Registrar vs admissions clerk

The differences between registrars and admissions clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a registrar, becoming an admissions clerk takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a registrar has an average salary of $40,632, which is higher than the $31,980 average annual salary of an admissions clerk.

The top three skills for a registrar include patients, customer service and medical terminology. The most important skills for an admissions clerk are patients, data entry, and customer service.

Registrar vs admissions clerk overview

	Registrar	Admissions Clerk
Yearly salary	$40,632	$31,980
Hourly rate	$19.53	$15.38
Growth rate	7%	-5%
Number of jobs	12,723	123,555
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 29%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	6	2

What does a registrar do?

A registrar's role is to process and maintain accurate records within an institution or establishment. They are the main point of communication to obtain various kinds of information. In schools, a registrar is in charge of keeping a student or educator's academic, personal, and financial records. They also have the task of arranging a student's course and class schedules. Furthermore, a registrar may also have other administrative tasks such as responding to calls and other forms of correspondence, producing reports, and process requirements.

What does an admissions clerk do?

An admissions clerk caters to all incoming customers, applicants, or patients in a facility. Their primary job is to handle the personal data of those customers, applicants, or patients. They are responsible for communicating this data to their organization's faculty and management, as well as ensuring data security. On a secondary basis, an admissions clerk is responsible for addressing the needs or inquiries of the customers, applicants, or patients they serve. For this position, it is necessary to have strong customer service skills, strong communication skills, and strong problem-solving abilities.

Registrar vs admissions clerk salary

Registrars and admissions clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Registrar	Admissions Clerk
Average salary	$40,632	$31,980
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $56,000	Between $24,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	-
Highest paying state	New York	-
Best paying company	The American Musical and Dramatic Academy	-
Best paying industry	Health Care	-

Differences between registrar and admissions clerk education

There are a few differences between a registrar and an admissions clerk in terms of educational background:

	Registrar	Admissions Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 29%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Registrar vs admissions clerk demographics

Here are the differences between registrars' and admissions clerks' demographics:

	Registrar	Admissions Clerk
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 17.1% Female, 82.9%	Male, 12.7% Female, 87.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.4% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% Asian, 4.3% White, 65.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 12.7% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.3% Asian, 7.0% White, 55.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	16%	6%

Differences between registrar and admissions clerk duties and responsibilities

Registrar example responsibilities.

Manage and prioritize a high volume of traumas and ambulances entering the ER.
Provide superior customer-orient support and manage non-cooperative patients such as those with addictions problems with tact and ease.
Code all inpatient, outpatient, emergency room, laboratory and radiology visits with appropriate ICD-9 and CPT codes.
Transport patients to and from rehabilitation unit.
Coordinate all radiology authorizations from physicians and insurance companies, adhering to appropriate CPT codes.
Admit patients to various outpatient departments of the hospital; including emergency, laboratory and radiology.

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Admissions clerk example responsibilities.

Manage an adjoining veterinary supply shop that sell medications, animal food and pet equipment.
Register patients via ambulances and lobby registration.
Utilize ICD-9 and CPT-4 coding in admitting patients and pre-certifications/authorizations for admissions and procedures.
Interview incoming patients or representatives and enter information require for admission and emergency department registration into the computer.
Interpret institutes regulations and charges to patients and/or family members, obtaining necessary information and signatures where necessary.
Maintain communications with physicians' offices and unit secretaries/nursing coordinator to ensure bed placement of direct admissions and in-patient surgery candidates.

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Registrar vs admissions clerk skills

Common registrar skills

Patients, 30%
Customer Service, 16%
Medical Terminology, 7%
Patient Registration, 4%
Data Entry, 3%
Patient Care, 3%

Common admissions clerk skills

Patients, 42%
Data Entry, 7%
Customer Service, 4%
Insurance Forms, 3%
Computer System, 3%
Patient Demographics, 3%

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