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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Universities 418 410 399
Female Polytechnics 213 186 175
Female Wānanga 11 3 4
Female Private Training Establishments 93 90 82
Female Targetted training 73 73 80
Female Industry training 50 54 73
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 577 617 606
Female Total 1,435 1,433 1,419
Male Universities 276 253 243
Male Polytechnics 166 153 148
Male Wānanga 4 3 4
Male Private Training Establishments 81 66 67
Male Targetted training 131 121 101
Male Industry training 205 236 225
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 735 734 714
Male Total 1,598 1,566 1,502
Māori Universities 118 124 123
Māori Polytechnics 106 105 96
Māori Wānanga 14 5 8
Māori Private Training Establishments 75 71 61
Māori Targetted training 108 107 88
Māori Industry training 69 89 118
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 525 522 531
Māori Total 1,015 1,023 1,025
Pacific Universities 36 31 36
Pacific Polytechnics 26 15 23
Pacific Wānanga 0 1 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 10 9 13
Pacific Targetted training 16 12 8
Pacific Industry training 7 13 22
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 85 104 90
Pacific Total 180 185 192
Asian Universities 88 80 80
Asian Polytechnics 28 21 22
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 9 3 8
Asian Targetted training 3 2 1
Asian Industry training 8 8 7
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 50 54 49
Asian Total 186 168 167
MELAA Universities 14 8 16
MELAA Polytechnics 1 5 4
MELAA Wānanga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 0 3
MELAA Targetted training 1 0 4
MELAA Industry training 1 0 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 14 14 8
MELAA Total 31 27 35
Other Universities 11 15 21
Other Polytechnics 5 5 3
Other Wānanga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 2 0
Other Targetted training 0 1 1
Other Industry training 2 6 1
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 11 12 11
Other Total 29 41 37
European/Pākehā Universities 538 517 473
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 282 242 238
European/Pākehā Wānanga 5 2 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 113 98 100
European/Pākehā Targetted training 121 116 113
European/Pākehā Industry training 206 226 209
European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 863 904 912
European/Pākehā Total 2,128 2,105 2,046
Total Universities 694 663 642
Total Polytechnics 379 339 323
Total Wānanga 15 6 8
Total Private Training Establishments 174 156 149
Total Targetted training 204 194 181
Total Industry training 255 290 298
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,312 1,351 1,320
Total Total 3,033 2,999 2,921

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 447 436 432
Female Polytechnics 181 195 182
Female Wānanga 14 20 7
Female Private Training Establishments 67 77 89
Female Targetted training 34 31 18
Female Industry training 72 55 68
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 591 621 637
Female Total 1,406 1,435 1,433
Male Universities 288 277 273
Male Polytechnics 129 117 123
Male Wānanga 4 4 5
Male Private Training Establishments 45 61 60
Male Targetted training 46 31 29
Male Industry training 214 289 286
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 790 819 790
Male Total 1,516 1,598 1,566
Māori Universities 115 115 124
Māori Polytechnics 89 97 93
Māori Wānanga 17 24 10
Māori Private Training Establishments 48 54 62
Māori Targetted training 42 36 27
Māori Industry training 98 103 103
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 594 586 604
Māori Total 1,003 1,015 1,023
Pacific Universities 20 34 38
Pacific Polytechnics 18 16 20
Pacific Wānanga 3 2 2
Pacific Private Training Establishments 8 10 8
Pacific Targetted training 5 9 6
Pacific Industry training 13 10 9
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 96 99 102
Pacific Total 163 180 185
Asian Universities 78 91 89
Asian Polytechnics 19 23 20
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 7 3
Asian Targetted training 2 0 1
Asian Industry training 5 9 3
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 39 56 52
Asian Total 144 186 168
MELAA Universities 13 12 11
MELAA Polytechnics 1 5 5
MELAA Wānanga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 2 0 1
MELAA Targetted training 0 0 1
MELAA Industry training 0 4 2
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 11 10 7
MELAA Total 27 31 27
Other Universities 8 12 14
Other Polytechnics 2 3 5
Other Wānanga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 0 2
Other Targetted training 0 0 0
Other Industry training 2 2 6
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 14 12 14
Other Total 26 29 41
European/Pākehā Universities 591 564 552
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 233 221 229
European/Pākehā Wānanga 6 6 5
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 73 92 94
European/Pākehā Targetted training 46 31 22
European/Pākehā Industry training 215 268 290
European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 896 946 913
European/Pākehā Total 2,060 2,128 2,105
Total Universities 735 713 705
Total Polytechnics 310 312 305
Total Wānanga 18 24 12
Total Private Training Establishments 112 138 149
Total Targetted training 80 62 47
Total Industry training 286 344 354
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,381 1,440 1,427
Total Total 2,922 3,033 2,999

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.