Master of Science in Management with a concentration in Transportation Management Online

Get ready for leadership roles when you enhance your business acumen with specialized transportation management expertise and elevated critical thinking skills.

Apply By: 5/5/25
Start Class: 5/19/25
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Program Overview

Discover the advantages of our online MS in Management – Transportation Management program

Earn your Master of Science in Management with a concentration in Transportation Management online and develop your ability to create and optimize transportation operations crucial to private, public and military sectors. Our experienced faculty will teach you multiple methods for directing, controlling and supervising transportation services and facilities, in addition to bolstering your core business competencies.

Florida Tech’s innovative curriculum will deepen your understanding of asset management, systems and logistics support, traffic, material acquisition and other topics related to transportation management. Gain practical experience when you solve a real-world management challenge through a comprehensive capstone project. You can apply with a bachelor’s degree in any area.

As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:

  • Evaluate complex logistics strategies for informed decision-making by identifying economic trends and core engineering principles and analyzing effective logistics management techniques and principles in organizations.
  • Support and clarify your messages by using the appropriate vocabulary to convey information, concepts and ideas orally
  • Clearly and effectively convey information by utilizing the proper form, emphasis, usage, spelling and punctuation to ensure quality through the written medium
  • Analyze a situation or text and make thoughtful decisions based on that analysis
  • Conduct research from primary and secondary sources; evaluate those sources' credibility, bias, evidence and reasoning; identify and challenge writer's assumptions; and write texts that are informed by one's research
As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:
  • Evaluate complex logistics strategies for informed decision-making by identifying economic trends and core engineering principles and analyzing effective logistics management techniques and principles in organizations.
  • Support and clarify your messages by using the appropriate vocabulary to convey information, concepts and ideas orally
  • Clearly and effectively convey information by utilizing the proper form, emphasis, usage, spelling and punctuation to ensure quality through the written medium
  • Analyze a situation or text and make thoughtful decisions based on that analysis
  • Conduct research from primary and secondary sources; evaluate those sources' credibility, bias, evidence and reasoning; identify and challenge writer's assumptions; and write texts that are informed by one's research

Career opportunities:

  • Acquisition and contract manager
  • Human resource manager
  • Logistics manager
  • Information systems manager
  • Transportation manager
Career opportunities:
  • Acquisition and contract manager
  • Human resource manager
  • Logistics manager
  • Information systems manager
  • Transportation manager

Also available:

At Florida Tech, we offer a variety of in-demand online programs that prepare you with relevant skills for your career of choice. Take a look at our other business programs.

Also available:

At Florida Tech, we offer a variety of in-demand online programs that prepare you with relevant skills for your career of choice. Take a look at our other business programs.

Total Tuition $21,010.11*
Duration As few as 15 months
Credit Hours 33
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Tuition

Take advantage of budget-friendly tuition

Tuition for the MS in Management – Transportation Management is affordable. Take advantage of our pay-by-the-course system, so you can manage your budget as you pursue your degree. Technology fees are included in the total tuition.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MS Management – Transportation Management $636.67 $1,910.01 $21,010.11

*Published tuition costs may differ from a student’s estimated total “cost of attendance,” which includes the amount an online student may choose to spend on expenses such as housing and food, books and supplies, transportation and other personal items or activities per academic year. As a Florida Tech Online student, you will only ever be billed for applicable tuition and fees. All other costs listed below are estimates per academic year required by the federal government to help you budget for your education. For further information regarding program tuition and fees, please reach out to your enrollment representative or refer to the undergraduate or graduate fees policy. View full cost of attendance information.

