Education Counts

Page navigation links

  • Education Counts Logo
  • Skip to Primary Navigation Menu
  • Skip to Secondary Navigation Menu
  • Skip to search
  • Skip to content

Site Search

Site Search

Site navigation menus

  • Know your region
  • Find your nearest school
  • Early learning services
  • Directories
  • Publications
  • Statistics
  • Topics
  • Data Services
Type
{{typeLabel}}
Authority
{{authLabel}}
Gender
{{genderLabel}}
Medium
{{mediumLabel}}
Boarding
{{boardingLabel}}
Region
{{regionLabel}}
District
{{districtLabel}}
Type
{{typeLabel}}
Authority
{{authLabel}}
Region
{{regionLabel}}
District
{{districtLabel}}
Gender
{{genderLabel}}
Medium
{{mediumLabel}}
Boarding
{{boardingLabel}}

Macleans College

Home Close Menu
  • Know your Region
  • Find your nearest school
    • Profile and Contact Details
    • Student Population
      • Year Level
      • Age
      • Trends
    • Early Childhood Education
    • Student Engagement
      • Stand-downs
      • Suspensions
      • Exclusions
    • Retention
    • School Qualifications
      • NCEA level 1
      • NCEA level 2
      • NCEA level 3
      • Vocational Pathway Awards
    • Progression to Tertiary
      • Qualification Level
      • Institution Type
    • Finances
    • Published School Documents
    • Technical Notes / Definitions
  • Early Learning Services
  • Directories
  • Publications
  • Statistics
  • Topics
  • Data Services

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 173 152 158
Female Te Pukenga 9 15 11
Female Wananga 0 1 1
Female Private Training Establishments 11 12 13
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 3 3 1
Female Not in tertiary study 45 42 42
Female Total 241 225 226
Male Universities 169 148 164
Male Te Pukenga 6 8 15
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 4 4 11
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 26 10 10
Male Not in tertiary study 60 66 58
Male Total 265 236 258
Māori Universities 10 9 5
Māori Te Pukenga 1 0 1
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 2 2 0
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 2 1 0
Māori Not in tertiary study 3 1 5
Māori Total 18 13 11
Pacific Universities 5 9 x
Pacific Te Pukenga 1 1 x
Pacific Wananga 0 0 x
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 1 x
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 x
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 1 0 x
Pacific Not in tertiary study 4 2 x
Pacific Total 12 13 x
Asian Universities 216 199 217
Asian Te Pukenga 3 8 7
Asian Wananga 0 1 1
Asian Private Training Establishments 4 4 4
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 1 0 1
Asian Not in tertiary study 62 64 52
Asian Total 286 276 282
MELAA Universities x x 9
MELAA Te Pukenga x x 1
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 5
MELAA Total x x 15
Other Universities x x x
Other Te Pukenga x x x
Other Wananga 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 122 92 103
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 11 14 17
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 1 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 9 9 20
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 27 13 10
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 37 40 42
European/Pākehā Total 206 169 192
Total Universities 342 300 322
Total Te Pukenga 15 23 26
Total Wananga 0 1 1
Total Private Training Establishments 15 16 24
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 29 13 11
Total Not in tertiary study 105 108 100
Total Total 506 461 484

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 147 162 144
Female Te Pukenga 11 9 12
Female Wananga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 8 10 10
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 2 5 3
Female Not in tertiary study 49 55 56
Female Total 217 241 225
Male Universities 143 146 138
Male Te Pukenga 12 4 9
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 5 4 5
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 18 29 10
Male Not in tertiary study 63 82 74
Male Total 241 265 236
Māori Universities 7 6 9
Māori Te Pukenga 1 0 0
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 1 2 1
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 3 4 1
Māori Not in tertiary study 8 6 2
Māori Total 20 18 13
Pacific Universities x 4 6
Pacific Te Pukenga x 2 0
Pacific Wananga x 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments x 0 0
Pacific Targeted Training x 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations x 1 0
Pacific Not in tertiary study x 5 7
Pacific Total x 12 13
Asian Universities 184 194 187
Asian Te Pukenga 9 3 8
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 3 3 5
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 3 1 0
Asian Not in tertiary study 62 85 76
Asian Total 261 286 276
MELAA Universities 9 x x
MELAA Te Pukenga 3 x x
MELAA Wananga 0 x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 x x
MELAA Targeted Training 0 x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 0 x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study 2 x x
MELAA Total 14 x x
Other Universities x x x
Other Te Pukenga x x x
Other Wananga 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 93 113 89
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 11 9 12
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 10 9 10
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 15 31 13
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 36 44 45
European/Pākehā Total 165 206 169
Total Universities 290 308 282
Total Te Pukenga 23 13 21
Total Wananga 0 0 0
Total Private Training Establishments 13 14 15
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 20 34 13
Total Not in tertiary study 112 137 130
Total Total 458 506 461

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.

We're sorry, we couldn't find this school

Try finding a school through the Find a School page.

Site information

  • Site map
  • Contact us
  • About this site
  • Glossary
  • Copyright, Legal & Privacy
  • Links
  • © Education Counts 2026
  • Ministry of Education logo.
  • New Zealand Government logo.
Scroll to top of page