Online Supply Chain & Logistics Graduate Certificate
Advance your career in one of the fastest-growing fields with an online graduate certificate in supply chain management and logistics. You earn it in three courses (9 credits), fully online in accelerated 7-week terms, and every credit transfers into 映画传媒 Valley College's ACBSP-accredited MBA if you choose to continue.
The certificate builds the decision-making skills employers hire for: demand forecasting, inventory and warehousing, transportation and distribution, and operations strategy. No GMAT is required to enroll.
The Supply Chain Management & Logistics Certificate at 映画传媒 Valley College is a 9-credit graduate certificate for working professionals, taught fully online in accelerated 7-week terms. It covers logistics, inventory, transportation, and operations decision-making, requires no GMAT, and all 9 credits transfer into LVC’s ACBSP-accredited MBA. The graduate certificate costs $784 per credit hour.
LVC鈥檚 Certificate in Supply Chain Management and Logistics prepares you with the required skill sets demanded by rapidly growing businesses in our region and nationally. Career positions related to these disciplines include receiving, delivery, materials storage and handling, resource acquisition, allocation and distribution, transportation and mobility management, demand analysis and forecasting, quality control, facility design, waiting-line management, operations strategy, and inventory management and control.
Supply Chain & Logistics Careers
Supply chain and logistics 映画传媒s are growing across manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, and retail. and employment is projected to grow about 17% through 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
earned a median of $102,010 in the same data. Central Pennsylvania, along the I-81 and I-78 corridors near Harrisburg, Hershey, and Lancaster, is one of the Northeast’s busiest distribution regions, so these skills are in demand close to home.
Admission Requirements
Applicants who possess a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university will be considered for admission pending a review of the following requirements:
- Complete an聽online application.
- A current professional r茅sum茅 or CV.
- A personal statement (maximum 500 words) focused on how the applicant will benefit from the degree program or an admission interview a program staff member.
- After submitting your application, you will be able to choose your preferred option in the Graduate Application Portal.
- Provide official transcripts from your undergraduate college or university.
- Bachelor鈥檚 degree required to begin coursework.聽Previous study in business is not required.
- Institutions outside of the United States must be recognized as a degree-granting institution in its home country. A course-by-course evaluation of all foreign university transcripts by an independent service based in the United States is required.聽World Education Services (WES)聽and聽SpanTran Evaluation Services聽are two suggested evaluators. Please have your official evaluation sent directly to 映画传媒 Valley College.
Application materials can be uploaded in the Graduate Application Portal, submitted to聽graduateadmission@lvc.edu, or mailed to:
Graduate Admission
映画传媒 Valley College
101 N. College Ave.
Annville, PA 17003
We strongly encourage you to complete your application at least two weeks before your desired start. If you are within two weeks of when you would like to begin the program, don鈥檛 hesitate to contact graduateadmission@lvc.edu for assistance, and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a 9-credit graduate certificate (three courses), taught fully online in accelerated 7-week terms. It builds practical skills in logistics, inventory, transportation, and operations decision-making for working professionals who want a recognized credential without committing to a full master’s.
Yes. It adds a recognized graduate credential in a growing field (), and at LVC, all 9 credits transfer into the ACBSP-accredited MBA, so it doubles as a head start on a master’s.
The certificate covers demand forecasting, inventory and warehousing, transportation and distribution, operations strategy, and data-driven decision-making across three graduate courses.
Three courses, fully online, in accelerated 7-week terms, so most working professionals finish quickly. We offer start dates throughout the year; contact our team for more information.
Yes. All 9 credits transfer into LVC’s Master of Business Administration and count as your supply chain and logistics concentration. The GMAT is waived for those who complete the certificate.
Working professionals who want to move into or advance within supply chain, logistics, operations, or distribution 映画传媒s, and anyone who wants a fast, stackable graduate credential.
