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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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Universities 530 519 515
Female Polytechnics 51 53 48
Female Wānanga 27 19 20
Female Private Training Establishments 370 309 356
Female Targetted training 119 103 96
Female Industry training 65 48 62
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 741 832 801
Female Total 1,903 1,883 1,898
Male Universities 364 391 359
Male Polytechnics 34 37 31
Male Wānanga 28 17 25
Male Private Training Establishments 347 345 320
Male Targetted training 152 151 106
Male Industry training 210 191 220
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 929 1,018 897
Male Total 2,064 2,150 1,958
Māori Universities 179 199 193
Māori Polytechnics 32 31 16
Māori Wānanga 50 32 41
Māori Private Training Establishments 291 262 261
Māori Targetted training 176 165 122
Māori Industry training 100 93 92
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 834 919 910
Māori Total 1,662 1,701 1,635
Pacific Universities 26 29 22
Pacific Polytechnics 3 1 5
Pacific Wānanga 3 0 3
Pacific Private Training Establishments 43 25 36
Pacific Targetted training 13 14 7
Pacific Industry training 15 10 13
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 86 110 97
Pacific Total 189 189 183
Asian Universities 84 108 104
Asian Polytechnics 4 5 5
Asian Wānanga 1 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 34 32 38
Asian Targetted training 5 4 3
Asian Industry training 5 2 7
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 47 63 68
Asian Total 180 214 225
MELAA Universities 12 7 5
MELAA Polytechnics 1 0 0
MELAA Wānanga 1 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 2 6 2
MELAA Targetted training 1 0 1
MELAA Industry training 1 0 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 5 16 10
MELAA Total 23 29 18
Other Universities 32 27 29
Other Polytechnics 2 2 0
Other Wānanga 0 1 1
Other Private Training Establishments 26 17 21
Other Targetted training 5 7 8
Other Industry training 4 7 9
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 30 29 33
Other Total 99 90 101
European/Pākehā Universities 666 657 634
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 51 58 59
European/Pākehā Wānanga 7 5 9
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 453 413 429
European/Pākehā Targetted training 125 105 102
European/Pākehā Industry training 196 160 202
European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 915 1,007 926
European/Pākehā Total 2,413 2,405 2,361
Total Universities 894 910 874
Total Polytechnics 85 90 79
Total Wānanga 55 36 45
Total Private Training Establishments 717 654 676
Total Targetted training 271 254 202
Total Industry training 275 239 282
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,670 1,850 1,698
Total Total 3,967 4,033 3,856

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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Universities 544 545 538
Female Polytechnics 70 49 60
Female Wānanga 23 33 24
Female Private Training Establishments 284 331 259
Female Targetted training 44 27 28
Female Industry training 75 70 61
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 762 848 913
Female Total 1,802 1,903 1,883
Male Universities 409 377 401
Male Polytechnics 36 34 38
Male Wānanga 19 20 7
Male Private Training Establishments 250 235 239
Male Targetted training 55 54 40
Male Industry training 307 308 313
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 963 1,036 1,112
Male Total 2,039 2,064 2,150
Māori Universities 183 172 196
Māori Polytechnics 31 28 24
Māori Wānanga 39 50 27
Māori Private Training Establishments 194 233 188
Māori Targetted training 72 57 48
Māori Industry training 141 135 132
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 953 987 1,086
Māori Total 1,613 1,662 1,701
Pacific Universities 22 24 24
Pacific Polytechnics 6 3 4
Pacific Wānanga 2 1 2
Pacific Private Training Establishments 23 34 16
Pacific Targetted training 2 8 2
Pacific Industry training 10 17 14
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 89 102 127
Pacific Total 154 189 189
Asian Universities 94 91 110
Asian Polytechnics 6 5 8
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 29 26 29
Asian Targetted training 0 0 1
Asian Industry training 5 6 5
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 57 52 61
Asian Total 191 180 214
MELAA Universities 10 11 9
MELAA Polytechnics 0 0 0
MELAA Wānanga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 3 5 4
MELAA Targetted training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry training 1 2 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 7 5 16
MELAA Total 21 23 29
Other Universities 19 34 26
Other Polytechnics 3 0 1
Other Wānanga 1 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 12 23 13
Other Targetted training 2 2 2
Other Industry training 4 8 10
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 24 32 38
Other Total 65 99 90
European/Pākehā Universities 736 696 692
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 73 60 73
European/Pākehā Wānanga 7 6 7
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 343 341 314
European/Pākehā Targetted training 33 31 21
European/Pākehā Industry training 254 275 260
European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 902 1,004 1,038
European/Pākehā Total 2,348 2,413 2,405
Total Universities 953 922 939
Total Polytechnics 106 83 98
Total Wānanga 42 53 31
Total Private Training Establishments 534 566 498
Total Targetted training 99 81 68
Total Industry training 382 378 374
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,725 1,884 2,025
Total Total 3,841 3,967 4,033

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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