RA COMPENSATION & PERKS:

Here at ETSU as a 2nd year RA I get 1299.00 dollars which then you minus my room which we do get a provate room at semi-private rate at around 800 to 900 so that leaves about 300 dollars that is taken off our tuiton. Let me tell you it hurts! Lori from JWU I think you have it nice. What do you think?

here in memphis we get a 1000 dollar stipend plus we are allowed to work up to 9 hours at the desk at 5.50/hrso it is about 180 every too weeks. Plus the other little perks.

We go through phases with out crop of perspective RA's.But when it is low there is nothing that is done.

Hope this helps

university of memphis

At johnson & wales we get 6000 for first yr ra's 2nd yr ra's get 6600 and head ra's get about 8,400

My name is Michelle Kucsera, and I am a first year RA at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.Our compensation packages is one of the best that I have heard about.We get room and board, tuition remisssion, plus a monthly stipend.In all, I think it totals somewhere around $8,000-$10,000 per year.All I really pay is about $700 per year for technology fees, plus the cost of my books. I'm an in-state student, however.I'm not sure if it is different for out-of-state students. We also get a 10% discount at two of the local bookstores.It doesn't seem like a lot, but when you're buying $400 worth of books, it adds up.I hope this helps you out:)

I attend Menlo College in Atherton, CA.Menlo is a small private business school of

about 550 students.We currently have 13 RAs on our staff (two are senior RAs -SRA-).We also get free room and board and a room to ourselves.SRAs get $200 every month since they do a lot of programming and budget stuff.

I'm an RA at Edgewood College in Madison, WI.Edgewood is a private school with about 2000 students.Each RA is responsible for 30-40 residents.We receive free room and board.Currently all RAs have their own rooms.

I go to a small, private college in PA (Elizabethtown) and our RAs have our own free room, NOT board. We also get a salary of about $40 every two weeks.

As RAs in Framingham State College MA we get a single room for the price of a double, a free parking space (~$300), free microfridge rental for the year (~$180), $240/month, and if we complete all tasks we get a bonus check (about half of our board for the year).

At Winona State University, MN we have 8000 students (1800 in the Res halls) and each RA has 60 residents.We receive free room and board and a single room.

At Mississippi State University we have about 4000 students living on campus...99 RAs.I was Senior RA for three years, before I decided to transfer to the Family Housing Apts. Housing waives the $1325 housing fee...we all have private rooms...in my case I have a two bedroom apt (all utilities paid plus free cable and phone).Senior RAs get a 75/week stipend, Veteran RAs get a $65/week stipend, and Novice RAs get a $55/week stipend.We are also allowed to work up to 10 hours in a two-week period at the desk.There are microfridges in every room on campus.We don't get board.Each RA has to do a minimum of 3 programs per semester.Each RA gets $30/semester to do those programs, but we have an opportunity to get more money from our RHAs.

Here at Southeast Missouri State, CA's get free room and board.Senior community

advisors (assistant hall directors) get free room and board plus $800 a semester, they also run the info desk and have other administrative duties.

I am at Salisbury State University.Our school has about 6,000 undergrad, and 1,700 students living on campus.We have 49 RAs on campus. We get paid through paychecks for exactly room and board, but with taxes taken out of our checks, we do not get room and board in full.All RAs have their own room and 15 have their own bathroom as well.I am working with a Wellness Program; I have 40 residents on my floor, who have all chosen to be "substance free".For the entire year I have $250 for programming.

Rhode Island College has an on-campus population of 830 residents (total enrollment around 9000 students).We have 5 residence halls and 20 RAs.We receive free room and board, early class registration, our own room, and a $75 stipend per semester.We also get free access to all residence halls.

I am an RA at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. We have about 500 residents and 16 RAs, a GA, and two Night Resident Hall Coordinators.We get free room and board and about half of us have our own room.The RAs at one of the apartment complexes have an RA for a roommate. The RAs at the other have three residents as roommates.The RAs with resident roommates is a first this year.

At Boston College, compensation for RAs is free room and board.In freshman, sophomore and junior areas, RAs get their own rooms (specialized rooms with their own bathrooms, living room and bedroom).In senior areas, there are typically two or three RAs living together in an apt.For example, there will be two RAs living in an on-campus apt intended for four people (each RA gets his/her own bedroom and bathroom, and then shares a living room and kitchen with another RA).RA compensation here comes in the form of financial aid.This means that if you have grants/scholarships, that money is decreased in order to make room for the RA compensation.BC sees RA money as less money that they have to give you from their financial resources.There are about 6500 on-campus students and 140 RAs.RAs in freshman areas have 12-60 residents (usually around 40), and RAs in upperclassman areas tend to have 60-70 residents each.

I'm at UNC-Chapel Hill, and I have 52 residents.RAs here get paid $5.15 an hour for 17 hours a week, a single room w/ air for $710, and $200.00 a semester on our meal card.We are given a budget of about $100 dollars to do programs with and can get more if we

need it.Summer school RAs get a free single room and $370 a session on a meal card.

I am from a very small private college, Lake Erie College.We have about 800 students total, and about 170 that live on campus in four residence halls.I live in the co-ed upperclassman building, so there are about 36 students who live there.We currently get a free single room, but no free meal plan.

