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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 2 10 3
Female Polytechnics 8 2 6
Female Wananga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 2 1 7
Female Targeted training 5 6 11
Female Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 0 1 2
Female Not in Tertiary Education 18 22 21
Female Total 35 42 50
Male Universities 3 3 4
Male Polytechnics 9 8 15
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 1 1 4
Male Targeted training 5 4 5
Male Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 2 2 5
Male Not in Tertiary Education 23 43 41
Male Total 43 61 74
Māori Universities 2 2 1
Māori Polytechnics 5 4 4
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 1 0 4
Māori Targeted training 6 2 5
Māori Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 1 0 1
Māori Not in Tertiary Education 8 26 20
Māori Total 23 34 35
Pacific Universities 1 1 1
Pacific Polytechnics 3 1 1
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 1 3
Pacific Targeted training 1 1 1
Pacific Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 0 0 2
Pacific Not in Tertiary Education 8 11 7
Pacific Total 13 15 15
Asian Universities 2 5 2
Asian Polytechnics 1 2 5
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 0 0
Asian Targeted training 0 1 0
Asian Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 0 0 3
Asian Not in Tertiary Education 7 5 9
Asian Total 11 13 19
MELAA Universities x 0 x
MELAA Polytechnics x 0 x
MELAA Wananga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 0 x
MELAA Targeted training x 0 x
MELAA Modern Apprenticeships/Industry x 0 x
MELAA Not in Tertiary Education x 0 x
MELAA Total x 0 x
Other Universities x 0 x
Other Polytechnics x 0 x
Other Wananga x 0 x
Other Private Training Establishments x 0 x
Other Targeted training x 0 x
Other Modern Apprenticeships/Industry x 0 x
Other Not in Tertiary Education x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 2 7 5
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 8 7 12
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 1 1 6
NZ European/Pākehā Targeted training 4 6 11
NZ European/Pākehā Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 1 3 2
NZ European/Pākehā Not in Tertiary Education 21 36 35
NZ European/Pākehā Total 37 60 71
CoL Total Universities 5 13 7
CoL Total Polytechnics 17 10 21
CoL Total Wananga 0 0 0
CoL Total Private Training Establishments 3 2 11
CoL Total Targeted training 10 10 16
CoL Total Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 2 3 7
CoL Total Not in Tertiary Education 41 65 62
CoL Total Total 78 103 124

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 8 3 7
Female Polytechnics 5 9 4
Female Wananga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 3 2 4
Female Targeted training 1 2 0
Female Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 3 2 4
Female Not in Tertiary Education 21 17 23
Female Total 41 35 42
Male Universities 4 3 3
Male Polytechnics 10 2 7
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 5 0 0
Male Targeted training 5 6 0
Male Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 9 4 3
Male Not in Tertiary Education 32 28 48
Male Total 65 43 61
Māori Universities 1 2 1
Māori Polytechnics 4 2 5
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 1 0 1
Māori Targeted training 3 5 0
Māori Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 1 5 1
Māori Not in Tertiary Education 17 9 26
Māori Total 27 23 34
Pacific Universities 3 0 1
Pacific Polytechnics 1 2 2
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 2 2
Pacific Targeted training 0 0 0
Pacific Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 2 1 0
Pacific Not in Tertiary Education 9 8 10
Pacific Total 15 13 15
Asian Universities 2 3 4
Asian Polytechnics 1 0 3
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Asian Targeted training 0 0 0
Asian Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 1 0 0
Asian Not in Tertiary Education 1 8 6
Asian Total 5 11 13
MELAA Universities x x 0
MELAA Polytechnics x x 0
MELAA Wananga x x 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x 0
MELAA Targeted training x x 0
MELAA Modern Apprenticeships/Industry x x 0
MELAA Not in Tertiary Education x x 0
MELAA Total x x 0
Other Universities x x 0
Other Polytechnics x x 0
Other Wananga x x 0
Other Private Training Establishments x x 0
Other Targeted training x x 0
Other Modern Apprenticeships/Industry x x 0
Other Not in Tertiary Education x x 0
Other Total x x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 6 4 5
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 9 7 6
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 8 0 1
NZ European/Pākehā Targeted training 3 4 0
NZ European/Pākehā Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 8 1 6
NZ European/Pākehā Not in Tertiary Education 32 21 42
NZ European/Pākehā Total 66 37 60
CoL Total Universities 12 6 10
CoL Total Polytechnics 15 11 11
CoL Total Wananga 0 0 0
CoL Total Private Training Establishments 8 2 4
CoL Total Targeted training 6 8 0
CoL Total Modern Apprenticeships/Industry 12 6 7
CoL Total Not in Tertiary Education 53 45 71
CoL Total Total 106 78 103

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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