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Heretaunga 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 20 17 13
Female Polytechnics 12 20 12
Female Wānanga 0 0 1
Female Private Training Establishments 12 18 10
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 5 4 1
Female Not in tertiary study 38 39 27
Female Total 87 98 64
Male Universities 10 8 17
Male Polytechnics 13 13 15
Male Wānanga 0 0 1
Male Private Training Establishments 11 4 9
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 13 11 4
Male Not in tertiary study 45 41 49
Male Total 92 77 95
Māori Universities 3 2 5
Māori Polytechnics 9 9 3
Māori Wānanga 0 0 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 9 9 5
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 5 5 0
Māori Not in tertiary study 22 26 17
Māori Total 48 51 31
Pacific Universities 1 4 2
Pacific Polytechnics 3 1 4
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 3 4
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 0 2 1
Pacific Not in tertiary study 5 8 5
Pacific Total 10 18 16
Asian Universities 6 5 8
Asian Polytechnics 2 3 0
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 2 1
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 1 1 0
Asian Not in tertiary study 3 2 7
Asian Total 13 13 16
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Polytechnics x x x
MELAA Wānanga x x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x x
MELAA Targeted Training x x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Universities x x x
Other Polytechnics x x x
Other Wānanga x x x
Other Private Training Establishments x x x
Other Targeted Training x x x
Other Industry Training Organisations x x x
Other Not in tertiary study x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Universities 26 14 19
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 21 30 23
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 19 17 14
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 17 13 4
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 70 67 66
European/Pākehā Total 153 141 127
Total Universities 30 25 30
Total Polytechnics 25 33 27
Total Wānanga 0 0 2
Total Private Training Establishments 23 22 19
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 18 15 5
Total Not in tertiary study 83 80 76
Total Total 179 175 159

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 25 19 18
Female Polytechnics 8 6 19
Female Wānanga 1 0 1
Female Private Training Establishments 6 10 10
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 6 2 4
Female Not in tertiary study 53 50 46
Female Total 99 87 98
Male Universities 13 13 10
Male Polytechnics 7 5 7
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 2 5 4
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 13 13 14
Male Not in tertiary study 51 56 42
Male Total 86 92 77
Māori Universities 6 3 0
Māori Polytechnics 4 4 12
Māori Wānanga 1 0 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 1 3 5
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 4 7 6
Māori Not in tertiary study 37 31 27
Māori Total 53 48 51
Pacific Universities 2 2 5
Pacific Polytechnics 1 1 1
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 2 0 4
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 0 0 2
Pacific Not in tertiary study 11 7 6
Pacific Total 16 10 18
Asian Universities 2 5 5
Asian Polytechnics 0 1 3
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 1
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 1 0 0
Asian Not in tertiary study 3 7 4
Asian Total 6 13 13
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Polytechnics x x x
MELAA Wānanga x x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x x
MELAA Targeted Training x x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Universities x x x
Other Polytechnics x x x
Other Wānanga x x x
Other Private Training Establishments x x x
Other Targeted Training x x x
Other Industry Training Organisations x x x
Other Not in tertiary study x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Universities 33 28 16
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 12 8 22
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 6 12 11
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 16 13 17
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 86 92 75
European/Pākehā Total 153 153 141
Total Universities 38 32 28
Total Polytechnics 15 11 26
Total Wānanga 1 0 1
Total Private Training Establishments 8 15 14
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 19 15 18
Total Not in tertiary study 104 106 88
Total Total 185 179 175

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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