At the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, we have about 4500 residents out of about 5500 undergrads.We receive free housing.If the designated RA room on the hall is a single then the RA has a single, but if it is a double the RA must have a roommate. The RA can choose the roommate.This year student staff members also get a $150 credit per semester that can be applied towards purchases at the bookstore or towards the purchase of a meal plan.

I'm at SUNY Cortland in upstate NY.We've got about 3500 residents and about 6000 total.I'm an RA on a co-ed transfer floor with 40 residents.We are entitled to our own free room.Our stipend is $300/semester and we get a 10% discount at the college store.

I'm from South Dakota State University and we get free single room and board, compensation for phone hook-up and monthly minimum bill, ~$800 for tuition per semester, free internet access, ~$200 for programming, a hall programming account, a food account, and compensation for holiday duty plus desk hours.First year RAs get ~$2000 per semester, which includes room and board.

We get room and board and $550 a year at UW-Oshkosh.

Cal-State Northridge has 28,000 students, about 2,000 of which live in our on-campus apartment-style housing.I have about 50 people on my floor.We get a free studio apartment OR a free single room in a two bedroom apartment, paid phone installation and basic charges per month (including call-waiting, excludes long distance), $25 a month for air-conditioning/heating bills in case we go over the limit, $150/month, $50 book stipend each semester, free basic cable, free meals during training weeks, and priority registration.It comes out to being about $9000 in compensation for a year's work.

At Ohio University we get half off of our rooms (a few have their own bathrooms), a salary of about $750 a quarter (~$119/two weeks for first year RAs with raises every year) and then all the perks which the students get which includes this year for the first time a free computer.And then a free phone with local access only, free internet hook-up, free cable, etc.Next year they're tentatively considering free room and board for RAs plus the salary.OU has about 5000 students on campus.ARAs get a free double room and a little more money.

At Western Oregon University our school size is about 4000, and the building that I am in houses about 400 freshmen.We as RAs get a free single room and board (~ $5000/yr), our own bathroom, a refrigerator and microwave too, meal plan of 400 food dollars/term, and first year RAs get $50 stipend a month and SRAs and returning RAs get more.

At Arkansas State University we get a free deluxe (carpet one bed etc.) single room in the halls (must have a roomy if in the apts.), free phone (local only), $1648 a semester (about half of that in apartments) in salary.

At Minot State University we receive a free single room, 1/4 off of meal plan, $5.30/hr for desk hours (~12/wk), free laundry, free fridge, and freezer space.

At the University of Houston we get free room and board ($675/semester).Also, we get some money on our flex accounts (laundry, non-food items)--this semester it was $80.RAs also get a monthly stipend of $125 ($115.44 after taxes).We also get $75 per semester for programming.The total value is approximately $2500 per semester.Hall Directors (undergraduate senior RAs) receive the same deal accept that their stipend is approximately $450 a month before taxes.

At the University of Memphis we have about 2000 students in the dorms.There are 48 RAs with 30-65 residents and we all get a free double room or apt. (depending on the dorm), a refrigerator, $1000/semester stipend, 5 free meals/week, 20% discount in the bookstore, free basic cable, free local calls, a programming budget, and we can work up to 9 hours at the desk at $5.50.

At The University of Texas at Austin, we get free room & board, a stipend of either $110/month if no roommate or $220 if we have a roommate, free bulletin board and door tag supplies, $50-$100 for programming depending on the hall, but we can also get money from the RHAs.There are 136 RAs and about 5300 residents (49,000 enrolled).

At Northern Illinois University we get free room and board. The size of your single

depends on which building.Some are just a standard double.If you live in the Grant Complex, as I do, you have a room that is about 2 sizes of a double.Our board consists of ~$1200--usually we have ~$300 or more to just blow.We also receive a monthly stipend--new RAs get $62.50, and returners get $75.

At Averett College we get paid each month just like work-study and the Res life office also waives the single room fee.

RAs at Michigan State University make room and board only.No stipends, tuition

cuts, wages, and just a few perks (e.g. early registration).Hall government provides about $1.50 per resident for programming per semester.More funding can be applied for to such groups as RHA, ASMSU, and hall government.

At the University of Southwestern Louisiana, first-time Residence Hall Counselors (RHCs) get a $50/month stipend; second-semester RHCs get $75; third-semester and beyond get $100.All RHCs get room and board waivers. No tuition cuts or additional

reimbursements.

At Central Methodist College we receive room and board free...and a double-size private room.

At Lamar University in Beaumont, TX, first year RAs are paid $100/month and returners $125/month.We are compensated for all programming and decorating costs.Also, we

can request additional money from RHA.Each RA gets a private room with a meal plan.You get to choose between two meal plans and if you find you don't like that meal plan, you can change it.We have 30 RAs and less than 1000 residents (about 9,000 students).

At the University of Arizona we only receive room and board ($675/semester).In some cases, this affects students on financial aid--the amount the student is available for can be cut since they aren't paying for housing.We are each allotted $60 per semester for our own programs.The hall director also holds aside extra money for programs he deems necessary.We can petition hall government or our Residence Hall Association for more money if needed.We don't receive any tuition cuts or reimbursement.

At the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, we get free room and board.Free room and board is seen as like a scholarship, therefore their financial aid package isn't as much as it should be because of the significance of the room and board thing.We get $20 or $40 per semester for programming.

At Catawba College we get monthly paychecks of about $150 (for 8 months) and $50 per semester for programming.