Five programs at three schools. 2 bachelor’s, 3 master’s.
One graduate program states a total: $139,870. A bachelor’s runs $37,934 to $57,220 a year in tuition and fees.
Supply chain managers’ BLS occupation: median $104,790. Middle half $83,460 to $145,130; nationally $107,230.
What stands out most: distribution management. The strongest is 9,600 transportation, storage and distribution managers, a location quotient of 1.67.
One program requires an internship to graduate. Southern Methodist University MBA. Texas Wesleyan University MBA: required in one format.
One program states STEM designation. Southern Methodist University MBA.
The metro
The Dallas-Fort Worth Metro This Guide Covers
The Census Bureau defines the Dallas-Fort Worth metro as the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metropolitan statistical area: 11 counties, six central and five outlying. Dallas-Fort Worth splits into two metropolitan divisions, Dallas-Plano-Irving and Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine. Every Dallas-Fort Worth figure here for jobs, pay and industry covers that whole area.
Principal cities
Arlington, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Grapevine, Irving, Plano and Richardson
Central counties
Collin County, Dallas County, Ellis County, Rockwall County, Johnson County and Tarrant County
Outlying counties
Denton County, Hunt County, Kaufman County, Parker County and Wise County
Metropolitan divisions
Dallas-Plano-Irving and Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine
Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023. Schools are placed in the metro by their county.
Programs
Accredited Supply Chain Programs In Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas-Fort Worth has five accredited supply chain programs, at Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan University and Southern Methodist University. By level, Dallas-Fort Worth has two bachelor’s and three master’s.
The only STEM-designated program among the 4 verified in Dallas-Fort Worth
More about this program
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.
Shortest stated length of the 2 Dallas-Fort Worth graduate programs that state one
More about this program
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.
Supply Chain Management (Bachelor of Business Administration)
Fort Worth, TX
On campus
AACSB-accredited business school
Highest six-year graduation rate of the 2 Dallas-Fort Worth bachelor’s schools
More about this program
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.
Lowest in-state tuition of the 2 Dallas-Fort Worth bachelor’s programs
More about this program
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.
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 Dallas-Fort Worth. A card marked “Not ranked” has no national rank to show: one doesn’t state enough of the figures its national ranking scores, and two are bachelor’s programs placed below the top 25 that the national bachelor’s list publishes.
The accreditor still lists this program; the school has no live page for it.
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.
STEM and OPT
STEM Designation And OPT
One Dallas-Fort Worth 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
What Dallas-Fort Worth’s Supply Chain Economy Looks Like
County Business Patterns counts 264,835 transportation and warehousing jobs at 6,217 employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro for 2023, and 190,752 more in wholesale trade.
Against the national mix, Dallas-Fort Worth stands out for distribution management, purchasing, operations analytics and air cargo. Dallas-Fort Worth’s location quotients: 1.67 for transportation, storage and distribution managers, 1.55 for purchasing managers and 1.51 for operations research analysts. In Dallas-Fort Worth, air transportation holds 2.01 times its national share of freight jobs, 46,625 of them.
Supply chain occupations in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro by concentration
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.
Internships
Internships In Dallas-Fort Worth Programs
Two of the five Dallas-Fort Worth programs state an internship requirement, for every student or for one format; each Dallas-Fort Worth school’s own words are below.
Texas Wesleyan University, Master of Business Administration (MBA): Required in one format. The main difference between the two programs is student participation in an approved internship for applied MBA students.(The hybrid Applied MBA requires an approved internship; the online MBA does not.)
Online
Online Programs A Dallas-Fort Worth Resident Can Enroll In
27 online programs say a Dallas-Fort Worth resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Dallas-Fort Worth, none of them names Texas as closed. Closer to home, Texas Wesleyan University lists an online format among the Dallas-Fort Worth programs above.
Online supply chain programs that state they enroll Texas residents
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
How To Become A Supply Chain Professional In Dallas-Fort Worth
1
Pick The Level That Fits Where You Start
Dallas-Fort Worth offers two bachelor’s and three master’s. With a degree already, Dallas-Fort Worth’s stated graduate totals start at $139,870.
2
Choose A Program With The Internship Built In
Southern Methodist University MBA requires an internship to graduate, so the first Dallas-Fort Worth placement comes with the degree.
3
Keep Working While You Study
In Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Wesleyan University lists an online format. Beyond Dallas-Fort Worth, 27 online programs state they enroll Texas residents.
4
Know The Local Pay Ladder Before You Negotiate
Logisticians in Dallas-Fort Worth run from $46,330 at the 10th percentile to $123,770 at the 90th, with the median at $76,510.
5
Aim At The Roles Dallas-Fort Worth Concentrates
Transportation, storage and distribution managers are Dallas-Fort Worth’s most concentrated supply chain occupation: 1.67 times the national share, median $104,790 in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Cost
What It Costs To Study In Dallas-Fort Worth
Southern Methodist University states a total for its Dallas-Fort Worth graduate program: $139,870. For a Dallas-Fort Worth bachelor’s, tuition and fees run $37,934 to $57,220 a year. Dallas-Fort Worth sits at 103.1 on BEA’s 2024 price index (U.S. = 100).
Graduate supply chain programs in Dallas-Fort Worth, by total tuition
Note: A blank cell means the school’s program page does not state that figure.
Pay
Supply Chain Pay In The Dallas-Fort Worth Metro
BLS counts Dallas-Fort Worth’s supply chain managers among transportation, storage and distribution managers; in Dallas-Fort Worth their median is $104,790, against $107,230 nationally. Dallas-Fort Worth logisticians earn $76,510 at the median, and the middle half of them $59,430 to $99,300.
Three of the nine occupations below pay more in Dallas-Fort Worth than nationally. At Dallas-Fort Worth’s prices, the logistician median is worth $74,217 in national terms.
Supply chain pay in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro by percentile
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
FAQ
Which Schools In Dallas-Fort Worth Offer A Supply Chain Management Degree?
Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan University and Southern Methodist University: five accredited programs in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Are Any Dallas-Fort Worth Supply Chain Programs STEM-Designated?
Yes: Southern Methodist University MBA. An F-1 graduate of that Dallas-Fort Worth program can apply for the 24-month STEM OPT extension.
Which Dallas-Fort Worth Programs Require An Internship?
Southern Methodist University MBA, in each Dallas-Fort Worth school’s own words on this page.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Earn In Dallas-Fort Worth?
BLS counts them among transportation, storage and distribution managers, whose Dallas-Fort Worth median is $104,790; the top tenth earn over $195,000.
What Kind Of Supply Chain Economy Does Dallas-Fort Worth Have?
By the thresholds on this page, Dallas-Fort Worth stands out for distribution management, purchasing, operations analytics and air cargo.
Can You Study Supply Chain Management Online From Dallas-Fort Worth?
27 online programs say a Dallas-Fort Worth resident can enroll, on the school’s own authorization page. For Dallas-Fort Worth, none of them names Texas as closed. Closer to home, Texas Wesleyan University lists an online format among the Dallas-Fort Worth programs above.
