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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	8	3	5
Female	Targetted training	3	9	6
Female	Universities	24	39	33
Female	Polytechnics	28	34	18
Female	Wānanga	0	2	1
Female	Private Training Establishments	8	8	5
Female	Not in Tertiary Education	81	70	79
Female	Total	152	165	147
Male	Industry training	0	0	0
Male	Targetted training	0	0	0
Male	Universities	0	0	0
Male	Polytechnics	0	0	0
Male	Wānanga	0	0	0
Male	Private Training Establishments	0	0	0
Male	Not in Tertiary Education	0	0	0
Male	Total	0	0	0
Māori	Industry training	6	3	1
Māori	Targetted training	2	3	3
Māori	Universities	5	8	4
Māori	Polytechnics	9	5	7
Māori	Wānanga	0	2	1
Māori	Private Training Establishments	3	3	0
Māori	Not in Tertiary Education	41	38	37
Māori	Total	66	62	53
Pacific	Industry training	0	0	3
Pacific	Targetted training	0	1	2
Pacific	Universities	6	4	4
Pacific	Polytechnics	4	2	2
Pacific	Wānanga	0	0	0
Pacific	Private Training Establishments	4	2	1
Pacific	Not in Tertiary Education	19	21	25
Pacific	Total	33	30	37
Asian	Industry training	0	1	0
Asian	Targetted training	0	0	0
Asian	Universities	7	8	8
Asian	Polytechnics	4	5	2
Asian	Wānanga	0	0	0
Asian	Private Training Establishments	0	0	1
Asian	Not in Tertiary Education	4	2	4
Asian	Total	15	16	15
MELAA	Industry training	0	x	x
MELAA	Targetted training	0	x	x
MELAA	Universities	0	x	x
MELAA	Polytechnics	0	x	x
MELAA	Wānanga	0	x	x
MELAA	Private Training Establishments	0	x	x
MELAA	Not in Tertiary Education	0	x	x
MELAA	Total	0	x	x
Other	Industry training	0	x	x
Other	Targetted training	0	x	x
Other	Universities	0	x	x
Other	Polytechnics	0	x	x
Other	Wānanga	0	x	x
Other	Private Training Establishments	0	x	x
Other	Not in Tertiary Education	0	x	x
Other	Total	0	x	x
European/Pākehā	Industry training	3	0	2
European/Pākehā	Targetted training	2	6	2
European/Pākehā	Universities	9	23	18
European/Pākehā	Polytechnics	17	24	8
European/Pākehā	Wānanga	0	0	1
European/Pākehā	Private Training Establishments	3	3	3
European/Pākehā	Not in Tertiary Education	32	20	22
European/Pākehā	Total	66	76	56
CoL Total	Industry training	8	3	5
CoL Total	Targetted training	3	9	6
CoL Total	Universities	24	39	33
CoL Total	Polytechnics	28	34	18
CoL Total	Wānanga	0	2	1
CoL Total	Private Training Establishments	8	8	5
CoL Total	Not in Tertiary Education	81	70	79
CoL Total	Total	152	165	147

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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group	Institution Type	Year left school
		2016	2017	2018
		Female	Industry training	x	6	0
Female	Targetted training	x	3	3
Female	Universities	x	24	36
Female	Polytechnics	x	26	35
Female	Wānanga	x	4	2
Female	Private Training Establishments	x	10	5
Female	Not in Tertiary Education	x	79	84
Female	Total	x	152	165
Male	Industry training	x	0	0
Male	Targetted training	x	0	0
Male	Universities	x	0	0
Male	Polytechnics	x	0	0
Male	Wānanga	x	0	0
Male	Private Training Establishments	x	0	0
Male	Not in Tertiary Education	x	0	0
Male	Total	x	0	0
Māori	Industry training	6	3	0
Māori	Targetted training	1	1	3
Māori	Universities	4	5	6
Māori	Polytechnics	6	10	8
Māori	Wānanga	1	3	2
Māori	Private Training Establishments	3	4	1
Māori	Not in Tertiary Education	42	40	42
Māori	Total	63	66	62
Pacific	Industry training	1	1	0
Pacific	Targetted training	1	0	0
Pacific	Universities	3	6	4
Pacific	Polytechnics	6	2	5
Pacific	Wānanga	0	0	0
Pacific	Private Training Establishments	1	4	1
Pacific	Not in Tertiary Education	17	20	20
Pacific	Total	29	33	30
Asian	Industry training	0	0	0
Asian	Targetted training	0	0	0
Asian	Universities	1	8	8
Asian	Polytechnics	4	1	3
Asian	Wānanga	0	1	0
Asian	Private Training Establishments	2	0	0
Asian	Not in Tertiary Education	2	5	5
Asian	Total	9	15	16
MELAA	Industry training	x	0	x
MELAA	Targetted training	x	0	x
MELAA	Universities	x	0	x
MELAA	Polytechnics	x	0	x
MELAA	Wānanga	x	0	x
MELAA	Private Training Establishments	x	0	x
MELAA	Not in Tertiary Education	x	0	x
MELAA	Total	x	0	x
Other	Industry training	x	0	x
Other	Targetted training	x	0	x
Other	Universities	x	0	x
Other	Polytechnics	x	0	x
Other	Wānanga	x	0	x
Other	Private Training Establishments	x	0	x
Other	Not in Tertiary Education	x	0	x
Other	Total	x	0	x
European/Pākehā	Industry training	2	3	0
European/Pākehā	Targetted training	1	2	2
European/Pākehā	Universities	23	10	23
European/Pākehā	Polytechnics	8	18	26
European/Pākehā	Wānanga	1	0	0
European/Pākehā	Private Training Establishments	3	5	2
European/Pākehā	Not in Tertiary Education	37	28	23
European/Pākehā	Total	75	66	76
CoL Total	Industry training	8	6	0
CoL Total	Targetted training	2	3	3
CoL Total	Universities	28	24	36
CoL Total	Polytechnics	23	26	35
CoL Total	Wānanga	2	4	2
CoL Total	Private Training Establishments	8	10	5
CoL Total	Not in Tertiary Education	85	79	84
CoL Total	Total	156	152	165

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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