Program Overview

Operations and Supply Chain Management

About our program

Get directly admitted to our College of Business Administration and start your business classes on day one. Gain an understanding of how geopolitical tensions, sustainability pressures, and technological disruptions impact operations and supply chains and learn to tackle the operational, tactical, and strategic challenges across all business levels that keep them from performing at an optimal level. Combined with multiple opportunities for internships, networking, mentorship, community involvement, and service learning, you'll have exactly what it takes to launch a successful career.

Now, more than ever, the world demands business professionals who are not only good at what they do but who are honest, transparent, and ethical. At Marquette, ethics and social responsibility will permeate everything you learn and do — we've been offering a values-based business education since 1910.

You might like operations and supply chain management if you:

• Have a mind for operational, tactical, and strategic challenges
• Enjoy all levels of business operations
• Organize information well

Benefits you'll get from Marquette's College of Business Administration

At our College of Business Administration, you'll help shape an ethical future for business while you focus on career skills, applied learning, collaboration, and leadership development. Your career preparation is bolstered by our strong internship program, and 82% of our students participate in it.

Provide value on the job with active learning that lasts.

International visit gives students a learning experience to remember

Read how Marquette students traveled to Colombia to learn firsthand how coffee's supply chain intertwines with culture, ethics, and politics. Hands-on learning opportunities like this set a Marquette Business education apart.

What can you do with a major in operations and supply chain management from Marquette?

Most of our operations and supply chain management graduates go straight into the workforce. Here's where some of our recent graduates landed:

• Amazon
• Briggs & Stratton
• Direct Supply
• GE Healthcare
• General Mills
• Johnson Controls
• Kimberly-Clark
• Komatsu
• Milwaukee Tool
• Rexnord
• Target Corp.
• Toyota Motor Corp.

Hands-on learning for career success

While you're here at Marquette, preparing you for what's next will be one of our top priorities. So, expect lots of learning by doing, connecting with others who share your passions, and reflecting on how you can Be The Difference.

• Spaces to learn
  • Opened in 2023, O'Brien Hall is our state-of-the-art, community-building space. Designed to foster collaboration between Marquette Business students and industry, our building emphasizes innovative spaces where you're immersed in experiential learning and creative solutions.
• Internships and experience
  • Our location in Milwaukee provides you with instant access to guest speakers, corporate visits, and internships. In fact, during your junior year, you'll participate in our one-on-one mentoring program and be paired with an executive from a Milwaukee-area firm who'll help you start your career network.
  • Our students have recently completed internship experiences at:
    • Uline
    • Direct Supply
    • Clarios
    • Baird
    • Aldi
    • GE Healthcare
    • Jewelers Mutual Group
    • Johnson Controls
    • EY (Ernst & Young)
    • PwC (Pricewaterhouse Coopers)
• Competitions
  • Enter a business competition and apply your knowledge and conceptual understanding to real-world problems. From financial analysis to supply chain to real estate and more, competitions put you head-to-head with teams from other universities and let you practice skills that translate directly to your career.
• Leadership learning
  • Become a people-centered leader guided by our Jesuit tradition. Join our E-Lead program sophomore year and you'll complete a combination of leadership courses and experiences that prepare you to be the driver of innovation for the common good.
• Study abroad
  • Our full-time international business director and advisers make an international experience simple for operations and supply chain management majors. You'll be able to choose from more than 50 programs in close to 30 countries, with credit-earning opportunities ranging from weeklong to semester-long experiences and business course work.

What to expect from a Marquette degree

A Marquette education equips students to thrive professionally and personally through overall student support, career preparation, and an extended family that can't wait to meet you.

• Ranked #6 in Job Placement
• Ranked #82 in Student Outcomes
• Ranked #14 in Best Colleges for Internships