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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	151	299	266
Female	Te Pukenga	246	300	364
Female	Wananga	7	15	17
Female	Private Training Establishments	161	238	269
Female	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Female	Industry Training Organisations	71	101	85
Female	Not in tertiary study	1,022	1,562	1,429
Female	Total	1,658	2,515	2,430
Male	Universities	68	162	188
Male	Te Pukenga	92	139	168
Male	Wananga	5	4	11
Male	Private Training Establishments	71	100	117
Male	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Male	Industry Training Organisations	82	99	99
Male	Not in tertiary study	612	949	844
Male	Total	930	1,453	1,427
Māori	Universities	31	65	55
Māori	Te Pukenga	71	101	141
Māori	Wananga	9	19	24
Māori	Private Training Establishments	85	127	139
Māori	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Māori	Industry Training Organisations	43	51	40
Māori	Not in tertiary study	581	856	791
Māori	Total	820	1,219	1,190
Pacific	Universities	21	29	35
Pacific	Te Pukenga	17	26	31
Pacific	Wananga	0	0	2
Pacific	Private Training Establishments	14	21	31
Pacific	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Pacific	Industry Training Organisations	8	7	9
Pacific	Not in tertiary study	149	195	171
Pacific	Total	209	278	279
Asian	Universities	25	80	92
Asian	Te Pukenga	19	25	39
Asian	Wananga	1	0	0
Asian	Private Training Establishments	11	19	30
Asian	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Asian	Industry Training Organisations	2	6	8
Asian	Not in tertiary study	59	98	115
Asian	Total	117	228	284
MELAA	Universities	7	31	20
MELAA	Te Pukenga	4	11	9
MELAA	Wananga	0	0	0
MELAA	Private Training Establishments	3	4	8
MELAA	Targeted Training	0	0	0
MELAA	Industry Training Organisations	2	0	6
MELAA	Not in tertiary study	33	57	46
MELAA	Total	49	103	89
Other	Universities	7	5	13
Other	Te Pukenga	5	9	11
Other	Wananga	0	0	0
Other	Private Training Establishments	3	7	8
Other	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Other	Industry Training Organisations	2	7	4
Other	Not in tertiary study	17	50	47
Other	Total	34	78	83
European/Pākehā	Universities	159	309	286
European/Pākehā	Te Pukenga	258	322	371
European/Pākehā	Wananga	4	3	9
European/Pākehā	Private Training Establishments	152	211	250
European/Pākehā	Targeted Training	0	0	0
European/Pākehā	Industry Training Organisations	119	157	139
European/Pākehā	Not in tertiary study	1,035	1,647	1,480
European/Pākehā	Total	1,727	2,649	2,535
Total	Universities	219	461	454
Total	Te Pukenga	338	439	532
Total	Wananga	12	19	28
Total	Private Training Establishments	232	338	386
Total	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Total	Industry Training Organisations	153	200	184
Total	Not in tertiary study	1,634	2,511	2,273
Total	Total	2,588	3,968	3,857

Notes:

‘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.
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.
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	252	155	340
Female	Te Pukenga	172	200	278
Female	Wananga	15	11	25
Female	Private Training Establishments	96	101	181
Female	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Female	Industry Training Organisations	78	71	85
Female	Not in tertiary study	915	1,120	1,606
Female	Total	1,528	1,658	2,515
Male	Universities	130	75	178
Male	Te Pukenga	82	53	108
Male	Wananga	2	1	5
Male	Private Training Establishments	41	50	76
Male	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Male	Industry Training Organisations	107	86	132
Male	Not in tertiary study	568	665	954
Male	Total	930	930	1,453
Māori	Universities	52	32	81
Māori	Te Pukenga	58	59	93
Māori	Wananga	15	9	24
Māori	Private Training Establishments	50	51	93
Māori	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Māori	Industry Training Organisations	51	45	55
Māori	Not in tertiary study	544	624	873
Māori	Total	770	820	1,219
Pacific	Universities	33	15	31
Pacific	Te Pukenga	18	18	29
Pacific	Wananga	0	1	3
Pacific	Private Training Establishments	6	9	20
Pacific	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Pacific	Industry Training Organisations	10	9	7
Pacific	Not in tertiary study	75	157	188
Pacific	Total	142	209	278
Asian	Universities	51	28	81
Asian	Te Pukenga	20	13	17
Asian	Wananga	0	1	1
Asian	Private Training Establishments	10	8	16
Asian	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Asian	Industry Training Organisations	4	3	8
Asian	Not in tertiary study	53	64	105
Asian	Total	138	117	228
MELAA	Universities	17	8	31
MELAA	Te Pukenga	2	3	8
MELAA	Wananga	0	0	2
MELAA	Private Training Establishments	1	4	4
MELAA	Targeted Training	0	0	0
MELAA	Industry Training Organisations	1	3	1
MELAA	Not in tertiary study	16	31	57
MELAA	Total	37	49	103
Other	Universities	10	7	8
Other	Te Pukenga	4	3	11
Other	Wananga	0	0	0
Other	Private Training Establishments	2	1	5
Other	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Other	Industry Training Organisations	6	2	2
Other	Not in tertiary study	22	21	52
Other	Total	44	34	78
European/Pākehā	Universities	264	170	363
European/Pākehā	Te Pukenga	173	188	278
European/Pākehā	Wananga	5	1	9
European/Pākehā	Private Training Establishments	84	98	157
European/Pākehā	Targeted Training	0	0	0
European/Pākehā	Industry Training Organisations	141	119	176
European/Pākehā	Not in tertiary study	969	1,151	1,666
European/Pākehā	Total	1,636	1,727	2,649
Total	Universities	382	230	518
Total	Te Pukenga	254	253	386
Total	Wananga	17	12	30
Total	Private Training Establishments	137	151	257
Total	Targeted Training	0	0	0
Total	Industry Training Organisations	185	157	217
Total	Not in tertiary study	1,483	1,785	2,560
Total	Total	2,458	2,588	3,968

Notes:

‘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.
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.
International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

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