Advance your career with an MBA in Supply Chain Management.
Learn advanced project management skills and predictive analytics with a master's degree in Supply Chain Management from Wayne State College.
Affordable
Among the lowest-cost master's degrees in the U.S.
Attainable
No entrance exams. All bachelor's degrees accepted.
Flexible
100% online. 8- and 16-week terms available.
High quality
Accredited and nationally ranked for excellence.
Supply Chain Management MBA program overview
Convenient, affordable, and fully accredited, the online MBA in Supply Chain Management at Wayne State will equip you with the skills needed to excel in today’s complex, data-driven supply chain industry. Based on a solid core of graduate-level business topics, the Supply Chain Management focus also provides a deeper dive into technical project management and data analysis skills that can prepare you to lead and coordinate across multiple departments and locations.
You’ll learn essential tools to help you analyze data, forecast demand, and make data-backed decisions. Additionally, hands-on simulations will allow you to apply what you learn to real-world challenges. This online master’s degree in Supply Chain Management offers a well-rounded blend of strategic insight, technical expertise, and hands-on experience, positioning you for impactful leadership roles in supply chain processes.
Student learning outcomes for the MBA program:
- Utilize core concepts to make informed business decisions. The core areas include marketing, management, finance, accounting, and strategic integration.
- Apply business-related methods and tools to formulate management decision alternatives.
- Construct and present effective business communications to reach diverse audiences.
- Create a cohesive team environment by building on contributions of members to accomplish a team goal.
Fast facts
Degree offered: Master of Business Administration (MBA) / Supply Chain Management
Delivery format: Fully online
Program credit hours: 36
- MBA core (24 credit hours)
- Supply Chain Management focus area (12 credit hours)
School: Business and Technology
Department: Business and Economics
Estimated program cost
Credit hours: 30-36
Cost per credit hour: $400 (includes fees)
*Based on 30-36 credit hours at the current online tuition rate for 2024-25. Does not include indirect costs. For more information on costs of graduate tuition, visit the Cost of Attendance page.
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Next terms start: March 17, 2025 (8-week spring session)
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Upcoming start dates:
- May 12, 2025 (8- and 13-week summer sessions available)
- June 2, 2025 (5- and 10-week summer sessions available)
- July 5, 2025 (5-week summer session)
- Aug. 18, 2025 (8- and 16-week fall sessions available)
Supply Chain Management MBA program of study
Students must complete the MBA core and Supply Chain Management focus area courses. Additionally, students must have satisfactory knowledge covering business topics in the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). For more information about fulfilling CBKs and prerequisites, please review the MBA program admission requirements.
A total of 36 credit hours are needed to graduate with this degree. Up to 9 credit hours may be transferred in from another regionally accredited graduate institution (subject to evaluation by the dean of the School of Business and Technology). Only transfer credit with a B grade or better is accepted. A B- is not acceptable.
MBA core courses (24 credits)
Credits: 3
Description: A study of financial decision making in the firm; development of a decision-making framework for determining the most efficient allocation of resources within the firm; emphasis placed on the analysis of capital investment projects, long-term sources of funds, and short-term financing problems.
Prerequisite: CBK Accounting, CBK Business Finance
Credits: 3
Description: Application of principles of communication to the managerial setting. The course investigates the influence of organizational climate, manager’s style, and use of motivation on the communication process. Communication strategies appropriate to business reports, speeches, interviews, and conferences are explored along with emphasis on managerial problems with employee communication and conflict management. The course includes a focus on methods of analyzing and resolving communication problems.
Credits: 3
Description: Underlying structure of quantitative business decisions and their solution. The course emphasizes problem recognition, formulation, and analysis, using software to perform necessary calculations. Topics may include linear programming, goal programming, simulation, queuing, and other MS/OR techniques.
Prerequisite: CBK Statistics
Credits: 3
Description: Application of microeconomic theories in private and public managerial decision-making including an analysis of market structure and its effect on price and output determination. The course incorporates a global perspective and estimation of econometric models for business, government, and non-profit organizations.
Prerequisite: CBK Economics
Credits: 3
Description: An examination of management uses of accounting data with particular reference to decision-oriented cost classification, methods of cost estimation, data appropriate for decision models, standards and controls, and special problems.
Prerequisite: CBK Accounting
Credits: 3
Description: A study of concepts useful in understanding marketing systems and buyer behavior and developing skills in making marketing decisions. Topics include marketing strategy, decision models, market segmentation, promotional strategy, and product management.
Credits: 3
Description: Examination and analysis of the organization as a social system and the impact of its various components on work attitudes and behavior; topics include the development of organizational structures, organizational effectiveness, decision-making and policy formulation, leadership, and change.
Credits: 3
Description: Analysis of policy formulation and implementation from a company-wide standpoint; emphasis on integration of knowledge and approaches across functional areas; both endogenous and exogenous factors that affect company policies; and the role of the firm in society.
Prerequisites: All CBK courses and/or foundation courses and satisfactory completion of 24 credit hours in the MBA program or approval of MBA director.
Supply Chain Management courses (12 credits)
Students who earned their undergraduate degree in Supply Chain Management from WSC and have already completed the undergraduate equivalent of the courses below may substitute other courses by advisement.
Credit hours: 3
Description: This course introduces an analytical toolset to address modern, data-intensive business problems. The course provides an overview of the key concepts, applications, processes, and techniques relevant to business analytics. The course is intended to provide tools for business applications using data, databases, and reports from analytic models. It covers the basic fundamentals of data analysis and inferential statistics as well as predictive modeling techniques, including linear regression, logistic regression, and decision trees.
Credits: 3
Description: The focus of this course is on the concepts and theories of supply Chain Management through the application in real world settings. Students will emulate decision making through simulated applications and will work with local/regional organizations to make improvements or explore opportunities enhancing supply chain applications.
Credits: 3
Description: This course provides an introduction to the management of projects. Emphasis is placed on both the technical aspects of the project management process and the management of the human behavioral/situational aspects of projects. The nature of projects is explored. The techniques and tools of project management are introduced. Operational, tactical, and strategic implications of project management approaches are considered. The use of current project management software is incorporated. Students are also provided with an understanding of the many environmental and behavioral issues surrounding project management, and approaches to dealing with these issues.
Credits: 3
Description: A course that addresses the operational, tactical, and strategic considerations associated with information systems within organization subunits, within an organization, and between organizations. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between organizations and their information systems.
Accredited by the IACBE
Wayne State's Business degree programs are accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education and comply with high principles of excellence.

