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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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Universities 57 57 57
Female Te Pukenga 53 42 60
Female Wananga 1 2 0
Female Private Training Establishments 12 14 14
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 13 19 17
Female Not in tertiary study 141 139 122
Female Total 277 273 270
Male Universities 47 44 54
Male Te Pukenga 70 47 59
Male Wananga 0 1 0
Male Private Training Establishments 15 12 21
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 68 42 33
Male Not in tertiary study 131 131 137
Male Total 331 277 304
Māori Universities 5 10 9
Māori Te Pukenga 14 12 22
Māori Wananga 1 3 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 4 4 6
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 12 8 4
Māori Not in tertiary study 44 42 47
Māori Total 80 79 88
Pacific Universities 1 1 2
Pacific Te Pukenga 1 1 3
Pacific Wananga 0 1 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 1 0
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 1 0 1
Pacific Not in tertiary study 7 6 10
Pacific Total 10 10 16
Asian Universities 7 3 7
Asian Te Pukenga 2 2 2
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 0 0
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 0 0 0
Asian Not in tertiary study 6 11 4
Asian Total 16 16 13
MELAA Universities x x 2
MELAA Te Pukenga x x 0
MELAA Wananga x x 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x 0
MELAA Targeted Training x x 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x x 0
MELAA Not in tertiary study x x 4
MELAA Total x x 6
Other Universities x x 0
Other Te Pukenga x x 2
Other Wananga x x 0
Other Private Training Establishments x x 1
Other Targeted Training x x 0
Other Industry Training Organisations x x 0
Other Not in tertiary study x x 2
Other Total x x 5
European/Pākehā Universities 94 89 99
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 112 79 99
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 1 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 24 23 28
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 74 55 45
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 241 232 221
European/Pākehā Total 545 479 492
Total Universities 104 101 111
Total Te Pukenga 123 89 119
Total Wananga 1 3 0
Total Private Training Establishments 27 26 35
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 81 61 50
Total Not in tertiary study 272 270 259
Total Total 608 550 574

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 (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2020 2021 2022
Female Universities 58 57 63
Female Te Pukenga 39 41 43
Female Wananga 1 1 0
Female Private Training Establishments 16 15 15
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 16 14 14
Female Not in tertiary study 129 149 138
Female Total 259 277 273
Male Universities 45 52 42
Male Te Pukenga 50 44 36
Male Wananga 0 0 1
Male Private Training Establishments 8 11 13
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 71 73 49
Male Not in tertiary study 116 151 136
Male Total 290 331 277
Māori Universities 5 6 10
Māori Te Pukenga 14 12 9
Māori Wananga 1 1 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 3 2 4
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 14 10 6
Māori Not in tertiary study 34 49 49
Māori Total 71 80 79
Pacific Universities 0 1 2
Pacific Te Pukenga 0 4 0
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 0 1
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 0 1 0
Pacific Not in tertiary study 5 4 7
Pacific Total 5 10 10
Asian Universities 7 8 3
Asian Te Pukenga 1 1 3
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 1
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 1 0 0
Asian Not in tertiary study 5 7 9
Asian Total 14 16 16
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Te Pukenga x x x
MELAA Wananga 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 x x
Other Te Pukenga x x x
Other Wananga x x x
Other Private Training Establishments x x x
Other Targeted Training x x x
Other Industry Training Organisations x x x
Other Not in tertiary study x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Universities 92 98 96
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 76 75 71
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 21 25 23
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 79 80 57
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 212 267 231
European/Pākehā Total 480 545 479
Total Universities 103 109 105
Total Te Pukenga 89 85 79
Total Wananga 1 1 1
Total Private Training Establishments 24 26 28
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 87 87 63
Total Not in tertiary study 245 300 274
Total Total 549 608 550

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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