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Awatapu College

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Progression to Tertiary: Institution Type

The tertiary education sector is a diverse sector. Its scope ranges from informal non-assessed community courses in schools through to formal undergraduate degrees and advanced research-based postgraduate degrees.

Progression to tertiary education is a measure of the level of tertiary education a student is enrolled in one, two or three years after leaving school.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while tertiary enrolment information is sourced from the tertiary databases SDR and ITR.

Identical information is available by regional council and territorial local authority through the Know Your Region pages.

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Universities 14 17 23
Female Polytechnics 18 18 12
Female Wānanga 0 2 1
Female Private Training Establishments 3 11 11
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 4 6 1
Female Not in tertiary study 47 35 41
Female Total 86 89 89
Male Universities 10 7 12
Male Polytechnics 10 19 12
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 9 12 13
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 12 8 2
Male Not in tertiary study 56 50 72
Male Total 97 96 111
Māori Universities 4 3 3
Māori Polytechnics 7 7 8
Māori Wānanga 0 1 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 4 8 13
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 4 8 0
Māori Not in tertiary study 35 35 42
Māori Total 54 62 67
Pacific Universities 2 0 1
Pacific Polytechnics 1 3 0
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 0 4
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 1 2 0
Pacific Not in tertiary study 9 10 8
Pacific Total 14 15 13
Asian Universities 4 5 6
Asian Polytechnics 3 4 2
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 1 1
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 0 1 0
Asian Not in tertiary study 6 7 12
Asian Total 13 18 21
MELAA Universities 0 x x
MELAA Polytechnics 0 x x
MELAA Wānanga 0 x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments 1 x x
MELAA Targeted Training 0 x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 0 x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study 5 x x
MELAA Total 6 x x
Other Universities 0 x x
Other Polytechnics 0 x x
Other Wānanga 0 x x
Other Private Training Establishments 0 x x
Other Targeted Training 0 x x
Other Industry Training Organisations 0 x x
Other Not in tertiary study 0 x x
Other Total 0 x x
European/Pākehā Universities 19 18 26
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 23 25 18
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 1 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 8 18 17
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 15 10 3
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 64 58 71
European/Pākehā Total 129 130 136
Total Universities 24 24 35
Total Polytechnics 28 37 24
Total Wānanga 0 2 1
Total Private Training Establishments 12 23 24
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 16 14 3
Total Not in tertiary study 103 85 113
Total Total 183 185 200

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Universities 16 15 21
Female Polytechnics 9 15 7
Female Wānanga 1 1 1
Female Private Training Establishments 1 5 5
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 3 2 5
Female Not in tertiary study 47 48 50
Female Total 77 86 89
Male Universities 12 11 9
Male Polytechnics 14 9 10
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 2 1 3
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 10 10 7
Male Not in tertiary study 53 66 67
Male Total 91 97 96
Māori Universities 2 4 3
Māori Polytechnics 4 3 4
Māori Wānanga 0 1 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 0 2 2
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 1 3 4
Māori Not in tertiary study 25 41 48
Māori Total 32 54 62
Pacific Universities 4 2 0
Pacific Polytechnics 0 1 1
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 1 1 1
Pacific Not in tertiary study 7 10 13
Pacific Total 12 14 15
Asian Universities 5 5 5
Asian Polytechnics 4 2 2
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 1 1
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 1 0 0
Asian Not in tertiary study 7 5 10
Asian Total 17 13 18
MELAA Universities x 0 x
MELAA Polytechnics x 2 x
MELAA Wānanga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 0 x
MELAA Targeted Training x 0 x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x 0 x
MELAA Not in tertiary study x 4 x
MELAA Total x 6 x
Other Universities x 0 x
Other Polytechnics x 0 x
Other Wānanga x 0 x
Other Private Training Establishments x 0 x
Other Targeted Training x 0 x
Other Industry Training Organisations x 0 x
Other Not in tertiary study x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
European/Pākehā Universities 20 21 23
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 18 17 15
European/Pākehā Wānanga 1 1 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 3 4 7
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 12 11 9
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 73 75 76
European/Pākehā Total 127 129 130
Total Universities 28 26 30
Total Polytechnics 23 24 17
Total Wānanga 1 1 1
Total Private Training Establishments 3 6 8
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 13 12 12
Total Not in tertiary study 100 114 117
Total Total 168 183 185

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

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