Utah·Management Occupations·SOC 11-3071

Best Transportation programs in Utah, ranked by enrollment

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

11 schools in Utah run programs that feed this job, graduating 11,293 people a year. The job pays a median of $102,180 in Utah across about 3,010 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
11,293
in Utah
Median pay · Utah
$102,180
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
3,010
people employed
Schools
11
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
53%
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.

6 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
88.1%
11$43,506$25,000
2
CIP 52.0203In Utah
515
4.6%
6$43,506$25,000
3
CIP 52.0101In Utah
445
3.9%
6$44,700$24,000
4
CIP 44.0401In Utah
166
1.5%
4$45,374$26,000
5
CIP 49.0101In Utah
134
1.2%
2$41,774$23,500
6
CIP 49.0104In Utah
87
0.8%
3$41,774$23,500

Top 11 schools in Utah

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 10 of the 11 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 · 3 feeder programs
1,436Business Administration and Management, General$60,13245%
3Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT Public · 4 feeder programs
520Business Administration and Management, General$32,82461%82%
4University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT Public · 4 feeder programs
509Business Administration and Management, General$53,80665%86%
5Brigham Young University
Provo, UT Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs
422Business Administration and Management, General$71,16381%$13,71268%
6Utah State University
Logan, UT Public · 4 feeder programs
330Business Administration and Management, General$54,38759%92%
7Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT Public · 3 feeder programs
276Business/Commerce, General$43,35929%
8Snow College
Ephraim, UT Public · 2 feeder programs
164Business/Commerce, General46%
9Weber State University
Ogden, UT Public · 2 feeder programs
154Business Administration and Management, General$65,96646%
10Utah Tech University
Saint George, UT Public · 3 feeder programs
129Business Administration and Management, General$46,85738%
11Westminster University
Salt Lake City, UT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
40Business Administration and Management, General$58,52364%$23,15467%

All 11 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 UniversityOremPublic1,4363
Southern Utah UniversityCedar CityPublic5204
University of UtahSalt Lake CityPublic5094
Brigham Young UniversityProvoPrivate not-for-profit4224
Utah State UniversityLoganPublic3304
Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake CityPublic2763
Snow CollegeEphraimPublic1642
Weber State UniversityOgdenPublic1542
Utah Tech UniversitySaint GeorgePublic1293
Westminster UniversitySalt Lake CityPrivate not-for-profit401

What transportation, storage, and distribution managers earn in Utah

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

Median annual in Utah
$102,180
Mean annual
$111,480
Jobs in state
3,010
What the range looks like
10th pct$65,090Median$102,18090th pct$169,180
Versus the national median
-4.7%

U.S. median $107,230. Utah pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.22×

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

Metro areas in Utah

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
$104,000median
1,770 jobs
Ogden, UT
$104,270median
430 jobs
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
$96,710median
380 jobs
Logan, UT-ID
$96,220median
90 jobs
St. George, UT
$93,170median
100 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 Utah

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 Utah.

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 9,946 degrees in Utah in 2024-25, 88.1% 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 6 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Business/Commerce, Air Transportation, Public Administration. Together they graduate about 11,293 people a year in Utah.

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

The median is $102,180 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 4.7% below 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 Utah?+

11 institutions in Utah reported graduates from at least one of the 6 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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