Mid-Level

Registration Coordinator

At a university, healthcare system, event organization, or large enterprise, you coordinate the registration process for students, patients, attendees, or members — managing the inflow, tracking participants, supporting the operational logistics that registration cycles require.

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Job markets for Registration Coordinators
Employment concentration · ~286 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Registration Coordinator

You spend most of your time in registration platforms (PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, Banner, Cvent, healthcare scheduling systems) coordinating the operational moving parts of registration cycles. The work mixes participant communication, system administration, exception handling, and the cross-functional coordination with departments that depend on clean registration data. Registration cycle completion and exception resolution are the operating measures.

Variance across employers is wide: at universities the role runs on semester cycles with intense peaks around registration windows; at healthcare systems it's continuous patient scheduling; at events it's discrete project-cycle work around each event. The system-administration dimension matters everywhere as registration platforms grow more complex.

The disposition this favors is organized, comfortable with platform administration, and patient through the cyclical-deadline pressure of registration work. Industry-specific certifications and platform-specific training anchor advancement. The trade-off is the cyclical intensity that registration coordination consistently involves and the operational visibility during peak-cycle weeks.

RelationshipsAbove avg
SupportAbove avg
Working ConditionsLower
IndependenceLower
AchievementLower
RecognitionLower
O*NET Work Values survey
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Registration Coordinators (SOC 43-4111.00), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$32K–$61K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
157K
U.S. Employment
-11.6%
10yr Growth
16K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$64K$61K$59K$56K$53K201920202021202220232024$53K$64K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

Active ListeningSpeakingReading ComprehensionSocial PerceptivenessTime ManagementService OrientationCritical ThinkingWritingComplex Problem SolvingNegotiation
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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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