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Rutherford 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 47 42 50
Female Te Pukenga 8 9 8
Female Wananga 0 0 1
Female Private Training Establishments 23 18 22
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 3 2 3
Female Not in tertiary study 51 58 55
Female Total 132 129 139
Male Universities 35 41 39
Male Te Pukenga 11 9 15
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 13 11 21
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 7 11 8
Male Not in tertiary study 46 61 72
Male Total 112 133 155
Māori Universities 8 10 10
Māori Te Pukenga 5 7 4
Māori Wananga 0 0 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 15 14 20
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 4 2 6
Māori Not in tertiary study 30 45 44
Māori Total 62 78 85
Pacific Universities 15 9 12
Pacific Te Pukenga 6 6 4
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 8 4 17
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 0 1 4
Pacific Not in tertiary study 28 33 34
Pacific Total 57 53 71
Asian Universities x 37 29
Asian Te Pukenga x 3 7
Asian Wananga x 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments x 4 5
Asian Targeted Training x 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations x 0 1
Asian Not in tertiary study x 17 22
Asian Total x 61 64
MELAA Universities x 3 x
MELAA Te Pukenga x 0 x
MELAA Wananga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 3 x
MELAA Targeted Training x 0 x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x 0 x
MELAA Not in tertiary study x 2 x
MELAA Total x 8 x
Other Universities 0 0 x
Other Te Pukenga 0 0 x
Other Wananga 0 0 x
Other Private Training Establishments 0 0 x
Other Targeted Training 0 0 x
Other Industry Training Organisations 0 0 x
Other Not in tertiary study 0 0 x
Other Total 0 0 x
European/Pākehā Universities 34 41 47
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 8 8 10
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 18 12 19
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 7 11 4
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 51 52 62
European/Pākehā Total 118 124 142
Total Universities 82 83 89
Total Te Pukenga 19 18 23
Total Wananga 0 0 1
Total Private Training Establishments 36 29 43
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 10 13 11
Total Not in tertiary study 97 119 127
Total Total 244 262 294

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 47 46 44
Female Te Pukenga 8 9 5
Female Wananga 1 1 1
Female Private Training Establishments 14 13 16
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 5 5 3
Female Not in tertiary study 51 58 60
Female Total 126 132 129
Male Universities 40 35 40
Male Te Pukenga 11 8 8
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 7 6 4
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 20 10 12
Male Not in tertiary study 50 53 69
Male Total 128 112 133
Māori Universities 10 6 11
Māori Te Pukenga 3 5 3
Māori Wananga 1 1 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 7 5 8
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 4 7 4
Māori Not in tertiary study 34 38 51
Māori Total 59 62 78
Pacific Universities 12 13 8
Pacific Te Pukenga 5 3 4
Pacific Wananga 0 0 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 6 1 7
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 4 2 2
Pacific Not in tertiary study 36 38 31
Pacific Total 63 57 53
Asian Universities 27 x 36
Asian Te Pukenga 7 x 2
Asian Wananga 0 x 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 5 x 3
Asian Targeted Training 0 x 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 0 x 1
Asian Not in tertiary study 10 x 19
Asian Total 49 x 61
MELAA Universities 2 x 2
MELAA Te Pukenga 2 x 0
MELAA Wananga 0 x 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 2 x 2
MELAA Targeted Training 0 x 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 1 x 0
MELAA Not in tertiary study 2 x 4
MELAA Total 9 x 8
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 49 35 43
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 7 11 6
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 6 12 3
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 19 10 13
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 43 50 59
European/Pākehā Total 124 118 124
Total Universities 87 81 84
Total Te Pukenga 19 17 13
Total Wananga 1 1 1
Total Private Training Establishments 21 19 20
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 25 15 15
Total Not in tertiary study 101 111 129
Total Total 254 244 262

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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