Manawatu-Wanganui 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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Universities 439 420 412
Female Polytechnics 178 216 190
Female Wananga 14 11 3
Female Private Training Establishments 66 93 92
Female Targetted training 128 73 79
Female Industry training 46 50 56
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 543 582 637
Female Total 1,414 1,445 1,469
Male Universities 287 278 254
Male Polytechnics 163 168 153
Male Wananga 7 4 2
Male Private Training Establishments 54 82 70
Male Targetted training 145 129 124
Male Industry training 165 208 236
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 712 737 744
Male Total 1,533 1,606 1,583
Māori Universities 99 119 123
Māori Polytechnics 104 105 105
Māori Wananga 16 14 5
Māori Private Training Establishments 46 76 70
Māori Targetted training 132 103 111
Māori Industry training 60 68 89
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 496 525 520
Māori Total 953 1,010 1,023
Pacific Universities 28 31 34
Pacific Polytechnics 25 24 15
Pacific Wananga 4 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 9 10 8
Pacific Targetted training 11 17 13
Pacific Industry training 9 5 12
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 75 87 98
Pacific Total 161 174 180
Asian Universities 75 87 75
Asian Polytechnics 19 24 20
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 7 2
Asian Targetted training 4 2 1
Asian Industry training 6 6 8
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 35 42 48
Asian Total 140 168 154
MELAA Universities 14 16 13
MELAA Polytechnics 2 2 4
MELAA Wananga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 1 3 1
MELAA Targetted training 2 1 0
MELAA Industry training 0 1 1
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 18 16 18
MELAA Total 37 39 37
Other Universities 7 1 5
Other Polytechnics 5 7 7
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 1 2 4
Other Targetted training 0 1 1
Other Industry training 1 1 5
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 11 12 20
Other Total 25 24 42
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 560 531 511
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 245 285 242
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 7 3 2
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 78 109 105
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training 167 122 124
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training 160 208 222
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 827 865 919
NZ European/Pākehā Total 2,044 2,123 2,125
Total Universities 726 698 666
Total Polytechnics 341 384 343
Total Wananga 21 15 5
Total Private Training Establishments 120 175 162
Total Targetted training 273 202 203
Total Industry training 211 258 292
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,255 1,319 1,381
Total Total 2,947 3,051 3,052

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 400 447 437
Female Polytechnics 187 183 197
Female Wananga 21 14 20
Female Private Training Establishments 63 67 77
Female Targetted training 35 34 31
Female Industry training 67 72 57
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 623 597 626
Female Total 1,396 1,414 1,445
Male Universities 313 291 279
Male Polytechnics 137 131 119
Male Wananga 10 4 4
Male Private Training Establishments 45 45 61
Male Targetted training 57 47 30
Male Industry training 197 219 289
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 731 796 824
Male Total 1,490 1,533 1,606
Māori Universities 109 108 115
Māori Polytechnics 85 84 93
Māori Wananga 23 14 24
Māori Private Training Establishments 44 46 54
Māori Targetted training 48 42 35
Māori Industry training 70 93 101
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 529 566 588
Māori Total 908 953 1,010
Pacific Universities 30 20 29
Pacific Polytechnics 18 21 17
Pacific Wananga 2 3 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 4 5 9
Pacific Targetted training 5 6 8
Pacific Industry training 8 16 6
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 83 90 104
Pacific Total 150 161 174
Asian Universities 65 76 86
Asian Polytechnics 15 15 19
Asian Wananga 1 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 7 1 6
Asian Targetted training 1 1 0
Asian Industry training 7 6 8
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 47 41 49
Asian Total 143 140 168
MELAA Universities 12 15 15
MELAA Polytechnics 0 5 7
MELAA Wananga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 3 2
MELAA Targetted training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry training 0 0 4
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 10 14 11
MELAA Total 22 37 39
Other Universities 1 8 3
Other Polytechnics 1 3 6
Other Wananga 1 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Other Targetted training 0 1 0
Other Industry training 2 1 0
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 7 12 15
Other Total 12 25 24
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 575 575 555
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 236 225 226
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 9 5 4
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 69 68 86
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training 52 47 30
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training 203 218 271
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 852 906 951
NZ European/Pākehā Total 1,996 2,044 2,123
Total Universities 713 738 716
Total Polytechnics 324 314 316
Total Wananga 31 18 24
Total Private Training Establishments 108 112 138
Total Targetted training 92 81 61
Total Industry training 264 291 346
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,354 1,393 1,450
Total Total 2,886 2,947 3,051

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.