Waikato 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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Universities 928 939 906
Female Te Pukenga 381 376 407
Female Wananga 13 15 13
Female Private Training Establishments 252 285 337
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 114 125 89
Female Not in tertiary study 1,318 1,415 1,251
Female Total 3,006 3,155 3,003
Male Universities 632 624 624
Male Te Pukenga 382 326 393
Male Wananga 3 5 18
Male Private Training Establishments 174 227 242
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 590 441 370
Male Not in tertiary study 1,471 1,479 1,537
Male Total 3,252 3,102 3,184
Māori Universities 284 257 228
Māori Te Pukenga 209 172 244
Māori Wananga 16 18 27
Māori Private Training Establishments 177 215 258
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 223 161 146
Māori Not in tertiary study 1,334 1,356 1,238
Māori Total 2,243 2,179 2,141
Pacific Universities 70 72 63
Pacific Te Pukenga 51 56 67
Pacific Wananga 2 4 2
Pacific Private Training Establishments 37 43 41
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 32 27 21
Pacific Not in tertiary study 248 255 235
Pacific Total 440 457 429
Asian Universities 257 308 302
Asian Te Pukenga 79 66 95
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 17 23 23
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 16 12 12
Asian Not in tertiary study 131 129 180
Asian Total 500 538 612
MELAA Universities 35 41 54
MELAA Te Pukenga 19 20 29
MELAA Wananga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 6 13 13
MELAA Targeted Training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 4 4 2
MELAA Not in tertiary study 43 51 42
MELAA Total 107 129 140
Other Universities 8 12 7
Other Te Pukenga 5 6 9
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 5 11 8
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 6 4 4
Other Not in tertiary study 25 21 31
Other Total 49 54 59
European/Pākehā Universities 1,145 1,104 1,111
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 549 494 513
European/Pākehā Wananga 6 3 12
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 273 321 365
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 537 457 356
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 1,585 1,650 1,680
European/Pākehā Total 4,095 4,029 4,037
Total Universities 1,560 1,563 1,530
Total Te Pukenga 763 702 800
Total Wananga 16 20 31
Total Private Training Establishments 426 512 579
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 704 566 459
Total Not in tertiary study 2,789 2,894 2,788
Total Total 6,258 6,257 6,187

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 835 874 923
Female Te Pukenga 345 323 350
Female Wananga 9 19 20
Female Private Training Establishments 181 199 240
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 126 123 129
Female Not in tertiary study 1,228 1,468 1,493
Female Total 2,724 3,006 3,155
Male Universities 557 577 601
Male Te Pukenga 236 241 232
Male Wananga 7 4 12
Male Private Training Establishments 84 91 139
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 657 700 520
Male Not in tertiary study 1,471 1,639 1,598
Male Total 3,012 3,252 3,102
Māori Universities 218 222 221
Māori Te Pukenga 148 142 165
Māori Wananga 14 21 29
Māori Private Training Establishments 117 119 153
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 212 243 173
Māori Not in tertiary study 1,315 1,496 1,438
Māori Total 2,024 2,243 2,179
Pacific Universities 52 55 62
Pacific Te Pukenga 40 30 42
Pacific Wananga 1 0 4
Pacific Private Training Establishments 23 32 36
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 31 41 33
Pacific Not in tertiary study 238 282 280
Pacific Total 385 440 457
Asian Universities 259 263 302
Asian Te Pukenga 53 60 55
Asian Wananga 0 1 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 15 20 21
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 34 26 20
Asian Not in tertiary study 101 130 140
Asian Total 462 500 538
MELAA Universities 37 39 46
MELAA Te Pukenga 12 14 18
MELAA Wananga 1 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 3 1 12
MELAA Targeted Training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 5 4 6
MELAA Not in tertiary study 34 49 47
MELAA Total 92 107 129
Other Universities 4 9 9
Other Te Pukenga 2 5 7
Other Wananga 0 0 1
Other Private Training Establishments 1 4 3
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 2 7 3
Other Not in tertiary study 21 24 31
Other Total 30 49 54
European/Pākehā Universities 1,002 1,060 1,087
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 407 422 393
European/Pākehā Wananga 4 6 11
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 158 176 231
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 615 637 529
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 1,514 1,794 1,778
European/Pākehā Total 3,700 4,095 4,029
Total Universities 1,392 1,451 1,524
Total Te Pukenga 581 564 582
Total Wananga 16 23 32
Total Private Training Establishments 265 290 379
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 783 823 649
Total Not in tertiary study 2,699 3,107 3,091
Total Total 5,736 6,258 6,257

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.