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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 school (Find Your Nearest School), as well as regional council and territorial authority (Know Your Region).

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2015-2017 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Universities 21 10 11
Female Polytechnics 15 22 16
Female Wananga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 3 5 4
Female Targeted training 5 10 14
Female Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 6 8 1
Female Not in Tertiary Education 21 26 33
Female Total 71 81 79
Male Universities 7 6 8
Male Polytechnics 16 16 16
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 3 1 4
Male Targeted training 16 14 9
Male Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 10 4 9
Male Not in Tertiary Education 38 36 37
Male Total 90 77 83
Māori Universities 5 3 2
Māori Polytechnics 8 7 10
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 0 2 1
Māori Targeted training 6 7 5
Māori Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 1 4 1
Māori Not in Tertiary Education 10 14 11
Māori Total 30 37 30
Pacific Universities 1 x 0
Pacific Polytechnics 1 x 0
Pacific Wananga 0 x 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 x 0
Pacific Targeted training 0 x 1
Pacific Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 1 x 0
Pacific Not in Tertiary Education 1 x 4
Pacific Total 5 x 5
Asian Universities x x x
Asian Polytechnics x x x
Asian Wananga x x x
Asian Private Training Establishments x x x
Asian Targeted training x x x
Asian Modern Apprenticeships/Industry x x x
Asian Not in Tertiary Education x x x
Asian Total x x x
MELAA Universities 1 x x
MELAA Polytechnics 1 x x
MELAA Wananga 0 x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments 1 x x
MELAA Targeted training 1 x x
MELAA Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 0 x x
MELAA Not in Tertiary Education 2 x x
MELAA Total 6 x x
Other Universities x 0 0
Other Polytechnics x 0 0
Other Wananga x 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments x 0 0
Other Targeted training x 0 0
Other Modern Apprenticeships/Industry x 0 0
Other Not in Tertiary Education x 0 0
Other Total x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 22 14 17
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 26 28 22
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 4 5 8
NZ European/Pākehā Targeted training 16 19 19
NZ European/Pākehā Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 16 10 9
NZ European/Pākehā Not in Tertiary Education 49 51 59
NZ European/Pākehā Total 133 127 134
CoL Total Universities 28 16 19
CoL Total Polytechnics 31 38 32
CoL Total Wananga 0 0 0
CoL Total Private Training Establishments 6 6 8
CoL Total Targeted training 21 24 23
CoL Total Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 16 12 10
CoL Total Not in Tertiary Education 59 62 70
CoL Total Total 161 158 162

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 (2014-2016 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2014 2015 2016
Female Universities 19 20 10
Female Polytechnics 14 8 14
Female Wananga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 1 1 7
Female Targeted training 2 0 0
Female Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 6 5 6
Female Not in Tertiary Education 29 37 44
Female Total 71 71 81
Male Universities 10 7 4
Male Polytechnics 8 13 11
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 2 3 2
Male Targeted training 3 5 2
Male Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 23 18 17
Male Not in Tertiary Education 32 44 41
Male Total 78 90 77
Māori Universities 3 4 3
Māori Polytechnics 5 2 6
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 1 1 2
Māori Targeted training 0 0 1
Māori Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 2 4 4
Māori Not in Tertiary Education 6 19 21
Māori Total 17 30 37
Pacific Universities x 1 x
Pacific Polytechnics x 0 x
Pacific Wananga x 0 x
Pacific Private Training Establishments x 0 x
Pacific Targeted training x 0 x
Pacific Modern Apprenticeships/Industry x 0 x
Pacific Not in Tertiary Education x 4 x
Pacific Total x 5 x
Asian Universities x x x
Asian Polytechnics x x x
Asian Wananga x x x
Asian Private Training Establishments x x x
Asian Targeted training x x x
Asian Modern Apprenticeships/Industry x x x
Asian Not in Tertiary Education x x x
Asian Total x x x
MELAA Universities x 1 x
MELAA Polytechnics x 1 x
MELAA Wananga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 1 x
MELAA Targeted training x 0 x
MELAA Modern Apprenticeships/Industry x 0 x
MELAA Not in Tertiary Education x 3 x
MELAA Total x 6 x
Other Universities 0 x 0
Other Polytechnics 0 x 0
Other Wananga 0 x 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 x 0
Other Targeted training 0 x 0
Other Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 0 x 0
Other Not in Tertiary Education 0 x 0
Other Total 0 x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 26 22 12
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 17 18 18
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 3 3 7
NZ European/Pākehā Targeted training 5 5 2
NZ European/Pākehā Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 27 21 21
NZ European/Pākehā Not in Tertiary Education 53 64 67
NZ European/Pākehā Total 131 133 127
CoL Total Universities 29 27 14
CoL Total Polytechnics 22 21 25
CoL Total Wananga 0 0 0
CoL Total Private Training Establishments 3 4 9
CoL Total Targeted training 5 5 2
CoL Total Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 29 23 23
CoL Total Not in Tertiary Education 61 81 85
CoL Total Total 149 161 158

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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