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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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Universities 0 x x
Female Te Pukenga 0 x x
Female Wananga 0 x x
Female Private Training Establishments 0 x x
Female Targeted Training 0 x x
Female Industry Training Organisations 0 x x
Female Not in tertiary study 0 x x
Female Total 0 x x
Male Universities 225 x x
Male Te Pukenga 24 x x
Male Wananga 0 x x
Male Private Training Establishments 7 x x
Male Targeted Training 0 x x
Male Industry Training Organisations 20 x x
Male Not in tertiary study 51 x x
Male Total 327 x x
Māori Universities 16 16 13
Māori Te Pukenga 3 2 7
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 0 1 3
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 2 1 2
Māori Not in tertiary study 10 6 12
Māori Total 31 26 37
Pacific Universities 9 5 12
Pacific Te Pukenga 3 4 10
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 4 2 2
Pacific Not in tertiary study 11 10 10
Pacific Total 27 21 34
Asian Universities 47 46 51
Asian Te Pukenga 3 2 5
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 1 1
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 0 0 1
Asian Not in tertiary study 10 12 14
Asian Total 61 61 72
MELAA Universities x 5 3
MELAA Te Pukenga x 0 0
MELAA Wananga x 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 0 1
MELAA Targeted Training x 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x 0 0
MELAA Not in tertiary study x 3 4
MELAA Total x 8 8
Other Universities x 0 8
Other Te Pukenga x 0 2
Other Wananga x 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments x 0 0
Other Targeted Training x 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations x 0 0
Other Not in tertiary study x 0 0
Other Total x 0 10
European/Pākehā Universities 164 148 141
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 17 16 18
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 6 4 7
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 17 7 16
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 27 40 42
European/Pākehā Total 231 215 224
Total Universities 225 212 194
Total Te Pukenga 24 23 31
Total Wananga 0 0 0
Total Private Training Establishments 7 6 10
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 20 9 18
Total Not in tertiary study 51 62 69
Total Total 327 312 322

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 (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2020 2021 2022
Female Universities x 0 x
Female Te Pukenga x 0 x
Female Wananga x 0 x
Female Private Training Establishments x 0 x
Female Targeted Training x 0 x
Female Industry Training Organisations x 0 x
Female Not in tertiary study x 0 x
Female Total x 0 x
Male Universities x 203 x
Male Te Pukenga x 15 x
Male Wananga x 0 x
Male Private Training Establishments x 7 x
Male Targeted Training x 0 x
Male Industry Training Organisations x 28 x
Male Not in tertiary study x 74 x
Male Total x 327 x
Māori Universities 9 16 13
Māori Te Pukenga 1 1 2
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 3 0 0
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 5 3 1
Māori Not in tertiary study 10 11 10
Māori Total 28 31 26
Pacific Universities 8 5 4
Pacific Te Pukenga 2 1 0
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 0 0
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 1 6 2
Pacific Not in tertiary study 11 15 15
Pacific Total 23 27 21
Asian Universities 58 42 48
Asian Te Pukenga 2 1 0
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 2 3 1
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 0 2 0
Asian Not in tertiary study 10 13 12
Asian Total 72 61 61
MELAA Universities x x 6
MELAA Te Pukenga x x 0
MELAA Wananga x x 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x 0
MELAA Targeted Training x x 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x x 0
MELAA Not in tertiary study x x 2
MELAA Total x x 8
Other Universities x x 0
Other Te Pukenga x x 0
Other Wananga x x 0
Other Private Training Establishments x x 0
Other Targeted Training x x 0
Other Industry Training Organisations x x 0
Other Not in tertiary study x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Universities 173 150 145
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 9 12 11
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 5 4 4
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 17 21 10
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 34 44 45
European/Pākehā Total 238 231 215
Total Universities 229 203 209
Total Te Pukenga 12 15 13
Total Wananga 0 0 0
Total Private Training Establishments 9 7 5
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 24 28 12
Total Not in tertiary study 57 74 73
Total Total 331 327 312

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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