Potential Expenses Per Year

Program Technology Fees Federal Student Loan Fees Housing & Food Books & Supplies Transport Personal Expenses Total
MS Management – Transportation Management (Full-Time) $300 $166 $15,240 $1,200 $1,500 $2,100 $
MS Management – Transportation Management (Part-Time) $150 $166 $7,620 $600 $750 $1,050

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $21,010.11*
Per Credit Hour $636.67

Calendar

Get started with our academic calendar

The MS in Management – Transportation Management online program is ideal for working students. Choose from multiple start dates and complete your degree at the pace that best fits your schedule.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Summer 20255/19/255/5/255/12/255/14/255/16/257/13/258 weeks

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Next Apply Date 5/5/25
Start Class 5/19/25

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Admissions

Here’s what you need to apply to Florida Tech Online

At Florida Tech, we’ve streamlined the admission process to help you get started quickly. Please read the requirements for the MS in Management – Transportation Management online program.

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  • Prerequisite coursework:
    • MTH 1701 College Algebra
    • Note: Computer literacy is required as a prerequisite. It can be demonstrated by the applicant’s undergraduate coursework, passing a proficiency examination offered by the extended studies department or by completing a suitable computer course.
  • Application for admissions
  • Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
  • Official transcripts from all colleges and universities
  • Current résumé
  • Undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 on 4.0 scale

Official transcripts, test scores and other documents should be sent to:

Mail address:
Office of Admissions
150 W. University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901

Admission Requirements

  • No application fee
  • No GMAT/GRE
  • GPA of 3.0 or above

Courses

Check out the MS in Management – Transportation Management online curriculum

For the MS in Management – Transportation Management online, the curriculum comprises 33 transportation management course credit hours.

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Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Studies accounting concepts, the accounting model, measurement processes, financial statements, financial analysis, the accounting cycle, monetary and fixed assets, inventory, current and long-term liabilities, and equity structures of partnerships, proprietorships and corporations.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers concepts and tools of corporate financial management including corporate financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, quantitative techniques and practices. Considers the importance of ethics and the international aspects in financial decision-making.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Overviews classical and contemporary management philosophies and theories. Focuses on managing enterprises in a rapidly changing global economy. Includes developing strategic vision, planning, organizing, directing and controlling, social responsibility and international management.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the contributions to management theory made by the behavioral sciences. Gives a better understanding of the human being and why he acts as he does. Studies individual and group behavior. Extensively uses current periodicals and case materials.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers concepts, tools and techniques for evaluation of research proposals and studies. Involves designing, conducting, evaluating and presenting oral and written forms of research. Assignments build on quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Explores issues surrounding the employment of human resources in various organizational settings using lectures/guided discussions and case studies. May include recruitment/selection, job analyses/evaluation, equal employment opportunity, training/development, compensation/benefits, appraisal, labor relations, health and safety, and separation/retirement.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Introduces and examines historical development of leadership theory and supporting research. Considers past and contemporary theory in self-analysis by students to define their own leadership styles.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Includes basic communication theory and the effects of communication on human behavior and organizational effectiveness. Provides a basic understanding of organizational communication theory. Uses case studies and experiential exercises to improve communications skills.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Includes determination of requirements for management of major and secondary items. Reviews the needs and techniques for accurate asset reporting and analysis of demand data for customers’ requirements. Emphasizes problems related to unstable items and management methods required to integrate asset acquisition and management into the life cycle program.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Addresses the management of evolving systems. Emphasizes planning and support requirements of the system during its life cycle. Includes maintenance planning, physical distribution, manpower requirements, facilities and equipment needs, documentation, systems integration and other support requirements.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the various means of directing, controlling and supervising functions involved in furnishing transportation services and facilities. Examines in detail service support to the customer and the principles and problems involved.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the life cycle process of acquisition of materiel and materiel systems. Examines systems management and its application from acquisition to termination. Studies need requirements, cost and schedule considerations and procurement procedures.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Studies various contemporary carrier modes, emphasizing management problems common to all modes of domestic and international transportation. Investigates and discusses transportation engineering, use of transportation facilities and materiel, and economic, personnel, labor and union aspects.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers concepts of moral philosophy and their relevance to decision making, and applies this understanding in a wide variety of practical management settings. Extensively uses case analyses.
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