Awards and Rankings
Recognized for excellence
Best Online MBA with Accreditation
Wayne State's MBA program was ranked as the best in Nebraska and in the top 33 of all MBA programs accredited in the United States.

Most Affordable Online Master's Degrees
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Top Business College of Distinction
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Clubs and organizations for MBA students
Delta Sigma Pi - A coed professional organization for business, computing, sport management, fashion merchandising, and industrial management majors
FBLA Collegiate - A collegiate division of FBLA and professional organization for students in business and related majors
Sigma Beta Delta - International honor society for business

Business and Economics Department faculty

Henry Akaeze, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Henry Akaeze is a business professor at Wayne State College. Akaeze’s teaching expertise spans various economic disciplines, including macroeconomics, microeconomics, natural resource economics, and agricultural resource economics.

Mwata Chisha, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Laura Dendinger, J.D.
Professor
Dr. Laura Dendinger is a business professor at Wayne State College, teaching courses including business communication, negotiations, and conflict management.

Joseph Faello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Joseph Faello is a business professor at Wayne State College and is an expert in the accounting field.

Trisha Kolterman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. Trisha Kolterman is a business professor at Wayne State College and specializes in organizational behavior and strategic management.

Brian Kufner, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Brian Kufner is a business professor at Wayne State College. He is lead faculty and student advisor for the undergraduate and graduate human resource management concentrations at Wayne State College.

Michelle Laughlin, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Michelle Laughlin is a business professor and teaches marketing and business courses at Wayne State College.

Kelly Legler, MBA
Instructor
Kelly Legler teaches business in the Business and Economics Department at Wayne State College. Legler's teaching interests include financial, managerial, governmental, and nonprofit accounting, as well as business communications.

Dr. Pat Lutt is a business professor at Wayne State College. She teaches marketing and business courses at Wayne State College.

Lindsay McLaughlin, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Lindsay McLaughlin is a business professor, teaching marketing and management at Wayne State College.

Jeryl Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Jeryl Nelson is a business professor at Wayne State College. His teaching interests are finance and management.

Charles Parker, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Charles Parker is an economics professor at Wayne State College. His teaching interests include microeconomics, finance, and law.
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