Junior colleges’ revenue has been expanding continuously for the past 10 years, recording an increase of 51.1% from 2001 to 2010 (15.0% increase in real value).
There is a considerable gap in revenue among junior colleges depending on their location (capital and non-capital area), and such a gap has been widening in recent years.
College registration fee as a ratio of total revenue has been declining since 2004, but the dependency rate on registration fee remains high at 66.0% in 2010.
Junior colleges’ education spending per student is only 54.3% of that of four-year universities, while their educational restitution rate, which should exceed 100%, is 22.8%p lower than four-year universities at 88.5%; only 26.4% of junior colleges have an educational restitution rate of over 100% (as of 2010).
Junior colleges should seek diversification of the revenue structure, and improve financial allocation oriented toward educational expenses for strengthening of student benefit.