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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 other territorial authorities in this region by using the drop down menu above. For territorial authorities in other regions 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 537 518 534
Female Te Pukenga 187 172 208
Female Wananga 10 7 5
Female Private Training Establishments 115 141 171
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 36 38 35
Female Not in tertiary study 536 599 550
Female Total 1,421 1,475 1,503
Male Universities 389 411 426
Male Te Pukenga 213 188 225
Male Wananga 2 2 8
Male Private Training Establishments 109 113 117
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 205 153 138
Male Not in tertiary study 567 632 652
Male Total 1,485 1,499 1,566
Māori Universities 166 139 144
Māori Te Pukenga 86 68 115
Māori Wananga 12 8 13
Māori Private Training Establishments 91 116 142
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 70 62 60
Māori Not in tertiary study 471 553 484
Māori Total 896 946 958
Pacific Universities 45 54 46
Pacific Te Pukenga 33 40 41
Pacific Wananga 2 2 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 28 22 22
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 12 10 6
Pacific Not in tertiary study 132 140 138
Pacific Total 252 268 254
Asian Universities 203 243 239
Asian Te Pukenga 56 51 69
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 14 12 7
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 11 4 8
Asian Not in tertiary study 97 88 121
Asian Total 381 398 444
MELAA Universities 28 36 43
MELAA Te Pukenga 15 19 25
MELAA Wananga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 4 8 11
MELAA Targeted Training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 0 2 1
MELAA Not in tertiary study 32 30 31
MELAA Total 79 95 111
Other Universities 4 8 6
Other Te Pukenga 3 5 3
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 3 5 8
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 3 3 3
Other Not in tertiary study 13 16 22
Other Total 26 37 42
European/Pākehā Universities 632 605 645
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 287 237 262
European/Pākehā Wananga 6 1 7
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 137 150 176
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 186 151 132
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 607 689 702
European/Pākehā Total 1,855 1,833 1,924
Total Universities 926 929 960
Total Te Pukenga 400 360 433
Total Wananga 12 9 13
Total Private Training Establishments 224 254 288
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 241 191 173
Total Not in tertiary study 1,103 1,231 1,202
Total Total 2,906 2,974 3,069

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 478 509 521
Female Te Pukenga 167 158 170
Female Wananga 5 6 11
Female Private Training Establishments 70 102 111
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 43 46 35
Female Not in tertiary study 507 600 627
Female Total 1,270 1,421 1,475
Male Universities 360 358 400
Male Te Pukenga 138 121 135
Male Wananga 4 3 5
Male Private Training Establishments 31 48 70
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 235 262 188
Male Not in tertiary study 626 693 701
Male Total 1,394 1,485 1,499
Māori Universities 114 121 123
Māori Te Pukenga 77 59 71
Māori Wananga 8 7 15
Māori Private Training Establishments 45 65 75
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 67 83 60
Māori Not in tertiary study 509 561 602
Māori Total 820 896 946
Pacific Universities 39 34 47
Pacific Te Pukenga 28 17 26
Pacific Wananga 1 0 3
Pacific Private Training Establishments 11 22 21
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 11 20 11
Pacific Not in tertiary study 131 159 160
Pacific Total 221 252 268
Asian Universities 209 205 240
Asian Te Pukenga 41 44 41
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 11 16 10
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 21 18 10
Asian Not in tertiary study 70 98 97
Asian Total 352 381 398
MELAA Universities 27 34 41
MELAA Te Pukenga 9 12 16
MELAA Wananga 1 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 2 1 5
MELAA Targeted Training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 2 1 2
MELAA Not in tertiary study 26 31 31
MELAA Total 67 79 95
Other Universities 4 4 5
Other Te Pukenga 0 3 6
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 1 2
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 0 5 2
Other Not in tertiary study 11 13 22
Other Total 15 26 37
European/Pākehā Universities 550 591 606
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 202 197 195
European/Pākehā Wananga 3 3 5
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 50 83 107
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 221 239 182
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 605 742 738
European/Pākehā Total 1,631 1,855 1,833
Total Universities 838 867 921
Total Te Pukenga 305 279 305
Total Wananga 9 9 16
Total Private Training Establishments 101 150 181
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 278 308 223
Total Not in tertiary study 1,133 1,293 1,328
Total Total 2,664 2,906 2,974

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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