by value in Texas 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.
Texas Metro Areas With Supply Chain Programs
Texas’s programs fall across 11 Census areas, led by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX with six schools.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (metro area): East Texas A&M University, Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan University, The University of Texas at Dallas, University of North Texas and Southern Methodist University.
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (metro area): University of Houston and University of Houston-Downtown.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX (metro area): South Texas College and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (metro area): The University of Texas at Austin.
College Station-Bryan, TX (metro area): Texas A&M University.
El Paso, TX (metro area): The University of Texas at El Paso.
Huntsville, TX (micropolitan area): Sam Houston State University.
Laredo, TX (metro area): Texas A&M International University.
Lubbock, TX (metro area): Texas Tech University.
Stephenville, TX (micropolitan area): Tarleton State University.
Waco, TX (metro area): Baylor University.
Areas are Census Bureau CBSAs (July 2023), assigned by each school’s county.
Texas City Guides
Texas has four city pages: Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin and McAllen.
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.
Texas Programs In The National Rankings
Master’s ranking: three of the 58 programs are in Texas, and the best placed is Tarleton State University at number 11.
MBA ranking: four of the 38 programs are in Texas, and the best placed is Texas A&M International University at number 2.
Bachelor’s ranking: 14 of the 148 programs are in Texas, and the best placed is University of Houston at number 15.
How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In Texas
Start with the level: Texas’s 27 listings split into one associate degree, 16 bachelor’s, nine master’s and one doctorate.
Compare totals, not per-credit rates. Among Texas’s priced graduate programs, Texas A&M International University costs $128,860 less in total than Southern Methodist University.
Stay in state if you can. At The University of Texas at Austin, a Texas resident pays $11,678 a year against $42,778 for everyone else.
Ask about ACM before ruling out a school outside Texas; Texas’s residents can use it for graduate study only.
Check the format line by line: nine of Texas’s 27 directory listings name an online option, and Tarleton State University, University of Houston and Texas A&M International University state an online graduate format on their own page.
Match the program to where you’ll work: in Texas, Killeen-Temple, TX pays logisticians most, $84,680 against $75,480 statewide.
Look at demand too: in Texas, logisticians grow fastest, +30.3% by 2034.
FAQ
How Many Supply Chain Management Programs Are In Texas?
This directory lists 27 accredited supply chain programs in Texas, at 18 schools: one associate degree, 16 bachelor’s, nine master’s and one doctorate.
How Much Does A Supply Chain Management Degree Cost In Texas?
Stated graduate totals in Texas run from $11,010 at Texas A&M International University to $139,870 at Southern Methodist University. For a bachelor’s in Texas, in-state tuition and fees per year run from $7,536 to $57,220, as schools report them to IPEDS.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Make In Texas?
In Texas, the occupation counting supply chain managers pays a median of $100,700 across 28,710 jobs, against $107,230 nationally.
How Much Do Logisticians Make In Texas?
The logistician median in Texas is $75,480, across 21,030 jobs. At Texas’s price level of 97.1 (U.S. = 100), it buys what $77,769 would nationally.
Which Texas Metro Area Pays Supply Chain Workers The Most?
Killeen-Temple, TX has Texas’s highest logistician median, $84,680. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX pays Texas’s managers’ occupation the most, $105,420.
How Does Texas Supply Chain Pay Compare With Neighboring States?
Of the 5 states compared with Texas, New Mexico pays logisticians the most, $98,430; Texas ranks fourth at $75,480. After adjusting for prices, Texas ranks fifth.
How Many Logistics Jobs Are In Texas?
Census County Business Patterns counts 650,795 transportation and warehousing jobs in Texas for 2023, 165,499 of them in warehousing and storage. BLS counts 21,030 Texas logisticians, the planners who run those flows.
Which Supply Chain Job Pays The Most In Texas?
Purchasing managers earn Texas’s highest supply chain median, $134,670, then industrial production managers at $130,890.
Is Supply Chain Management In Demand In Texas?
Texas’s labor market office expects logisticians in Texas to grow 30.3% by 2034, against 16.7% nationally, and Texas expects about 11,650 openings a year across Texas’s six core supply chain occupations.
Can Texas Residents Get A Tuition Discount At Out-Of-State Schools?
Yes. Texas is in ACM. ACM reaches 103 accredited programs outside Texas and covers graduate study only for Texas residents. Before applying, Texas students should ask whether ACM covers the program.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online In Texas?
Nine of the 27 Texas programs list an online format in the accreditor’s record. Of Texas’s graduate programs with verified costs, Tarleton State University, University of Houston, Texas A&M International University, Texas Wesleyan University and University of North Texas state an online format.