Delaware·Management Occupations·SOC 11-3071

Best Transportation programs in Delaware, ranked by enrollment

Plan, direct, or coordinate transportation, storage, or distribution activities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable government laws or regulations.

6 schools in Delaware run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,011 people a year. The job pays a median of $145,000 in Delaware across about 310 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledFleet ManagerSupply Chain ManagerSupply Chain DirectorDistribution Center ManagerGlobal Supply Chain DirectorLogistics Operations ManagerSupply Chain Logistics ManagerMaterial Requirements Planning Manager
Graduates / yr
1,011
in Delaware
Median pay · Delaware
$145,000
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
310
people employed
Schools
6
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
44%
across those schools
Median net price
$17,252
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Delaware that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

4 programs in Delaware that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Delaware (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Delaware page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 52.0201In Delaware
844
83.5%
6$43,506$25,000
2
CIP 52.0101In Delaware
107
10.6%
2$44,700$24,000
3
CIP 44.0401In Delaware
40
4.0%
3$45,374$26,000
4
CIP 49.0101In Delaware
20
2.0%
1$41,774$23,500

Top 6 schools in Delaware

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 4 of the 6 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Wilmington University
New Castle, DE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
489Business Administration and Management, General$44,87620%$16,588
2University of Delaware
Newark, DE Public · 2 feeder programs
218Business Administration and Management, General$58,04181%71%
3Delaware Technical Community College - Terry
Dover, DE Public · 2 feeder programs
114Business/Commerce, General22%
4Delaware State University
Dover, DE Public · 3 feeder programs
99Business Administration and Management, General$44,02239%47%
5Goldey - Beacom College
Wilmington, DE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
54Business Administration and Management, General57%$17,25285%
6Strayer University - Delaware
Wilmington, DE Private for-profit · 3 feeder programs
37Business/Commerce, General$55,431

All 6 schools in Delaware

Every school in Delaware with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Delaware that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Wilmington UniversityNew CastlePrivate not-for-profit4891
University of DelawareNewarkPublic2182
Delaware Technical Community College - TerryDoverPublic1142
Delaware State UniversityDoverPublic993
Goldey - Beacom CollegeWilmingtonPrivate not-for-profit541
Strayer University - DelawareWilmingtonPrivate for-profit373

What transportation, storage, and distribution managers earn in Delaware

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Delaware
$145,000
Mean annual
$153,200
Jobs in state
310
What the range looks like
10th pct$101,250Median$145,00090th pct$210,080
Versus the national median
+35.2%

U.S. median $107,230. Delaware pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
0.45×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+6.1%
Faster than average
Openings per year
18,500
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
13,100
216,700 → 229,800
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers page.

How to become a Transportation

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Work experience needed
5 years or more

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Delaware

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 8 majors mapped to Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers8 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 44.0401Public Administration
  • 44.0403Transportation and Infrastructure Planning/Studies
  • 49.0101Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General
  • 49.0104Aviation/Airway Management and Operations
  • 52.0101Business/Commerce, General
  • 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
  • 52.0203Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • 52.0209Transportation/Mobility Management

Common questions

Answers for people weighing transportation, storage, and distribution managers programs in Delaware.

What degree do you need to become a Transportation?+

High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Administration and Management, General, which awarded 844 degrees in Delaware in 2024-25, 83.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Transportation?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 4 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Business/Commerce, Public Administration, Air Transportation. Together they graduate about 1,011 people a year in Delaware.

How much do transportation, storage, and distribution managers earn in Delaware?+

The median is $145,000 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 35.2% above the U.S. median of $107,230. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for transportation, storage, and distribution managers growing?+

BLS projects a +6.1% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 18,500 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Delaware?+

6 institutions in Delaware reported graduates from at least one of the 4 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do transportation, storage, and distribution managers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Fleet Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Supply Chain Director, Distribution Center Manager, Global Supply Chain Director, Logistics Operations Manager among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-3071.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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