Southland 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 161 167 134
Female Polytechnics 130 132 126
Female Wānanga 1 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 30 44 33
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 46 32 20
Female Not in tertiary study 203 190 215
Female Total 571 565 528
Male Universities 108 112 103
Male Polytechnics 101 122 138
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 15 17 38
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 136 96 116
Male Not in tertiary study 282 255 293
Male Total 642 602 688
Māori Universities 55 43 50
Māori Polytechnics 32 51 63
Māori Wānanga 1 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 17 24 24
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 46 32 30
Māori Not in tertiary study 132 140 157
Māori Total 283 290 324
Pacific Universities 10 16 2
Pacific Polytechnics 3 10 10
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 3 3
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 7 8 7
Pacific Not in tertiary study 31 23 29
Pacific Total 52 60 51
Asian Universities 29 33 29
Asian Polytechnics 19 21 31
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 3 2 7
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 4 1 1
Asian Not in tertiary study 18 17 35
Asian Total 73 74 103
MELAA Universities 6 1 x
MELAA Polytechnics 7 7 x
MELAA Wānanga 0 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments 1 1 x
MELAA Targeted Training 0 0 x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 3 0 x
MELAA Not in tertiary study 8 6 x
MELAA Total 25 15 x
Other Universities 1 1 x
Other Polytechnics 1 1 x
Other Wānanga 0 0 x
Other Private Training Establishments 0 0 x
Other Targeted Training 0 0 x
Other Industry Training Organisations 0 0 x
Other Not in tertiary study 6 4 x
Other Total 8 6 x
European/Pākehā Universities 216 234 187
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 186 204 201
European/Pākehā Wānanga 1 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 33 44 54
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 151 107 109
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 379 337 362
European/Pākehā Total 966 926 913
Total Universities 269 279 237
Total Polytechnics 231 254 264
Total Wānanga 1 0 0
Total Private Training Establishments 45 61 71
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 182 128 136
Total Not in tertiary study 485 445 508
Total Total 1,213 1,167 1,216

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 158 152 160
Female Polytechnics 121 99 110
Female Wānanga 1 2 0
Female Private Training Establishments 19 26 20
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 48 34 35
Female Not in tertiary study 228 258 240
Female Total 575 571 565
Male Universities 85 102 105
Male Polytechnics 82 77 81
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 13 11 11
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 184 148 115
Male Not in tertiary study 339 304 290
Male Total 703 642 602
Māori Universities 31 48 37
Māori Polytechnics 39 26 46
Māori Wānanga 1 2 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 8 17 9
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 60 37 31
Māori Not in tertiary study 160 153 167
Māori Total 299 283 290
Pacific Universities 7 8 13
Pacific Polytechnics 6 3 12
Pacific Wānanga 0 1 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 2 1 2
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 10 6 4
Pacific Not in tertiary study 29 33 29
Pacific Total 54 52 60
Asian Universities 13 27 33
Asian Polytechnics 32 18 18
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 2 6 2
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 5 2 3
Asian Not in tertiary study 16 20 18
Asian Total 68 73 74
MELAA Universities 6 8 1
MELAA Polytechnics 3 5 1
MELAA Wānanga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 0 1
MELAA Targeted Training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 0 4 2
MELAA Not in tertiary study 7 8 10
MELAA Total 16 25 15
Other Universities 3 1 1
Other Polytechnics 2 0 2
Other Wānanga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 0 0 0
Other Not in tertiary study 0 7 3
Other Total 5 8 6
European/Pākehā Universities 210 207 224
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 149 140 142
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 26 22 22
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 192 159 133
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 436 438 405
European/Pākehā Total 1,013 966 926
Total Universities 243 254 265
Total Polytechnics 203 176 191
Total Wānanga 1 2 0
Total Private Training Establishments 32 37 31
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 232 182 150
Total Not in tertiary study 567 562 530
Total Total 1,278 1,213 1,167

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.