Nelson 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 124 111 131
Female Polytechnics 62 93 66
Female Wānanga 0 0 1
Female Private Training Establishments 19 10 28
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 14 13 12
Female Not in tertiary study 136 135 119
Female Total 355 362 357
Male Universities 117 71 86
Male Polytechnics 84 79 69
Male Wānanga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 11 18 33
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 39 25 42
Male Not in tertiary study 174 144 166
Male Total 425 337 396
Māori Universities 26 14 27
Māori Polytechnics 29 30 38
Māori Wānanga 0 0 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 7 6 15
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 12 5 6
Māori Not in tertiary study 69 46 53
Māori Total 143 101 140
Pacific Universities 0 7 5
Pacific Polytechnics 2 10 5
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 1 4
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 1 1 3
Pacific Not in tertiary study 22 11 19
Pacific Total 26 30 36
Asian Universities 19 10 25
Asian Polytechnics 15 17 6
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 2 1 5
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 2 2 5
Asian Not in tertiary study 23 24 39
Asian Total 61 54 80
MELAA Universities 3 x x
MELAA Polytechnics 5 x x
MELAA Wānanga 0 x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments 3 x x
MELAA Targeted Training 0 x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 0 x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study 9 x x
MELAA Total 20 x x
Other Universities 1 x x
Other Polytechnics 1 x x
Other Wānanga 0 x x
Other Private Training Establishments 1 x x
Other Targeted Training 0 x x
Other Industry Training Organisations 0 x x
Other Not in tertiary study 2 x x
Other Total 5 x x
European/Pākehā Universities 218 169 186
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 118 136 117
European/Pākehā Wānanga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 24 25 49
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 49 35 45
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 244 238 212
European/Pākehā Total 653 603 609
Total Universities 241 182 217
Total Polytechnics 146 172 135
Total Wānanga 0 0 1
Total Private Training Establishments 30 28 61
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 53 38 54
Total Not in tertiary study 310 279 285
Total Total 780 699 753

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 135 129 125
Female Polytechnics 49 67 71
Female Wānanga 2 2 0
Female Private Training Establishments 13 12 9
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 12 13 11
Female Not in tertiary study 150 132 146
Female Total 361 355 362
Male Universities 108 108 75
Male Polytechnics 53 55 53
Male Wānanga 0 1 0
Male Private Training Establishments 5 12 11
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 64 53 26
Male Not in tertiary study 203 196 172
Male Total 433 425 337
Māori Universities 22 24 17
Māori Polytechnics 18 13 15
Māori Wānanga 2 2 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 4 6 5
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 16 14 3
Māori Not in tertiary study 79 84 61
Māori Total 141 143 101
Pacific Universities 2 0 9
Pacific Polytechnics 3 6 4
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 2 3
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 4 1 0
Pacific Not in tertiary study 17 17 14
Pacific Total 27 26 30
Asian Universities 26 21 11
Asian Polytechnics 3 12 12
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 2 4 0
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 6 1 2
Asian Not in tertiary study 29 23 29
Asian Total 66 61 54
MELAA Universities x 4 x
MELAA Polytechnics x 2 x
MELAA Wānanga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 1 x
MELAA Targeted Training x 0 x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x 1 x
MELAA Not in tertiary study x 12 x
MELAA Total x 20 x
Other Universities x 1 x
Other Polytechnics x 1 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 3 x
Other Total x 5 x
European/Pākehā Universities 214 210 185
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 87 102 101
European/Pākehā Wānanga 1 1 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 13 18 18
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 64 62 34
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 285 260 265
European/Pākehā Total 664 653 603
Total Universities 243 237 200
Total Polytechnics 102 122 124
Total Wānanga 2 3 0
Total Private Training Establishments 18 24 20
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 76 66 37
Total Not in tertiary study 353 328 318
Total Total 794 780 699

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.