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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 63 64 61
Female Te Pukenga 43 48 51
Female Wananga 5 4 6
Female Private Training Establishments 23 31 31
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 19 19 6
Female Not in tertiary study 147 144 167
Female Total 300 310 322
Male Universities 51 52 46
Male Te Pukenga 73 59 72
Male Wananga 6 2 9
Male Private Training Establishments 24 27 28
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 36 48 32
Male Not in tertiary study 164 179 172
Male Total 354 367 359
Māori Universities 43 49 43
Māori Te Pukenga 75 73 82
Māori Wananga 11 6 14
Māori Private Training Establishments 40 49 53
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 27 38 25
Māori Not in tertiary study 258 236 267
Māori Total 454 451 484
Pacific Universities 3 3 3
Pacific Te Pukenga 5 8 6
Pacific Wananga 1 1 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 2 7 2
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 4 1 1
Pacific Not in tertiary study 19 24 25
Pacific Total 34 44 38
Asian Universities 6 2 7
Asian Te Pukenga 0 3 5
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 0 1
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 0 1 1
Asian Not in tertiary study 7 9 8
Asian Total 14 15 22
MELAA Universities x 3 x
MELAA Te Pukenga x 1 x
MELAA Wananga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 0 x
MELAA Targeted Training x 0 x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x 2 x
MELAA Not in tertiary study x 2 x
MELAA Total x 8 x
Other Universities x 1 x
Other Te Pukenga x 3 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 1 x
Other Total x 7 x
European/Pākehā Universities 84 84 76
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 50 38 66
European/Pākehā Wananga 1 2 3
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 12 15 18
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 34 44 22
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 89 120 96
European/Pākehā Total 270 303 281
Total Universities 114 116 107
Total Te Pukenga 116 107 123
Total Wananga 11 6 15
Total Private Training Establishments 47 58 59
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 55 67 38
Total Not in tertiary study 311 323 339
Total Total 654 677 681

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 55 61 63
Female Te Pukenga 28 44 35
Female Wananga 5 3 6
Female Private Training Establishments 13 22 20
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 19 14 14
Female Not in tertiary study 173 156 172
Female Total 293 300 310
Male Universities 53 48 44
Male Te Pukenga 38 47 34
Male Wananga 2 2 1
Male Private Training Establishments 19 11 22
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 54 53 60
Male Not in tertiary study 169 193 206
Male Total 335 354 367
Māori Universities 43 36 45
Māori Te Pukenga 40 57 41
Māori Wananga 7 5 7
Māori Private Training Establishments 27 30 35
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 52 42 40
Māori Not in tertiary study 265 284 283
Māori Total 434 454 451
Pacific Universities 0 3 1
Pacific Te Pukenga 2 4 8
Pacific Wananga 0 0 2
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 1 6
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 1 2 3
Pacific Not in tertiary study 24 24 24
Pacific Total 28 34 44
Asian Universities 6 8 2
Asian Te Pukenga 1 1 1
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 0 0 0
Asian Not in tertiary study 4 5 12
Asian Total 11 14 15
MELAA Universities x x 4
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 3
MELAA Not in tertiary study x x 1
MELAA Total x x 8
Other Universities x x 1
Other Te Pukenga x x 2
Other Wananga x x 0
Other Private Training Establishments x x 0
Other Targeted Training x x 0
Other Industry Training Organisations x x 2
Other Not in tertiary study x x 2
Other Total x x 7
European/Pākehā Universities 77 78 78
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 34 41 30
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 3 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 7 12 11
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 28 34 48
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 97 102 136
European/Pākehā Total 243 270 303
Total Universities 108 109 107
Total Te Pukenga 66 91 69
Total Wananga 7 5 7
Total Private Training Establishments 32 33 42
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 73 67 74
Total Not in tertiary study 342 349 378
Total Total 628 654 677

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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