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Michigan State University · East Lansing, Michigan · Public
“Supply chain's other superpower, an hour from Detroit.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
Our review
Broad’s supply-chain program shares the specialty’s summit with Smeal and Carey, and its placement engine runs on the industry rebuilding an hour south: the EV transition has automakers and their suppliers rehiring for exactly the procurement, logistics, and operations roles Broad manufactures.
The full-time class stays small while the school’s executive and online footprints carry the scale. High-80s placement and in-state costs near $62,000 keep the value proposition blunt. Like its specialty rivals, Broad is famous for one thing — candidates wanting marketing or finance depth should look at generalist programs.
What impressed us
- Specialty summit. Perennially top-three in supply chain.
- EV rehiring wave. The auto transition needs Broad's exact graduates.
What gave us pause
- One-specialty fame. Breadth is not the pitch.
- Auto exposure. The region's cycles are the program's cycles.
The verdict
A top-tier supply-chain MBA riding the auto industry's biggest retooling in a century. Buy it for ops; look elsewhere for breadth.
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