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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 58 45 48
Female Te Pukenga 31 20 35
Female Wananga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 6 10 11
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 12 9 10
Female Not in tertiary study 100 106 120
Female Total 207 190 224
Male Universities 47 39 34
Male Te Pukenga 29 36 39
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 4 2 4
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 46 50 40
Male Not in tertiary study 116 118 129
Male Total 242 245 246
Māori Universities 13 8 8
Māori Te Pukenga 17 12 18
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 2 3 3
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 12 13 13
Māori Not in tertiary study 56 57 78
Māori Total 100 93 120
Pacific Universities 7 9 2
Pacific Te Pukenga 4 3 2
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 1 0
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 1 5 4
Pacific Not in tertiary study 13 18 24
Pacific Total 26 36 32
Asian Universities 4 5 8
Asian Te Pukenga 0 1 0
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 0 2 0
Asian Not in tertiary study 8 7 19
Asian Total 12 15 27
MELAA Universities 4 x x
MELAA Te Pukenga 3 x x
MELAA Wananga 0 x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments 1 x x
MELAA Targeted Training 0 x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 2 x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study 4 x x
MELAA Total 14 x x
Other Universities 2 x x
Other Te Pukenga 0 x x
Other Wananga 0 x x
Other Private Training Establishments 0 x x
Other Targeted Training 0 x x
Other Industry Training Organisations 2 x x
Other Not in tertiary study 3 x x
Other Total 7 x x
European/Pākehā Universities 93 66 70
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 49 47 67
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 8 8 14
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 48 54 46
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 172 182 198
European/Pākehā Total 370 357 395
Total Universities 105 84 82
Total Te Pukenga 60 56 74
Total Wananga 0 0 0
Total Private Training Establishments 10 12 15
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 58 59 50
Total Not in tertiary study 216 224 249
Total Total 449 435 470

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 59 62 46
Female Te Pukenga 25 30 22
Female Wananga 0 1 0
Female Private Training Establishments 8 3 10
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 11 16 11
Female Not in tertiary study 110 95 101
Female Total 213 207 190
Male Universities 46 52 40
Male Te Pukenga 19 28 18
Male Wananga 0 0 1
Male Private Training Establishments 3 1 4
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 61 54 56
Male Not in tertiary study 109 107 126
Male Total 238 242 245
Māori Universities 13 12 9
Māori Te Pukenga 8 12 12
Māori Wananga 0 1 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 3 0 1
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 17 16 12
Māori Not in tertiary study 61 59 59
Māori Total 102 100 93
Pacific Universities 3 9 10
Pacific Te Pukenga 3 1 1
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 0 1
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 0 3 4
Pacific Not in tertiary study 19 13 20
Pacific Total 25 26 36
Asian Universities 8 6 5
Asian Te Pukenga 3 0 1
Asian Wananga 0 0 1
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 0 0
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 1 0 1
Asian Not in tertiary study 13 6 7
Asian Total 26 12 15
MELAA Universities x 4 x
MELAA Te Pukenga x 4 x
MELAA Wananga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 0 x
MELAA Targeted Training x 0 x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x 1 x
MELAA Not in tertiary study x 5 x
MELAA Total x 14 x
Other Universities x 1 x
Other Te Pukenga x 0 x
Other Wananga x 0 x
Other Private Training Establishments x 0 x
Other Targeted Training x 0 x
Other Industry Training Organisations x 2 x
Other Not in tertiary study x 4 x
Other Total x 7 x
European/Pākehā Universities 88 97 67
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 37 48 36
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 1 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 9 4 11
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 67 60 63
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 172 160 180
European/Pākehā Total 373 370 357
Total Universities 105 114 86
Total Te Pukenga 44 58 40
Total Wananga 0 1 1
Total Private Training Establishments 11 4 14
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 72 70 67
Total Not in tertiary study 219 202 227
Total Total 451 449 435

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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