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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 5 1 3
Female Targetted training 23 10 18
Female Universities 55 50 63
Female Polytechnics 16 18 15
Female Wānanga 2 1 0
Female Private Training Establishments 31 47 33
Female Not in Tertiary Education 91 110 112
Female Total 223 237 244
Male Industry training 13 16 22
Male Targetted training 21 17 30
Male Universities 53 38 29
Male Polytechnics 29 14 17
Male Wānanga 1 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 12 20 16
Male Not in Tertiary Education 131 109 131
Male Total 260 214 245
Māori Industry training 7 7 5
Māori Targetted training 23 11 21
Māori Universities 15 11 8
Māori Polytechnics 3 6 4
Māori Wānanga 2 1 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 13 17 16
Māori Not in Tertiary Education 79 60 75
Māori Total 142 113 129
Pacific Industry training 12 8 17
Pacific Targetted training 25 17 25
Pacific Universities 45 51 46
Pacific Polytechnics 22 20 16
Pacific Wānanga 1 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 26 48 29
Pacific Not in Tertiary Education 134 151 174
Pacific Total 265 295 307
Asian Industry training 1 4 1
Asian Targetted training 1 1 4
Asian Universities 36 27 33
Asian Polytechnics 16 7 11
Asian Wānanga 1 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 7 4 7
Asian Not in Tertiary Education 20 12 19
Asian Total 82 55 75
MELAA Industry training 1 x 0
MELAA Targetted training 0 x 1
MELAA Universities 8 x 2
MELAA Polytechnics 2 x 1
MELAA Wānanga 0 x 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 x 0
MELAA Not in Tertiary Education 0 x 3
MELAA Total 11 x 7
Other Industry training 0 x 0
Other Targetted training 0 x 0
Other Universities 0 x 0
Other Polytechnics 0 x 0
Other Wānanga 0 x 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 x 0
Other Not in Tertiary Education 0 x 0
Other Total 0 x 0
European/Pākehā Industry training 1 3 7
European/Pākehā Targetted training 5 4 8
European/Pākehā Universities 11 11 13
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 10 5 2
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 5 10 5
European/Pākehā Not in Tertiary Education 22 24 35
European/Pākehā Total 54 57 70
CoL Total Industry training 18 17 25
CoL Total Targetted training 44 27 48
CoL Total Universities 108 88 92
CoL Total Polytechnics 45 32 32
CoL Total Wānanga 3 1 0
CoL Total Private Training Establishments 43 67 49
CoL Total Not in Tertiary Education 222 219 243
CoL Total Total 483 451 489

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 2 1 3
Female Targetted training 7 7 7
Female Universities 47 48 41
Female Polytechnics 14 16 23
Female Wānanga 0 2 1
Female Private Training Establishments 23 18 32
Female Not in Tertiary Education 104 131 130
Female Total 197 223 237
Male Industry training 11 25 21
Male Targetted training 11 14 2
Male Universities 29 35 31
Male Polytechnics 15 18 11
Male Wānanga 0 0 2
Male Private Training Establishments 4 17 10
Male Not in Tertiary Education 139 151 137
Male Total 209 260 214
Māori Industry training 4 5 8
Māori Targetted training 12 17 3
Māori Universities 8 10 8
Māori Polytechnics 5 5 6
Māori Wānanga 0 2 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 6 12 10
Māori Not in Tertiary Education 55 91 77
Māori Total 90 142 113
Pacific Industry training 7 12 14
Pacific Targetted training 4 9 5
Pacific Universities 41 29 37
Pacific Polytechnics 13 16 23
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 2
Pacific Private Training Establishments 17 20 29
Pacific Not in Tertiary Education 162 179 185
Pacific Total 244 265 295
Asian Industry training 2 9 4
Asian Targetted training 2 1 2
Asian Universities 24 35 25
Asian Polytechnics 8 9 7
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 4 6 3
Asian Not in Tertiary Education 21 22 14
Asian Total 61 82 55
MELAA Industry training x 0 x
MELAA Targetted training x 0 x
MELAA Universities x 6 x
MELAA Polytechnics x 2 x
MELAA Wānanga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 0 x
MELAA Not in Tertiary Education x 3 x
MELAA Total x 11 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 4
European/Pākehā Targetted training 4 3 2
European/Pākehā Universities 8 9 10
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 4 7 5
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 2 5 7
European/Pākehā Not in Tertiary Education 41 27 29
European/Pākehā Total 61 54 57
CoL Total Industry training 13 26 24
CoL Total Targetted training 18 21 9
CoL Total Universities 76 83 72
CoL Total Polytechnics 29 34 34
CoL Total Wānanga 0 2 3
CoL Total Private Training Establishments 27 35 42
CoL Total Not in Tertiary Education 243 282 267
CoL Total Total 406 483 451

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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