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Descriptors-*Educational Finance. *Expenditure Per Student. *Expenditures. *Junior Colleges This analysis of current expenditures of 127 accredited public and private 2-year colleges in 11 southern states is intended to provide data for comparison of expenditures by private and public colleges, to show administrators where spending differs among the colleges. and to provide objective data for them to judge the efficiency of their own schools. It depicts, with tables, current educational outlays7 dollar amounts and percentages of educcAiunai and cieneral expenditures; administrative and instruction costs. extension, public service, and res.aarch expenses and iibrary and phybiCal ci:Zait...7,3t;. if.1:"5%) iF!sTructi.-n, library. nd _p!--aft? reists per fu!:-.+4"eQuivelent student. Findir showed that: (1) of nearly$112 million spent by the 127 colleges, 52:97 went for instruction, 20.37-kw--administration, 6.37 each for libraries and plant, and less than 17 for other items; (2) public colleges spent less (16.47) than private colleges (33.17) on administration; (3) public colleges spent 56.47 on instruction, private schools only 33.17. compared with a suggested norm of 607; for all.zhools, expenditure for extension and public services was below 17; (5) library funds averaged 6.67 for public colleges and 5.47 fo