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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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Industry training 7 9 3
Female Targetted training 9 8 18
Female Universities 33 36 38
Female Polytechnics 25 27 18
Female Wānanga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 19 15 11
Female Not in Tertiary Education 61 66 66
Female Total 154 161 154
Male Industry training 7 7 15
Male Targetted training 9 14 10
Male Universities 24 32 13
Male Polytechnics 31 22 22
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 17 8 11
Male Not in Tertiary Education 60 68 73
Male Total 148 151 144
Māori Industry training 3 4 3
Māori Targetted training 4 6 9
Māori Universities 4 2 2
Māori Polytechnics 9 6 11
Māori Wānanga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 6 6 3
Māori Not in Tertiary Education 24 24 20
Māori Total 50 48 48
Pacific Industry training 0 2 0
Pacific Targetted training 2 1 5
Pacific Universities 3 3 2
Pacific Polytechnics 1 3 3
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 2 0
Pacific Not in Tertiary Education 9 13 14
Pacific Total 15 24 24
Asian Industry training 0 0 0
Asian Targetted training 1 0 1
Asian Universities 4 11 10
Asian Polytechnics 3 2 1
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 2 3 4
Asian Not in Tertiary Education 8 5 21
Asian Total 18 21 37
MELAA Industry training 0 0 x
MELAA Targetted training 0 1 x
MELAA Universities 1 1 x
MELAA Polytechnics 1 1 x
MELAA Wānanga 0 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments 2 1 x
MELAA Not in Tertiary Education 1 2 x
MELAA Total 5 6 x
Other Industry training 0 0 x
Other Targetted training 0 0 x
Other Universities 0 0 x
Other Polytechnics 0 0 x
Other Wānanga 0 0 x
Other Private Training Establishments 0 0 x
Other Not in Tertiary Education 0 0 x
Other Total 0 0 x
European/Pākehā Industry training 14 14 18
European/Pākehā Targetted training 15 19 21
European/Pākehā Universities 50 61 42
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 50 42 37
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 31 17 20
European/Pākehā Not in Tertiary Education 93 112 105
European/Pākehā Total 253 265 243
CoL Total Industry training 14 16 18
CoL Total Targetted training 18 22 28
CoL Total Universities 57 68 51
CoL Total Polytechnics 56 49 40
CoL Total Wānanga 0 0 0
CoL Total Private Training Establishments 36 23 22
CoL Total Not in Tertiary Education 121 134 139
CoL Total Total 302 312 298

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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Industry training 4 2 5
Female Targetted training 3 1 1
Female Universities 34 34 47
Female Polytechnics 22 28 28
Female Wānanga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 10 17 12
Female Not in Tertiary Education 72 72 68
Female Total 145 154 161
Male Industry training 13 11 12
Male Targetted training 1 1 1
Male Universities 22 21 31
Male Polytechnics 21 12 18
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 6 16 8
Male Not in Tertiary Education 85 87 81
Male Total 148 148 151
Māori Industry training 4 2 3
Māori Targetted training 0 1 1
Māori Universities 4 5 2
Māori Polytechnics 5 3 5
Māori Wānanga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 1 7 4
Māori Not in Tertiary Education 38 32 33
Māori Total 52 50 48
Pacific Industry training 1 0 0
Pacific Targetted training 0 1 0
Pacific Universities 1 1 2
Pacific Polytechnics 1 2 3
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 0 3
Pacific Not in Tertiary Education 14 11 16
Pacific Total 17 15 24
Asian Industry training 2 0 1
Asian Targetted training 0 0 0
Asian Universities 7 5 10
Asian Polytechnics 5 4 4
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 2 3
Asian Not in Tertiary Education 14 7 3
Asian Total 29 18 21
MELAA Industry training x 0 0
MELAA Targetted training x 0 1
MELAA Universities x 1 1
MELAA Polytechnics x 0 1
MELAA Wānanga x 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 2 0
MELAA Not in Tertiary Education x 2 3
MELAA Total x 5 6
Other Industry training x 0 0
Other Targetted training x 0 0
Other Universities x 0 0
Other Polytechnics x 0 0
Other Wānanga x 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments x 0 0
Other Not in Tertiary Education x 0 0
Other Total x 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry training 15 13 15
European/Pākehā Targetted training 4 2 1
European/Pākehā Universities 46 48 71
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 34 33 37
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 15 28 15
European/Pākehā Not in Tertiary Education 133 129 126
European/Pākehā Total 247 253 265
CoL Total Industry training 17 13 17
CoL Total Targetted training 4 2 2
CoL Total Universities 56 55 78
CoL Total Polytechnics 43 40 46
CoL Total Wānanga 0 0 0
CoL Total Private Training Establishments 16 33 20
CoL Total Not in Tertiary Education 157 159 149
CoL Total Total 293 302 312

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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