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Registrar

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Registrar manages student academic records within a college or university.

Job Outlook

There were 266 Registrar job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 6806 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Higher Education Administrator industry, which includes the Registrar career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:

Salary

Many new Registrar jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $83,392.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $80,532.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Registrar postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $74,851.

Education and Experience

Posted Registrar jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education LevelPercentage
Associate's Degree0%
Bachelor's Degree19.32%
Master's Degree7.16%
Doctoral Degree0.59%
Other59.87%

Posted Registrar jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of ExperiencePercentage
0 to 2 years72.59%
3 to 5 years25.38%
6 to 8 years1.64%
9+ years0.38%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Registrar positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

  • Customer Service (41.87%)
  • Communication (40.6%)
  • Scheduling (24.68%)
  • Detail Oriented (21.98%)
  • Clerical Works (19.79%)
  • Microsoft Office (15.27%)
  • Computer Literacy (14.77%)
  • Management (14.28%)
  • Multitasking (12.96%)
  • Operations (12.84%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

  • Registration (31.26%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

  • Academic Record-Keeping (15.39%)
  • Revenue Cycle Management (9.34%)
  • Statistics (4.15%)
  • Student Information Systems (19.73%)
  • Patient Registration (16.9%)
  • Medical Terminology (23.41%)
  • Family Educational Rights And Privacy Act (13%)
  • Finance (1.69%)
  • Demography (18.97%)
  • Data Entry (19.15%)
  • Billing (15.6%)
  • Auditing (17.67%)
  • Workflow Management (5.91%)
  • Student Services (6.51%)
  • Administrative Support (6.47%)
  • Office Equipment (10.06%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Registrar skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

  • Patient Access Specialist
  • Registration Representative
  • Patient Registration Representative
  • Patient Access Representative
  • Administrative Assistant Registrar
  • Referral Specialist
  • Intake Specialist
  • Patient Access Associate
  • Credentialing Specialist

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Registrar jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

  • Baptist Health (115)
  • Indiana University-Bloomington (94)
  • Mayo Clinic (75)
  • Rochester Regional Health (71)
  • Broward County Public Schools (71)
  • AdventHealth (67)
  • UCHealth (54)
  • Novant Health (44)
  • Intermountain Health (44)
  • Prisma Health (43)

North Carolina

  • Novant Health (43)
  • UNC Health (41)
  • Atrium Health (13)
  • Carteret Health Care (11)
  • Johnston Health (7)
  • University of North Carolina (6)
  • Cone Health (6)
  • Randolph Hospital (5)
  • First Health of the Carolinas (4)
  • Meredith College (4)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!