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

Best Logistician programs in Utah, ranked by enrollment

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

12 schools in Utah run programs that feed this job, graduating 10,572 people a year. The job pays a median of $83,300 in Utah across about 3,760 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledLogisticianSystems EngineerLogistics AnalystLogistics EngineerProduction PlannerReliability EngineerSupply Chain AnalystTransportation Analyst
Graduates / yr
10,572
in Utah
Median pay · Utah
$83,300
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
3,760
people employed
Schools
12
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
52%
across those schools
Median net price
$13,712
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Utah that lead to this job

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

3 programs in Utah that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Utah (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 Utah 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 Utah
9,946
94.1%
11$43,506$25,000
2
CIP 52.0203In Utah
515
4.9%
6$43,506$25,000
3
CIP 52.0205In Utah
111
1.0%
3$43,506$25,000

Top 12 schools in Utah

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 9 of the 12 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
7,313Business Administration and Management, General$66,43246%$11,580
2Utah Valley University
Orem, UT Public · 2 feeder programs
1,380Business Administration and Management, General$60,13245%
3University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT Public · 2 feeder programs
468Business Administration and Management, General$53,80665%86%
4Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT Public · 1 feeder programs
416Business Administration and Management, General$32,82461%82%
5Utah State University
Logan, UT Public · 2 feeder programs
295Business Administration and Management, General$54,38759%92%
6Brigham Young University
Provo, UT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
292Business Administration and Management, General$71,16381%$13,71268%
7Weber State University
Ogden, UT Public · 2 feeder programs
154Business Administration and Management, General$65,96646%
8Utah Tech University
Saint George, UT Public · 2 feeder programs
126Business Administration and Management, General$46,85738%
9Snow College
Ephraim, UT Public · 1 feeder programs
60Business Administration and Management, General46%
10Westminster University
Salt Lake City, UT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
40Business Administration and Management, General$58,52364%$23,15467%
11Ensign College
Salt Lake City, UT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
16Operations Management and Supervision43%$11,149
12Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT Public · 2 feeder programs
12Business Administration and Management, General29%

All 12 schools in Utah

Every school in Utah 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 Utah that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake CityPrivate not-for-profit7,3132
Utah Valley UniversityOremPublic1,3802
University of UtahSalt Lake CityPublic4682
Southern Utah UniversityCedar CityPublic4161
Utah State UniversityLoganPublic2952
Brigham Young UniversityProvoPrivate not-for-profit2922
Weber State UniversityOgdenPublic1542
Utah Tech UniversitySaint GeorgePublic1262
Snow CollegeEphraimPublic601
Westminster UniversitySalt Lake CityPrivate not-for-profit401
Ensign CollegeSalt Lake CityPrivate not-for-profit161
Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake CityPublic122

What logisticians earn in Utah

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

Median annual in Utah
$83,300
Mean annual
$87,220
Jobs in state
3,760
What the range looks like
10th pct$51,540Median$83,30090th pct$125,440
Versus the national median
+1.2%

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

Job concentration
1.34×

Concentrated here: Utah employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Utah

Ogden, UT
$96,100median
1,730 jobs
St. George, UT
$78,420median
70 jobs
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
$76,820median
1,330 jobs
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
$68,380median
350 jobs
Logan, UT-ID
$67,490median
90 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 Utah

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 Utah.

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 9,946 degrees in Utah in 2024-25, 94.1% 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 10,572 people a year in Utah.

How much do logisticians earn in Utah?+

The median is $83,300 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 1.2% 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 Utah?+

12 institutions in Utah 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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