Northland Region

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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Universities 260 248 217
Female Polytechnics 126 118 97
Female Wānanga 13 6 10
Female Private Training Establishments 118 90 107
Female Targetted training 96 93 85
Female Industry training 38 31 37
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 466 445 435
Female Total 1,117 1,031 988
Male Universities 123 118 137
Male Polytechnics 110 141 112
Male Wānanga 8 4 5
Male Private Training Establishments 76 49 58
Male Targetted training 112 94 83
Male Industry training 138 146 147
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 560 534 478
Male Total 1,127 1,086 1,020
Māori Universities 99 97 77
Māori Polytechnics 97 123 80
Māori Wānanga 17 9 14
Māori Private Training Establishments 111 78 84
Māori Targetted training 156 144 135
Māori Industry training 68 77 73
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 640 589 583
Māori Total 1,188 1,117 1,046
Pacific Universities 15 14 12
Pacific Polytechnics 13 13 5
Pacific Wānanga 3 1 3
Pacific Private Training Establishments 9 7 9
Pacific Targetted training 14 8 12
Pacific Industry training 7 8 4
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 50 61 53
Pacific Total 111 112 98
Asian Universities 24 32 22
Asian Polytechnics 6 4 7
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 4 7 3
Asian Targetted training 0 1 1
Asian Industry training 4 1 2
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 19 21 22
Asian Total 57 66 57
MELAA Universities x 8 6
MELAA Polytechnics x 4 2
MELAA Wānanga x 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 3 3
MELAA Targetted training x 1 1
MELAA Industry training x 1 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary x 4 3
MELAA Total x 21 15
Other Universities x 1 2
Other Polytechnics x 0 1
Other Wānanga x 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments x 0 0
Other Targetted training x 0 2
Other Industry training x 0 0
Other Not enrolled in tertiary x 4 9
Other Total x 5 14
European/Pākehā Universities 297 269 281
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 149 160 156
European/Pākehā Wānanga 5 1 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 106 67 97
European/Pākehā Targetted training 74 72 53
European/Pākehā Industry training 133 127 130
European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 514 500 457
European/Pākehā Total 1,278 1,196 1,175
Total Universities 383 366 354
Total Polytechnics 236 259 209
Total Wānanga 21 10 15
Total Private Training Establishments 194 139 165
Total Targetted training 208 187 168
Total Industry training 176 177 184
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,026 979 913
Total Total 2,244 2,117 2,008

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 Universities 254 254 272
Female Polytechnics 114 95 124
Female Wānanga 9 12 7
Female Private Training Establishments 97 96 88
Female Targetted training 43 37 28
Female Industry training 45 43 41
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 480 580 471
Female Total 1,042 1,117 1,031
Male Universities 172 125 123
Male Polytechnics 109 83 98
Male Wānanga 5 7 3
Male Private Training Establishments 54 41 49
Male Targetted training 40 41 50
Male Industry training 203 210 204
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 566 620 559
Male Total 1,149 1,127 1,086
Māori Universities 82 94 103
Māori Polytechnics 84 78 99
Māori Wānanga 11 18 9
Māori Private Training Establishments 100 76 85
Māori Targetted training 65 65 68
Māori Industry training 112 109 101
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 644 748 652
Māori Total 1,098 1,188 1,117
Pacific Universities 14 16 13
Pacific Polytechnics 7 12 15
Pacific Wānanga 0 1 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 7 8 11
Pacific Targetted training 7 3 2
Pacific Industry training 4 11 6
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 50 60 64
Pacific Total 89 111 112
Asian Universities 33 26 37
Asian Polytechnics 8 5 3
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 4 1 5
Asian Targetted training 1 0 1
Asian Industry training 3 5 1
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 21 20 19
Asian Total 70 57 66
MELAA Universities 7 x 8
MELAA Polytechnics 2 x 2
MELAA Wānanga 0 x 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 x 2
MELAA Targetted training 0 x 0
MELAA Industry training 1 x 1
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 3 x 8
MELAA Total 13 x 21
Other Universities 1 x 1
Other Polytechnics 1 x 1
Other Wānanga 0 x 0
Other Private Training Establishments 1 x 0
Other Targetted training 1 x 0
Other Industry training 1 x 0
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 9 x 3
Other Total 14 x 5
European/Pākehā Universities 334 297 294
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 154 100 142
European/Pākehā Wānanga 6 4 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 76 85 71
European/Pākehā Targetted training 25 21 23
European/Pākehā Industry training 164 186 182
European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 519 585 483
European/Pākehā Total 1,278 1,278 1,196
Total Universities 426 379 395
Total Polytechnics 223 178 222
Total Wānanga 14 19 10
Total Private Training Establishments 151 137 137
Total Targetted training 83 78 78
Total Industry training 248 253 245
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,046 1,200 1,030
Total Total 2,191 2,244 2,117

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.