International Student Enrolments in New Zealand 2002 – 2008

Appendix 1: Export Education Levy information

Data from the Export Education Levy, administered by the Ministry of Education since January 2003, shows a trend which is consistent with the enrolment information from the other sources stated in this paper. 

From the peak of 121,190 international fee-paying students recorded in 2003, there was a 27% decline to 88,557 in 2008.

  Table 13: International Fee-Paying Student Enrolments 

* ‘Colleges of Education’ have now been merged with the respective universities.  ** ‘Subsidiary providers’ are mainly the English-language foundation  skills units run by the universities; in earlier tables, these numbers  are added to the ‘private training establishments’ figures.
		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Schools	Primary	5,277	4,755	3,467	3,611	4,109	3,470
	Secondary	15,658	13,556	10,980	10,323	11,465	12,173
	Sub-total	20,935	18,311	14,447	13,934	15,574	15,643
Tertiary      Education Institutions	Polytechnics	12,483	12,599	11,965	10,721	10,007	10,179
	Colleges of Education*	424	726	389	262	0	0
	Universities	24,922	28,921	27,640	24,540	21,136	18,948
	Wananga	2	8	8	0	0	0
	Sub-total	37,407	41,528	39,613	35,261	31,143	29,127
Private Providers	SDR Providers	7,334	7,682	8,895	6,515	6,114	7,009
	Non-SDR Providers	51,072	42,643	33,470	37,375	35,853	33,887
	Other Tertiary Education Providers	29	12	20	19	31	16
	Sub-total	58,435	50,337	42,385	423,909	41,998	40,912
	Subsidiary Providers**	4,413	2,488	1,823	2,192	2,586	2,875
	Totals	121,190	112,664	98,268	95,296	91,301	88,557

Information on the tuition fee income received by providers from international fee-paying students shows a declining trend from 2004 to 2007, and a slight increase in 2008. 

 

Table 14:Tuition fee income to providers, $ million (excl GST)

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.
		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Schools	Primary	$31.7	$29.5	$21.2	$18.9	$22.6	$18.6
	Secondary	$135.1	$125.1	$96.0	$87.1	$95.7	$100.0
	Sub-total	$166.8	$154.6	$117.3	$106.0	$118.2	$118.6
Tertiary Education Institutions	Polytechnics	$89.2	$94.7	$85.9	$70.1	$64.4	$67.1
	Colleges    of Education	$3.4	$4.5	$4.1	$2.5	$0	$0
	Universities	$263.5	$339.4	$344.1	$309.2	$273.7	$251.1
	Wananga	n/a	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Sub-total	$356.1	$438.8	$434.2	$381.8	$338.1	$318.2
Private Providers	SDR    providers	$72.9	$65.0	$60.4	$51.2	$47.1	$59.3
	Non-SDR    providers	$132.4	$107.9	$79.9	$77.6	$84.9	$96.5
	Other    Tertiary Providers	$0.6	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.2	$0.1
	Sub-total	$205.1	$169.9	$140.5	$129.3	$132.3	$155.9
	Subsidiary    Providers	$14.7	$8.8	$6.5	$6.2	$8.2	$9.5
	Total Tuition Fees Paid	$742.7	$772.1	$698.5	$623.3	$596.8	$602.3

The distribution of international fee-paying students within New Zealand can also be determined from the Export Education Levy.  Table 15 shows the regional breakdown of student enrolments for the 2004 to 2008 period.  It is apparent that, in 2008, over half of international students enrolled with providers located in Auckland (57%), followed by Canterbury (16%), Waikato and Wellington (6%) and Otago (5%). 

Most regions had a decline in their international fee-paying enrolments from 2004 to 2008, with the exceptions of the Tasman – Nelson – West Coast regions.  Of the main areas with substantial numbers of students, Wellington reported the largest fall
(-49%), followed by Waikato (-33%) and Canterbury (-32%).   

 

Table 15: Distribution of International Fee-Paying Students

Note: The slight differences in the annual totals stated in Tables 13 and 15 are due to minor non-recording of some of the information on enrolments by specific providers.
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Proportion    of total, 2008	Percentage    change, 2004 - 2008
Northland	563	424	395	514	479	1%	-15%
Auckland	57,884	50,901	49,833	49,293	50,177	57%	-13%
Waikato	8,146	6,897	6,335	5,502	5,452	6%	-33%
Bay of Plenty	2,345	2,432	2,124	2,323	2,330	3%	-1%
Gisborne	191	158	160	135	64	0%	-66%
Hawkes Bay	1,155	1,130	1,090	1,145	1,065	1%	-8%
Taranaki	921	1,081	989	873	1,085	1%	18%
Manawatu-Wanganui	3,210	3,124	2,598	2,400	2,204	2%	-31%
Wellington	9,539	7,975	6,157	5,219	4,883	6%	-49%
Tasman	114	88	108	133	143	0%	25%
Nelson	949	911	802	944	982	1%	3%
West Coast	54	46	81	210	106	0%	96%
Canterbury	21,382	17,497	17,816	16,759	14,443	16%	-32%
Otago	5,451	4,941	4,597	4,680	4,528	5%	-17%
Southland	292	283	318	179	268	0%	-8%
extramural	358	272	371	541	189	0%	-47%
Totals	112,675	98,266	93,856	90,934	88,478	100%	-21%