Residence life director vs registrar

The differences between residence life directors and registrars can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a residence life director and a registrar. Additionally, a residence life director has an average salary of $52,520, which is higher than the $40,632 average annual salary of a registrar.

The top three skills for a residence life director include residence life, phone calls and student development. The most important skills for a registrar are patients, customer service, and medical terminology.

Residence life director vs registrar overview

	Residence Life Director	Registrar
Yearly salary	$52,520	$40,632
Hourly rate	$25.25	$19.53
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	17,490	12,723
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 43%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	6	6

Residence life director vs registrar salary

Residence life directors and registrars have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Residence Life Director	Registrar
Average salary	$52,520	$40,632
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $84,000	Between $29,000 And $56,000
Highest paying City	New Haven, CT	New York, NY
Highest paying state	Connecticut	New York
Best paying company	Point B	The American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between residence life director and registrar education

There are a few differences between a residence life director and a registrar in terms of educational background:

	Residence Life Director	Registrar
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 43%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	University of Pennsylvania

Residence life director vs registrar demographics

Here are the differences between residence life directors' and registrars' demographics:

	Residence Life Director	Registrar
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 44.0% Female, 56.0%	Male, 17.1% Female, 82.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.3% Asian, 4.6% White, 65.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	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%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between residence life director and registrar duties and responsibilities

Residence life director example responsibilities.

Motivate, train and lead a team of nine ministry coordinators.
Provide leadership, oversight, and administration of innovative student-centered activities.
Provide clinical oversight of family-centered services that include capacity building, needs assessment, program and policy development and evaluation.
Cultivate, coordinate, and assist in the development of student leadership and responsibility through programming and direct involvement with students.

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.

Residence life director vs registrar skills

Common residence life director skills

Residence Life, 7%
Phone Calls, 6%
Student Development, 6%
Oversight, 6%
Student Affairs, 6%
Student Conduct, 4%

Common registrar skills

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