En Route to National Prominence
UNF's Transportation & Logistics Program Takes Aim at a National Ranking

The Transportation & Logistics Program in the Coggin College of Business at UNF is well on its way to national prominence, with sights on a top 10 ranking, keeping company with programs twice its age and size. Firms have increasingly sought logistics majors due to the impact logistics has on competitiveness and unique skills required for managing logistics, both within the firm and across multiple firms in the supply chain. In the US and abroad, rapid growth in the call for logistics-based solutions and the related career options are sparking increasing student interest in Transportation & Logistics Programs. This is especially true for students at UNF because the surrounding city of Jacksonville is a growing metropolitan center of finance, commerce and trade, with all five modes of transportation – air, water, motor carrier, rail and pipeline – interfacing in Jacksonville. As well, leading transportation and logistics companies such as CSX Transportation, CEVA Logistics, Crowley Maritime, APL Logistics, and Landstar System, Inc. have major corporate facilities on the First Coast….in the past three years, the number of students seeking a B.B.A with a major in Transportation & Logistics has tripled in size. In addition, MBA concentrations in Logistics have more than doubled in the same time frame.

The curriculum of the UNF Transportation & Logistics Program is very similar to that of the ‘Big Five’ logistics institutions. It covers everything in logistics that employers seek in graduates. The courses are drawn from information systems, economics, finance, law, management, marketing, quantitative methods, social psychology, and speech. In addition to the required logistics courses, students are strongly encouraged to complete a semester internship with a company engaged in logistics.

Many organizations have demonstrated their confidence in the UNF Transportation & Logistics Program by offering scholarship support to students. Logistics companies that have generously contributed their support to offset the financial burden of tuition for UNF students include:
• Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Jacksonville Roundtable
• Jacksonville Port Authority/South Atlantic Caribbean Ports Association
• Pat Moran and JM Family Enterprises
• Crowley Maritime Corporation
• Jacksonville Chapter of the National Defense Transportation Association
• Sea Star Line
The support offered by these companies will continue to attract bright logistics students and advance the program along its path to national prominence.