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Ashburton 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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Universities 27 25 30
Female Te Pukenga 9 14 17
Female Wananga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 14 13 19
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 16 15 12
Female Not in tertiary study 55 52 48
Female Total 121 119 126
Male Universities 15 22 16
Male Te Pukenga 15 6 16
Male Wananga 0 1 1
Male Private Training Establishments 11 14 10
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 34 33 23
Male Not in tertiary study 55 72 68
Male Total 130 148 134
Māori Universities 2 x 5
Māori Te Pukenga 3 x 6
Māori Wananga 0 x 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 4 x 7
Māori Targeted Training 0 x 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 5 x 6
Māori Not in tertiary study 23 x 28
Māori Total 37 x 53
Pacific Universities 4 9 x
Pacific Te Pukenga 5 1 x
Pacific Wananga 0 0 x
Pacific Private Training Establishments 4 4 x
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 x
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 5 3 x
Pacific Not in tertiary study 15 20 x
Pacific Total 33 37 x
Asian Universities x 8 6
Asian Te Pukenga x 5 10
Asian Wananga x 1 0
Asian Private Training Establishments x 4 4
Asian Targeted Training x 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations x 7 2
Asian Not in tertiary study x 14 14
Asian Total x 39 36
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Te Pukenga x x x
MELAA Wananga 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 0 0 0
Other Te Pukenga 0 0 0
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 0 0 0
Other Not in tertiary study 0 0 0
Other Total 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Universities 32 29 36
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 15 13 21
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 16 18 20
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 42 37 30
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 80 92 80
European/Pākehā Total 185 189 187
Total Universities 42 47 46
Total Te Pukenga 24 20 33
Total Wananga 0 1 1
Total Private Training Establishments 25 27 29
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 50 48 35
Total Not in tertiary study 110 124 116
Total Total 251 267 260

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 20 28 27
Female Te Pukenga 14 11 14
Female Wananga 1 1 1
Female Private Training Establishments 8 5 14
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 13 16 9
Female Not in tertiary study 34 60 54
Female Total 90 121 119
Male Universities 21 16 20
Male Te Pukenga 8 7 8
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 10 9 7
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 41 39 40
Male Not in tertiary study 52 59 73
Male Total 132 130 148
Māori Universities 4 2 x
Māori Te Pukenga 0 2 x
Māori Wananga 0 1 x
Māori Private Training Establishments 3 2 x
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 x
Māori Industry Training Organisations 9 6 x
Māori Not in tertiary study 27 24 x
Māori Total 43 37 x
Pacific Universities 3 5 7
Pacific Te Pukenga 3 3 2
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 3 4 0
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 6 5 3
Pacific Not in tertiary study 15 16 25
Pacific Total 30 33 37
Asian Universities x x 7
Asian Te Pukenga x x 4
Asian Wananga x x 0
Asian Private Training Establishments x x 6
Asian Targeted Training x x 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations x x 6
Asian Not in tertiary study x x 16
Asian Total x x 39
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Te Pukenga x x x
MELAA Wananga 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 0 0 0
Other Te Pukenga 0 0 0
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 0 0 0
Other Not in tertiary study 0 0 0
Other Total 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Universities 30 29 32
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 16 12 14
European/Pākehā Wananga 1 1 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 10 7 15
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 41 46 41
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 58 90 86
European/Pākehā Total 156 185 189
Total Universities 41 44 47
Total Te Pukenga 22 18 22
Total Wananga 1 1 1
Total Private Training Establishments 18 14 21
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 54 55 49
Total Not in tertiary study 86 119 127
Total Total 222 251 267

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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