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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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Universities 42 39 49
Female Polytechnics 12 15 9
Female Wananga 2 5 2
Female Private Training Establishments 24 24 26
Female Targetted training 19 20 17
Female Industry training 4 12 7
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 92 98 102
Female Total 195 213 212
Male Universities 30 36 39
Male Polytechnics 10 7 11
Male Wananga 1 1 0
Male Private Training Establishments 26 27 30
Male Targetted training 7 17 18
Male Industry training 21 31 28
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 90 94 91
Male Total 185 213 217
Māori Universities 0 0 0
Māori Polytechnics 0 0 0
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Māori Targetted training 0 0 0
Māori Industry training 0 0 0
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 0
Māori Total 0 0 0
Pacific Universities 0 x x
Pacific Polytechnics 0 x x
Pacific Wananga 0 x x
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 x x
Pacific Targetted training 0 x x
Pacific Industry training 0 x x
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x x
Pacific Total 0 x x
Asian Universities 0 0 0
Asian Polytechnics 0 0 0
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Asian Targetted training 0 0 0
Asian Industry training 0 0 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 0
Asian Total 0 0 0
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Polytechnics x x x
MELAA Wananga x x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x x
MELAA Targetted training x x x
MELAA Industry training x x x
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Universities x x x
Other Polytechnics x x x
Other Wananga x x x
Other Private Training Establishments x x x
Other Targetted training x x x
Other Industry training x x x
Other Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
NZ European/Pākehā Universities x x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics x x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga x x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments x x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training x x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training x x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary x x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Total x x 0
Total Universities 72 75 88
Total Polytechnics 22 22 20
Total Wananga 3 6 2
Total Private Training Establishments 50 51 56
Total Targetted training 26 37 35
Total Industry training 25 43 35
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 182 192 193
Total Total 380 426 429

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 (2015-2017 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Universities 41 37 40
Female Polytechnics 14 14 19
Female Wananga 6 1 3
Female Private Training Establishments 18 25 25
Female Targetted training 3 6 6
Female Industry training 19 11 18
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 91 101 102
Female Total 192 195 213
Male Universities 38 32 33
Male Polytechnics 6 9 14
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 23 20 23
Male Targetted training 3 3 4
Male Industry training 27 37 39
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 95 84 100
Male Total 192 185 213
Māori Universities 0 x x
Māori Polytechnics 0 x x
Māori Wananga 6 x x
Māori Private Training Establishments 0 x x
Māori Targetted training 0 x x
Māori Industry training 0 x x
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x x
Māori Total 6 x x
Pacific Universities x 0 x
Pacific Polytechnics x 0 x
Pacific Wananga x 0 x
Pacific Private Training Establishments x 0 x
Pacific Targetted training x 0 x
Pacific Industry training x 0 x
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary x 0 x
Pacific Total x 0 x
Asian Universities 0 0 0
Asian Polytechnics 0 0 0
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Asian Targetted training 0 0 0
Asian Industry training 0 0 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 0
Asian Total 0 0 0
MELAA Universities 0 0 0
MELAA Polytechnics 0 0 0
MELAA Wananga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
MELAA Targetted training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry training 0 0 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 0
MELAA Total 0 0 0
Other Universities 0 x x
Other Polytechnics 0 x x
Other Wananga 0 x x
Other Private Training Establishments 0 x x
Other Targetted training 0 x x
Other Industry training 0 x x
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x x
Other Total 0 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Universities x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Total x 0 0
Total Universities 79 69 73
Total Polytechnics 20 23 33
Total Wananga 6 1 3
Total Private Training Establishments 41 45 48
Total Targetted training 6 9 10
Total Industry training 46 48 57
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 186 185 202
Total Total 384 380 426

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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