Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2023

1,102

growing 17.4%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$7,590

growing 4.98%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$47,636

growing 7.46%

About

In 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management degree recipients are Tempe, AZ, Monterey, CA, and Webster Groves, MO. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management degree recipients are Monterey, CA, Webster Groves, MO, and Athens, AL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management is a bachelors degree.

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Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management and the types of students that study this field. Arizona State University Campus Immersion awards the most degrees in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management in the US, but Naval Postgraduate School and Webster University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management.

Tuition costs for Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management majors are, on average, $7,590 for in-state public colleges, and $47,636 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management programs are Private for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (21 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (844 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management (2023)

Arizona State University Campus Immersion
341 degrees awarded
Naval Postgraduate School
204 degrees awarded
Webster University
106 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management, is Public, 4-year or above (844 completions in 2023).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,590

Median In-State Public

$47,636

Median Out of State Private

Arizona State University Campus Immersion has the most Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management degree recipients, with 341 degrees awarded in 2023.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management.

Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

Out of all institutions that offer Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Naval Postgraduate School has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management, with 7.53%.

Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management

Maricopa County, AZ
378 degrees awarded
Monterey County, CA
204 degrees awarded
St. Louis County, MO
106 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management by year.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Business in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Business degrees.

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management are Bachelors Degree, Postbaccalaureate Certificate, and Masters Degree.

Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management is from the 2 Digit Course Business.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Business are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (59.1%)

Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination

White Male
130 degrees awarded
White Female
79 degrees awarded
Non-resident Alien Male
51 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management.

White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management is from the 2 Digit Course Business.

Most Common Countries of Origin

India
181,180 degree recipients
Mexico
159,478 degree recipients
Philippines
142,686 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

Singapore
2.55 times more than expected
Zimbabwe
2.52 times more than expected
Denmark
2.46 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Singapore that hold Business degrees (2.55 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (181,180 degree recipients).

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management majors need more than the average amount of N/A.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Purchasing, Procurement, Acquisitions, & Contracts Management majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of N/A is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Monitoring are the three most important skills for people in the field.