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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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Universities 39 49 42
Female Polytechnics 15 9 9
Female Wananga 5 2 0
Female Private Training Establishments 24 26 37
Female Targetted training (including Y 21 18 21
Female Industry training (including Ap 12 7 12
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 96 101 93
Female Total 212 212 214
Male Universities 36 39 19
Male Polytechnics 7 11 9
Male Wananga 1 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 27 30 26
Male Targetted training (including Y 16 18 15
Male Industry training (including Ap 30 28 43
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 94 91 125
Male Total 211 217 237
Māori Universities 13 15 16
Māori Polytechnics 8 7 4
Māori Wananga 5 2 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 21 24 30
Māori Targetted training (including Y 22 21 26
Māori Industry training (including Ap 14 10 22
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 82 92 124
Māori Total 165 171 222
Pacific Universities 0 2 3
Pacific Polytechnics 1 0 2
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 2 1 2
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 1 2 1
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 1 2 3
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 10 10 11
Pacific Total 15 17 22
Asian Universities 9 13 7
Asian Polytechnics 1 3 1
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 2 0 3
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 0 0
Asian Industry training (including Ap 0 0 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 6 6 4
Asian Total 18 22 15
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 (including Y x x x
MELAA Industry training (including Ap 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 (including Y x x x
Other Industry training (including Ap x x x
Other Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 61 66 46
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 17 13 12
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 1 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 32 32 39
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 18 17 19
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 32 27 37
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 124 124 116
NZ European/Pākehā Total 285 279 269
Total Universities 75 88 61
Total Polytechnics 22 20 18
Total Wananga 6 2 0
Total Private Training Establishments 51 56 63
Total Targetted training (including Y 37 36 36
Total Industry training (including Ap 42 35 55
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 190 192 218
Total Total 423 429 451

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 37 40 50
Female Polytechnics 13 19 8
Female Wananga 1 3 1
Female Private Training Establishments 25 25 27
Female Targetted training (including Y 6 7 7
Female Industry training (including Ap 11 18 11
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 99 100 108
Female Total 192 212 212
Male Universities 32 33 33
Male Polytechnics 9 14 12
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 20 23 18
Male Targetted training (including Y 3 3 3
Male Industry training (including Ap 37 38 42
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 84 100 109
Male Total 185 211 217
Māori Universities 8 13 11
Māori Polytechnics 4 11 7
Māori Wananga 1 3 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 15 14 17
Māori Targetted training (including Y 7 9 5
Māori Industry training (including Ap 12 23 13
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 102 92 117
Māori Total 149 165 171
Pacific Universities 0 0 1
Pacific Polytechnics 1 1 0
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 2 3 0
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 2 0 0
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 1 1 3
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 4 10 13
Pacific Total 10 15 17
Asian Universities 7 9 13
Asian Polytechnics 2 1 2
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 1 1
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 0 0
Asian Industry training (including Ap 0 0 1
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 0 7 5
Asian Total 10 18 22
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 (including Y x x x
MELAA Industry training (including Ap 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 (including Y x x x
Other Industry training (including Ap x x x
Other Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 59 59 65
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 19 25 15
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 31 34 30
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 3 4 6
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 39 43 43
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 105 120 120
NZ European/Pākehā Total 256 285 279
Total Universities 69 73 83
Total Polytechnics 22 33 20
Total Wananga 1 3 1
Total Private Training Establishments 45 48 45
Total Targetted training (including Y 9 10 10
Total Industry training (including Ap 48 56 53
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 183 200 217
Total Total 377 423 429

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.

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