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Health information technologists and medical registrars

Typically requires Associate's degree

What is this page & how do I use it?

This is a research report for one career — the kind an analyst would write for a stock. The rating at the top is the neutral baseline (same for everyone); below it come the cases for and against, how the last official forecast for this career actually aged, and what the education path costs and pays.

How to use it: read the bulls-vs-bears case, then hit Score this career to weigh it against your other options with your own interests factored in.

CareerStar rating
MixedMedium uncertainty
top 19% of all 730 careers

Analyst take: Strong market prospects — +14.7% projected growth, moderate AI exposure (66/100).

55
/ 100
low riskhigh
top row = high reward

Data note: O*NET 29.0 doesn’t cover this SOC code yet, so its skill profile (used for fit, moat, and related careers) is estimated from sibling occupations in the same SOC group — see methodology.

Moat (borrowed from investing — the water that defends a castle): how shielded this career is from AI. None = broadly exposed — many of its tasks are automatable and its skills are widely shared. (Exposure ≠ job loss; see the bears below.)

The small grid is a style box (borrowed from Morningstar’s fund reports): the blue square places this career on reward (top row = high) versus risk (left column = low), against all 730 careers. Medium uncertainty means the score leans partly on forward-looking bets like AI exposure, so treat the exact number loosely.

🐂 Bulls say
  • +Strong projected growth — outpaces 96% of careers (+14.7%).
  • +High pay — above 64% of careers ($67,310).
🐻 Bears say
  • High AI exposure — 66% of tasks are model-touchable (exposure ≠ job loss).
Was this rating fair?
Projected growth
+14.7%
Median pay
$67,310
AI exposure
66/100
share of tasks exposed to AI — not job loss

Education & ROI — how to get here

Real outcomes for the college majors that feed this occupation, across 701 bachelor’s programs.

Median earnings
$38,454
1 year after graduating
Typical debt
$30,874
median federal debt
Pay-to-debt
1.2×
first-year pay ÷ debt
Feeder majors
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical SecretaryMedical Illustration and Informatics
Selective schools offering these majors
Northeastern University
MA · 5% admit rate
$84,641/yr
$92,538 grad pay
University of Pennsylvania
PA · 5% admit rate
$89,028/yr
$111,371 grad pay
Stanbridge University
CA · 10% admit rate
$62,144 grad pay
Carnegie Mellon University
PA · 12% admit rate
$83,654/yr
$114,862 grad pay
Washington University in St Louis
MO · 12% admit rate
$88,488/yr
$86,182 grad pay
Georgetown University
DC · 13% admit rate
$88,741/yr
$103,494 grad pay

Earnings & debt from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard; majors mapped to this occupation via the NCES CIP→SOC crosswalk. A grounded ROI snapshot, not a guarantee — pay varies widely by school and specialty.

What this work involves

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