Canterbury 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 1,246 1,222 1,263
Female Polytechnics 510 517 512
Female Wānanga 3 2 0
Female Private Training Establishments 192 213 231
Female Targetted training 164 131 133
Female Industry training 104 106 88
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 1,269 1,249 1,272
Female Total 3,488 3,440 3,499
Male Universities 955 1,010 939
Male Polytechnics 624 603 591
Male Wānanga 2 3 1
Male Private Training Establishments 139 128 128
Male Targetted training 178 169 145
Male Industry training 350 314 384
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 1,495 1,524 1,518
Male Total 3,743 3,751 3,706
Māori Universities 163 158 175
Māori Polytechnics 148 156 145
Māori Wānanga 3 4 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 51 53 52
Māori Targetted training 106 101 67
Māori Industry training 63 63 68
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 499 517 578
Māori Total 1,033 1,052 1,086
Pacific Universities 55 43 65
Pacific Polytechnics 48 56 47
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 23 24 34
Pacific Targetted training 23 16 20
Pacific Industry training 15 27 20
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 176 181 202
Pacific Total 340 347 388
Asian Universities 288 305 278
Asian Polytechnics 98 96 112
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 27 22 30
Asian Targetted training 7 7 8
Asian Industry training 10 7 20
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 189 186 245
Asian Total 619 623 693
MELAA Universities 43 37 48
MELAA Polytechnics 12 20 15
MELAA Wānanga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 6 8 2
MELAA Targetted training 2 2 5
MELAA Industry training 7 7 1
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 40 43 43
MELAA Total 110 117 114
Other Universities 6 7 8
Other Polytechnics 1 2 3
Other Wānanga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 3 0 0
Other Targetted training 2 1 0
Other Industry training 0 0 1
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 8 10 10
Other Total 20 20 22
European/Pākehā Universities 1,786 1,848 1,803
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 936 907 892
European/Pākehā Wānanga 3 3 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 252 274 287
European/Pākehā Targetted training 249 213 212
European/Pākehā Industry training 395 360 415
European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 2,119 2,152 2,074
European/Pākehā Total 5,740 5,757 5,683
Total Universities 2,201 2,232 2,202
Total Polytechnics 1,134 1,120 1,103
Total Wānanga 5 5 1
Total Private Training Establishments 331 341 359
Total Targetted training 342 300 278
Total Industry training 454 420 472
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 2,764 2,773 2,790
Total Total 7,231 7,191 7,205

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 1,229 1,275 1,258
Female Polytechnics 488 487 526
Female Wānanga 3 4 1
Female Private Training Establishments 181 203 181
Female Targetted training 39 35 31
Female Industry training 101 111 123
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 1,277 1,373 1,320
Female Total 3,318 3,488 3,440
Male Universities 967 931 1,020
Male Polytechnics 397 447 419
Male Wānanga 1 2 2
Male Private Training Establishments 110 150 133
Male Targetted training 59 37 47
Male Industry training 452 481 475
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 1,566 1,695 1,655
Male Total 3,552 3,743 3,751
Māori Universities 137 154 163
Māori Polytechnics 100 120 117
Māori Wānanga 3 5 2
Māori Private Training Establishments 47 62 54
Māori Targetted training 34 23 28
Māori Industry training 62 77 92
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 545 592 596
Māori Total 928 1,033 1,052
Pacific Universities 45 54 40
Pacific Polytechnics 30 27 39
Pacific Wānanga 0 1 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 11 24 21
Pacific Targetted training 7 3 8
Pacific Industry training 14 21 21
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 187 210 218
Pacific Total 294 340 347
Asian Universities 261 290 308
Asian Polytechnics 90 96 83
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 24 29 25
Asian Targetted training 1 2 0
Asian Industry training 14 13 15
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 176 189 192
Asian Total 566 619 623
MELAA Universities 44 45 43
MELAA Polytechnics 30 13 15
MELAA Wānanga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 2 5 5
MELAA Targetted training 0 1 2
MELAA Industry training 4 6 9
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 40 40 43
MELAA Total 120 110 117
Other Universities 8 8 7
Other Polytechnics 0 0 1
Other Wānanga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 2 0 0
Other Targetted training 0 0 0
Other Industry training 0 0 0
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 11 12 12
Other Total 21 20 20
European/Pākehā Universities 1,824 1,790 1,890
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 707 766 776
European/Pākehā Wānanga 1 3 2
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 227 271 243
European/Pākehā Targetted training 66 54 54
European/Pākehā Industry training 500 525 527
European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 2,174 2,331 2,265
European/Pākehā Total 5,499 5,740 5,757
Total Universities 2,196 2,206 2,278
Total Polytechnics 885 934 945
Total Wānanga 4 6 3
Total Private Training Establishments 291 353 314
Total Targetted training 98 72 78
Total Industry training 553 592 598
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 2,843 3,068 2,975
Total Total 6,870 7,231 7,191

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.