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Macleans 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 152 158 158
Female Polytechnics 15 11 7
Female Wānanga 1 1 0
Female Private Training Establishments 12 13 13
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 3 1 0
Female Not in tertiary study 42 43 61
Female Total 225 227 239
Male Universities 148 164 159
Male Polytechnics 8 15 14
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 4 11 14
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 10 10 16
Male Not in tertiary study 65 58 83
Male Total 235 258 286
Māori Universities 9 5 10
Māori Polytechnics 0 1 3
Māori Wānanga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 2 0 4
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 1 0 2
Māori Not in tertiary study 1 5 4
Māori Total 13 11 23
Pacific Universities 9 x x
Pacific Polytechnics 1 x x
Pacific Wānanga 0 x x
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 x x
Pacific Targeted Training 0 x x
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 0 x x
Pacific Not in tertiary study 2 x x
Pacific Total 13 x x
Asian Universities 199 217 206
Asian Polytechnics 8 7 8
Asian Wānanga 1 1 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 4 4 7
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 0 1 3
Asian Not in tertiary study 63 52 99
Asian Total 275 282 323
MELAA Universities x 9 12
MELAA Polytechnics x 1 0
MELAA Wānanga x 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 0 2
MELAA Targeted Training x 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x 0 0
MELAA Not in tertiary study x 5 3
MELAA Total x 15 17
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 92 103 105
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 14 17 14
European/Pākehā Wānanga 1 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 9 20 19
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 13 10 11
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 40 43 43
European/Pākehā Total 169 193 192
Total Universities 300 322 317
Total Polytechnics 23 26 21
Total Wānanga 1 1 0
Total Private Training Establishments 16 24 27
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 13 11 16
Total Not in tertiary study 107 101 144
Total Total 460 485 525

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 162 144 156
Female Polytechnics 9 12 11
Female Wānanga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 10 10 9
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 5 3 2
Female Not in tertiary study 54 56 49
Female Total 240 225 227
Male Universities 146 138 164
Male Polytechnics 4 9 11
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 4 5 6
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 29 10 13
Male Not in tertiary study 82 73 64
Male Total 265 235 258
Māori Universities 6 9 5
Māori Polytechnics 0 0 0
Māori Wānanga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 2 1 0
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 4 1 0
Māori Not in tertiary study 6 2 6
Māori Total 18 13 11
Pacific Universities 4 6 x
Pacific Polytechnics 2 0 x
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 x
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 0 x
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 x
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 1 0 x
Pacific Not in tertiary study 5 7 x
Pacific Total 12 13 x
Asian Universities 194 187 214
Asian Polytechnics 3 8 5
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 3 5 2
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 1 0 2
Asian Not in tertiary study 85 75 59
Asian Total 286 275 282
MELAA Universities x x 10
MELAA Polytechnics x x 0
MELAA Wānanga x x 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x 0
MELAA Targeted Training x x 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x x 1
MELAA Not in tertiary study x x 4
MELAA Total x x 15
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 113 89 102
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 9 12 17
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 9 10 13
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 31 13 12
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 43 45 49
European/Pākehā Total 205 169 193
Total Universities 308 282 320
Total Polytechnics 13 21 22
Total Wānanga 0 0 0
Total Private Training Establishments 14 15 15
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 34 13 15
Total Not in tertiary study 136 129 113
Total Total 505 460 485

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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