GMAT/GRE not required for the MS in Supply Chain Management.
Application Deadlines
- November 1
- January 15
- March 1
- May 1
- June 15*
*We will continue to accept applications after May 1, 2022 for domestic students. Applications received after this date will be considered on a first-come, first-served and space-available basis.
Program Start Dates
August 2022
Application Requirements
- Professional resume/CV: Must demonstrate at least two years of professional work experience. Professional experience may be substituted with a major in supply chain or industrial engineering or a minor in supply chain with participation in a supply chain internship or competition.
- Two letters of recommendation: Recommendation forms will be sent directly through your online application.
- Professional work product:* This should demonstrate your ability to analyze complex problems at the graduate level and be one in which you were the dominant author (content contributions from all others should be less than 20% of the total effort). Examples include a technical report, strategic business plan, supplier analysis, inventory analysis, or a new project or business proposal. If you are unable to provide a professional work product, you can submit a 500-1000 word essay instead highlighting a supply chain challenge at your company and a possible project to resolve that challenge.
- *Waived for candidates with more than 5 years of full-time supply chain work experience.
- GMAT/GRE: Not required
- Official transcripts: Required from all post-secondary universities attended. They can be emailed (direct from the university) to grads@sandiego.edu or mailed to the address below:
Office of Graduate Admissions
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Students educated outside the United States must submit a course-by-course degree evaluation conducted by World Education Services
International Applicants
Due to the significant online portion of the master's in supply chain management program, we are unable to enroll students on an F or J student visa. However, international applicants who reside in the United States under an employment-based or another type of visa may be eligible to enroll. Please email us at grads@sandiego.edu and we will advise you on your enrollment options.
- If you earned a degree from an institution outside of the United States, you are required to submit an official, course-by-course international transcript evaluation (also called a foreign credential evaluation) of the transcripts from the university where you earned your undergraduate (bachelor's degree). The evaluation must be ordered from one of the following services:
World Education Services, Inc. (WES)
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE)
SpanTran: The Evaluation Company (SpanTran)*
International Education Research Foundation, Inc. (IERF)
Foreign Academic Credential Service (FACS)
Josef Silny & Associates, Inc., International Education Consultants (JSA)
*The SpanTran link goes to a custom application with a discounted rate for USD applicants.
Tuition and Scholarships
USD is proud to offer moderate tuition costs for our graduate business programs.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to regulations from the Department of Education, the University of San Diego is unable to enroll students in its online degree programs who reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Washington D.C. and Wisconsin.