Oregon·Business and Financial Operations Occupations·SOC 13-1081

Best Logistician programs in Oregon, ranked by enrollment

Analyze and coordinate the ongoing logistical functions of a firm or organization.

28 schools in Oregon run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,938 people a year. The job pays a median of $83,180 in Oregon across about 3,170 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledLogisticianSystems EngineerLogistics AnalystLogistics EngineerProduction PlannerReliability EngineerSupply Chain AnalystTransportation Analyst
Graduates / yr
1,938
in Oregon
Median pay · Oregon
$83,180
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
3,170
people employed
Schools
28
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
44%
across those schools
Median net price
$26,243
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Oregon that lead to this job

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

3 programs in Oregon that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Oregon (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 Oregon 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 Oregon
1,737
89.6%
27$43,506$25,000
2
CIP 52.0203In Oregon
116
6.0%
3$43,506$25,000
3
CIP 52.0205In Oregon
85
4.4%
4$43,506$25,000

Top 25 schools in Oregon

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 10 of the 28 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR Public · 3 feeder programs
548Business Administration and Management, General$47,55570%77%
2Portland State University
Portland, OR Public · 2 feeder programs
229Business Administration and Management, General$51,35853%91%
3University of Oregon
Eugene, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
162Business Administration and Management, General72%88%
4Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
156Business Administration and Management, General$48,07443%89%
5George Fox University
Newberg, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
98Business Administration and Management, General$63,33172%$26,56494%
6Willamette University
Salem, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
81Business Administration and Management, General71%$20,34577%
7Klamath Community College
Klamath Falls, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
74Business Administration and Management, General43%
8Pacific University
Forest Grove, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
71Business Administration and Management, General$44,43567%$30,57190%
9Rogue Community College
Grants Pass, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
63Business Administration and Management, General9%
10University of Portland
Portland, OR Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
62Business Administration and Management, General80%$33,82289%
11Corban University
Salem, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
54Business Administration and Management, General$42,69061%$23,09694%
12Central Oregon Community College
Bend, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
50Business Administration and Management, General25%
13Portland Community College
Portland, OR Public · 2 feeder programs
45Business Administration and Management, General$44,17218%
14Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, OR Public · 2 feeder programs
41Business Administration and Management, General23%
15Linn - Benton Community College
Albany, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
40Business Administration and Management, General29%
16Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies
Portland, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
31Business Administration and Management, General$58,89959%
17Chemeketa Community College
Salem, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
28Business Administration and Management, General21%
18Lane Community College
Eugene, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
23Business Administration and Management, General20%
19Bushnell University
Eugene, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
15Business Administration and Management, General56%$22,14367%
20Linfield University
McMinnville, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
15Business Administration and Management, General$43,51270%$26,24385%
21Warner Pacific University
Portland, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
11Business Administration and Management, General$58,89949%$19,34371%
22Clatsop Community College
Astoria, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
10Business Administration and Management, General29%
23Mt Hood Community College
Gresham, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
10Business Administration and Management, General24%
24Umpqua Community College
Roseburg, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
10Business Administration and Management, General31%
25Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
4Operations Management and Supervision54%95%

All 28 schools in Oregon

Every school in Oregon 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 Oregon that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Oregon State UniversityCorvallisPublic5483
Portland State UniversityPortlandPublic2292
University of OregonEugenePublic1621
Southern Oregon UniversityAshlandPublic1561
George Fox UniversityNewbergPrivate not-for-profit981
Willamette UniversitySalemPrivate not-for-profit811
Klamath Community CollegeKlamath FallsPublic741
Pacific UniversityForest GrovePrivate not-for-profit711
Rogue Community CollegeGrants PassPublic631
University of PortlandPortlandPrivate not-for-profit622
Corban UniversitySalemPrivate not-for-profit541
Central Oregon Community CollegeBendPublic501
Portland Community CollegePortlandPublic452
Clackamas Community CollegeOregon CityPublic412
Linn - Benton Community CollegeAlbanyPublic401

What logisticians earn in Oregon

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

Median annual in Oregon
$83,180
Mean annual
$94,840
Jobs in state
3,170
What the range looks like
10th pct$52,610Median$83,18090th pct$133,840
Versus the national median
+1.0%

U.S. median $82,320. Oregon pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.00×

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

Metro areas in Oregon

Corvallis, OR
$82,530median
50 jobs
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
$87,950median
2,510 jobs
Albany, OR
$85,840median
100 jobs
Salem, OR
$79,040median
120 jobs
Bend, OR
$75,130median
90 jobs
Medford, OR
$74,440median
80 jobs
Eugene-Springfield, OR
$75,820median
100 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+16.7%
Much faster than average
Openings per year
26,400
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
40,300
241,000 → 281,300
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

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 Logisticians page.

How to become a Logistician

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

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

Critical ThinkingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingMonitoringWriting

The same job in other states

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

Related careers in Oregon

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 3 majors mapped to Logisticians3 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
  • 52.0203Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • 52.0205Operations Management and Supervision

Common questions

Answers for people weighing logisticians programs in Oregon.

What degree do you need to become a Logistician?+

Bachelor's degree 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 1,737 degrees in Oregon in 2024-25, 89.6% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Logistician?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration. Together they graduate about 1,938 people a year in Oregon.

How much do logisticians earn in Oregon?+

The median is $83,180 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 1.0% above the U.S. median of $82,320. 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 logisticians growing?+

BLS projects a +16.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 26,400 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

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

28 institutions in Oregon reported graduates from at least one of the 3 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 logisticians work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Logistician, Systems Engineer, Logistics Analyst, Logistics Engineer, Production Planner, Reliability Engineer among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 13-1081.

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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