West Coast 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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Universities 30 34 31
Female Polytechnics 15 28 32
Female Wānanga 1 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 3 7 5
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 9 11 11
Female Not in tertiary study 68 58 82
Female Total 126 138 161
Male Universities 17 19 20
Male Polytechnics 27 35 27
Male Wānanga 0 1 0
Male Private Training Establishments 3 4 3
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 32 33 23
Male Not in tertiary study 97 74 87
Male Total 176 166 160
Māori Universities 4 13 8
Māori Polytechnics 8 19 11
Māori Wānanga 1 1 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 0 5 3
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 7 11 5
Māori Not in tertiary study 41 28 41
Māori Total 61 77 68
Pacific Universities 1 x 0
Pacific Polytechnics 1 x 0
Pacific Wānanga 0 x 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 x 0
Pacific Targeted Training 0 x 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 2 x 1
Pacific Not in tertiary study 6 x 8
Pacific Total 10 x 9
Asian Universities 4 5 4
Asian Polytechnics 2 2 3
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 0 0
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 0 1 2
Asian Not in tertiary study 10 4 10
Asian Total 17 12 19
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Polytechnics x x x
MELAA Wānanga x x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x x
MELAA Targeted Training x x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Universities x 0 x
Other Polytechnics x 0 x
Other Wānanga x 0 x
Other Private Training Establishments x 0 x
Other Targeted Training x 0 x
Other Industry Training Organisations x 0 x
Other Not in tertiary study x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
European/Pākehā Universities 39 46 47
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 36 55 52
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 5 8 6
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 39 41 30
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 134 115 136
European/Pākehā Total 253 265 271
Total Universities 47 53 51
Total Polytechnics 42 63 59
Total Wānanga 1 1 0
Total Private Training Establishments 6 11 8
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 41 44 34
Total Not in tertiary study 165 132 169
Total Total 302 304 321

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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Universities 26 27 32
Female Polytechnics 18 18 21
Female Wānanga 0 1 1
Female Private Training Establishments 8 5 5
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 18 14 7
Female Not in tertiary study 75 61 72
Female Total 145 126 138
Male Universities 12 14 20
Male Polytechnics 10 20 21
Male Wānanga 0 0 1
Male Private Training Establishments 4 3 2
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 38 35 43
Male Not in tertiary study 114 104 79
Male Total 178 176 166
Māori Universities 4 4 12
Māori Polytechnics 6 8 10
Māori Wānanga 0 1 2
Māori Private Training Establishments 3 0 3
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 8 8 12
Māori Not in tertiary study 47 40 38
Māori Total 68 61 77
Pacific Universities 1 1 x
Pacific Polytechnics 1 2 x
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 x
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 1 x
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 x
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 1 1 x
Pacific Not in tertiary study 9 5 x
Pacific Total 12 10 x
Asian Universities x 4 5
Asian Polytechnics x 4 1
Asian Wānanga x 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments x 1 1
Asian Targeted Training x 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations x 0 0
Asian Not in tertiary study x 8 5
Asian Total x 17 12
MELAA Universities 2 x x
MELAA Polytechnics 0 x x
MELAA Wānanga 0 x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 x x
MELAA Targeted Training 0 x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 1 x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study 3 x x
MELAA Total 6 x x
Other Universities x x 0
Other Polytechnics x x 0
Other Wānanga x x 0
Other Private Training Establishments x x 0
Other Targeted Training x x 0
Other Industry Training Organisations x x 0
Other Not in tertiary study x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Universities 32 33 45
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 26 31 38
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 9 6 5
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 51 47 46
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 165 136 130
European/Pākehā Total 283 253 265
Total Universities 38 41 52
Total Polytechnics 28 38 42
Total Wānanga 0 1 2
Total Private Training Establishments 12 8 7
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 56 49 50
Total Not in tertiary study 189 165 151
Total Total 323 302 304

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.