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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 for the region's territorial authorities using the drop down menu above. For other territorial authorities first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Universities 252 261 250
Female Polytechnics 120 130 121
Female Wananga 12 14 7
Female Private Training Establishments 96 120 95
Female Targetted training 88 99 97
Female Industry training 33 38 32
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 451 470 452
Female Total 1,052 1,132 1,054
Male Universities 173 124 118
Male Polytechnics 139 113 143
Male Wananga 9 8 3
Male Private Training Establishments 73 76 49
Male Targetted training 83 113 97
Male Industry training 141 138 146
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 536 569 545
Male Total 1,154 1,141 1,101
Māori Universities 87 99 97
Māori Polytechnics 99 101 123
Māori Wananga 20 17 9
Māori Private Training Establishments 96 113 77
Māori Targetted training 120 158 150
Māori Industry training 70 67 78
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 565 642 592
Māori Total 1,057 1,197 1,126
Pacific Universities 12 11 14
Pacific Polytechnics 7 12 10
Pacific Wananga 1 1 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 6 8 7
Pacific Targetted training 8 12 13
Pacific Industry training 5 6 8
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 42 50 59
Pacific Total 81 100 112
Asian Universities 37 25 27
Asian Polytechnics 8 8 5
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 4 4 7
Asian Targetted training 1 0 1
Asian Industry training 3 4 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 17 21 19
Asian Total 70 62 59
MELAA Universities 4 5 8
MELAA Polytechnics 1 5 3
MELAA Wananga 0 1 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 2 3
MELAA Targetted training 2 1 1
MELAA Industry training 1 1 1
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 5 5 10
MELAA Total 13 20 26
Other Universities 2 4 4
Other Polytechnics 3 1 3
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 2 1 0
Other Targetted training 2 1 0
Other Industry training 1 2 0
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 7 8 1
Other Total 17 17 8
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 314 286 259
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 174 148 165
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 3 4 2
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 87 108 72
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training 57 71 67
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training 110 123 124
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 473 472 480
NZ European/Pākehā Total 1,218 1,212 1,169
Total Universities 425 385 368
Total Polytechnics 259 243 264
Total Wananga 21 22 10
Total Private Training Establishments 169 196 144
Total Targetted training 171 212 194
Total Industry training 174 176 178
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 987 1,039 997
Total Total 2,206 2,273 2,155

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 (2015-2017 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Universities 243 254 254
Female Polytechnics 115 118 97
Female Wananga 16 9 12
Female Private Training Establishments 77 95 98
Female Targetted training 37 44 40
Female Industry training 37 46 44
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 464 486 587
Female Total 989 1,052 1,132
Male Universities 154 172 126
Male Polytechnics 99 108 84
Male Wananga 7 5 7
Male Private Training Establishments 54 55 43
Male Targetted training 45 45 40
Male Industry training 147 205 212
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 543 564 629
Male Total 1,049 1,154 1,141
Māori Universities 86 77 94
Māori Polytechnics 84 77 80
Māori Wananga 22 11 18
Māori Private Training Establishments 73 97 77
Māori Targetted training 72 71 66
Māori Industry training 75 107 110
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 536 617 752
Māori Total 948 1,057 1,197
Pacific Universities 9 12 11
Pacific Polytechnics 9 9 10
Pacific Wananga 1 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 4 8 6
Pacific Targetted training 4 6 2
Pacific Industry training 2 3 11
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 47 43 60
Pacific Total 76 81 100
Asian Universities 22 35 27
Asian Polytechnics 3 6 6
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 3 5 1
Asian Targetted training 0 0 0
Asian Industry training 2 4 5
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 10 20 23
Asian Total 40 70 62
MELAA Universities 7 4 5
MELAA Polytechnics 2 1 5
MELAA Wananga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 1 0 3
MELAA Targetted training 0 1 0
MELAA Industry training 0 1 1
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 3 6 6
MELAA Total 13 13 20
Other Universities 6 2 4
Other Polytechnics 2 4 2
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 1 1
Other Targetted training 1 1 0
Other Industry training 0 2 2
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 9 7 8
Other Total 18 17 17
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 297 328 288
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 137 153 96
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 3 6 4
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 62 68 82
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training 18 26 20
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training 117 149 175
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 498 488 547
NZ European/Pākehā Total 1,132 1,218 1,212
Total Universities 397 426 380
Total Polytechnics 214 226 181
Total Wananga 23 14 19
Total Private Training Establishments 131 150 141
Total Targetted training 82 89 80
Total Industry training 184 251 256
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,007 1,050 1,216
Total Total 2,038 2,206 2,273

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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