You connect students with internship opportunities. As an Internship Coordinator, you're building employer relationships, preparing students for professional settings, and helping them gain the experience that leads to jobs.
Internship Coordinator pay typically runs $52K–$83K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to grow 4% through 2034.
Internship coordinators build and manage the programs connecting students with workplace learning opportunities—developing employer relationships, preparing students for professional settings, coordinating placements, and monitoring student experiences. The role involves significant outward-facing work with employers and inward-facing work with students and faculty.
The employer relations dimension requires ongoing investment. Hiring managers and organizational partners are busy; maintaining relationships that result in quality internship opportunities requires consistent engagement, not just outreach when you have positions to fill. Understanding what employers actually want from interns tends to make matching more effective.
People who tend to do well are relationship-oriented, organized, and comfortable in both student-facing and professional environments. If you find satisfaction in matching students with opportunities that genuinely accelerate their development—and can manage the coordination complexity of running an active internship program—the coordinator role tends to be engaging and impactful work in workforce preparation.
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View all Social Services roles →You connect students with internship opportunities. As an Internship Coordinator, you're building employer relationships, preparing students for professional settings, and helping them gain the experience that leads to jobs.
Median pay for an Internship Coordinator is about $65K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $44K to $106K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Service Orientation, and Critical Thinking.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 3.5% through 2034, with roughly 342,350 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Enrollment Counselor, Career Consultant, and Employment Specialist.
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