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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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Universities 42 50 59
Female Polytechnics 69 39 43
Female Wānanga 0 1 2
Female Private Training Establishments 12 8 5
Female Targetted training 11 7 7
Female Industry training 11 5 15
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 129 125 125
Female Total 274 235 256
Male Universities 40 31 48
Male Polytechnics 53 38 36
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 8 5 4
Male Targetted training 28 18 21
Male Industry training 43 52 40
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 139 118 104
Male Total 311 262 253
Māori Universities 4 7 9
Māori Polytechnics 17 5 11
Māori Wānanga 0 1 2
Māori Private Training Establishments 2 1 0
Māori Targetted training 9 11 9
Māori Industry training 3 4 8
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 50 48 38
Māori Total 85 77 77
Pacific Universities 0 1 0
Pacific Polytechnics 0 0 2
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 1 0
Pacific Targetted training 0 1 0
Pacific Industry training 0 1 1
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 7 8 5
Pacific Total 7 12 8
Asian Universities 2 3 4
Asian Polytechnics 1 1 5
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Asian Targetted training 0 1 0
Asian Industry training 1 0 1
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 3 7 10
Asian Total 7 12 20
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Polytechnics x x x
MELAA Wānanga x x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x x
MELAA Targetted training x x x
MELAA Industry training x x x
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Universities x x x
Other Polytechnics x x x
Other Wānanga x x x
Other Private Training Establishments x x x
Other Targetted training x x x
Other Industry training x x x
Other Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Universities 75 73 98
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 108 71 69
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 17 12 9
European/Pākehā Targetted training 32 14 19
European/Pākehā Industry training 50 53 49
European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 219 197 185
European/Pākehā Total 501 420 429
Total Universities 82 81 107
Total Polytechnics 122 77 79
Total Wānanga 0 1 2
Total Private Training Establishments 20 13 9
Total Targetted training 39 25 28
Total Industry training 54 57 55
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 268 243 229
Total Total 585 497 509

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 50 50 64
Female Polytechnics 28 51 37
Female Wānanga 0 2 1
Female Private Training Establishments 9 10 15
Female Targetted training 3 3 2
Female Industry training 11 15 3
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 113 143 113
Female Total 214 274 235
Male Universities 48 53 34
Male Polytechnics 37 43 41
Male Wānanga 0 1 0
Male Private Training Establishments 5 7 6
Male Targetted training 3 8 6
Male Industry training 40 62 55
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 134 137 120
Male Total 267 311 262
Māori Universities 10 7 7
Māori Polytechnics 11 15 5
Māori Wānanga 0 2 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 1 4 3
Māori Targetted training 3 3 3
Māori Industry training 4 6 7
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 44 48 51
Māori Total 73 85 77
Pacific Universities 1 0 2
Pacific Polytechnics 1 0 3
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 0 1
Pacific Targetted training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry training 2 1 1
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 5 6 5
Pacific Total 9 7 12
Asian Universities 4 4 4
Asian Polytechnics 1 0 2
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Asian Targetted training 0 0 0
Asian Industry training 0 1 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 4 2 6
Asian Total 9 7 12
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Polytechnics x x x
MELAA Wānanga x x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x x
MELAA Targetted training x x x
MELAA Industry training x x x
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Universities x x x
Other Polytechnics x x x
Other Wānanga x x x
Other Private Training Establishments x x x
Other Targetted training x x x
Other Industry training x x x
Other Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Universities 85 92 87
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 51 82 70
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 1 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 14 13 18
European/Pākehā Targetted training 3 8 5
European/Pākehā Industry training 48 72 52
European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 202 233 188
European/Pākehā Total 403 501 420
Total Universities 98 103 98
Total Polytechnics 65 94 78
Total Wānanga 0 3 1
Total Private Training Establishments 14 17 21
Total Targetted training 6 11 8
Total Industry training 51 77 58
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 247 280 233
Total Total 481 585 497

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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