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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 51 45 40
Female Polytechnics 1 7 9
Female Wananga 1 0 1
Female Private Training Establishments 32 28 38
Female Targetted training (including Y 3 14 5
Female Industry training (including Ap 4 3 5
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 51 69 77
Female Total 143 166 175
Male Universities 13 29 29
Male Polytechnics 1 2 0
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 31 36 25
Male Targetted training (including Y 6 11 7
Male Industry training (including Ap 10 16 20
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 96 94 91
Male Total 157 188 172
Māori Universities 6 14 15
Māori Polytechnics 1 4 3
Māori Wananga 0 0 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 15 24 21
Māori Targetted training (including Y 4 12 7
Māori Industry training (including Ap 6 3 9
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 59 65 69
Māori Total 91 122 125
Pacific Universities 0 3 2
Pacific Polytechnics 0 0 1
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 7 4 3
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 0 3 0
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 2 0 1
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 9 19 16
Pacific Total 18 29 23
Asian Universities 5 11 10
Asian Polytechnics 0 0 1
Asian Wananga 1 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 3 9 6
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 0 0
Asian Industry training (including Ap 0 0 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 1 7 12
Asian Total 10 27 29
MELAA Universities 0 x x
MELAA Polytechnics 0 x x
MELAA Wananga 0 x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 x x
MELAA Targetted training (including Y 0 x x
MELAA Industry training (including Ap 0 x x
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x x
MELAA Total 0 x x
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 (including Y 0 x x
Other Industry training (including Ap 0 x x
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x x
Other Total 0 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 55 52 57
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 2 7 5
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 46 41 47
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 8 14 7
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 10 16 18
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 101 102 118
NZ European/Pākehā Total 222 232 252
Total Universities 64 74 69
Total Polytechnics 2 9 9
Total Wananga 1 0 1
Total Private Training Establishments 63 64 63
Total Targetted training (including Y 9 25 12
Total Industry training (including Ap 14 19 25
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 147 163 168
Total Total 300 354 347

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 34 51 43
Female Polytechnics 7 4 8
Female Wananga 2 0 1
Female Private Training Establishments 26 22 22
Female Targetted training (including Y 1 2 1
Female Industry training (including Ap 5 7 1
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 78 57 90
Female Total 153 143 166
Male Universities 28 15 27
Male Polytechnics 5 2 3
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 22 19 22
Male Targetted training (including Y 2 3 2
Male Industry training (including Ap 22 19 24
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 86 99 110
Male Total 165 157 188
Māori Universities 2 5 13
Māori Polytechnics 2 2 4
Māori Wananga 1 0 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 11 11 9
Māori Targetted training (including Y 2 2 2
Māori Industry training (including Ap 4 6 7
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 72 65 86
Māori Total 94 91 122
Pacific Universities 1 1 2
Pacific Polytechnics 0 0 1
Pacific Wananga 1 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 3 3 4
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 0 1 0
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 2 3 1
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 18 10 21
Pacific Total 25 18 29
Asian Universities 11 7 10
Asian Polytechnics 1 0 1
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 9 1 7
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 0 0
Asian Industry training (including Ap 2 0 1
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 5 2 8
Asian Total 28 10 27
MELAA Universities x 0 x
MELAA Polytechnics x 0 x
MELAA Wananga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 0 x
MELAA Targetted training (including Y x 0 x
MELAA Industry training (including Ap x 0 x
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary x 0 x
MELAA Total x 0 x
Other Universities x 0 x
Other Polytechnics x 0 x
Other Wananga x 0 x
Other Private Training Establishments x 0 x
Other Targetted training (including Y x 0 x
Other Industry training (including Ap x 0 x
Other Not enrolled in tertiary x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 49 57 53
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 10 6 6
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 1 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 33 33 28
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 1 2 1
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 19 20 20
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 99 104 124
NZ European/Pākehā Total 212 222 232
Total Universities 62 66 70
Total Polytechnics 12 6 11
Total Wananga 2 0 1
Total Private Training Establishments 48 41 44
Total Targetted training (including Y 3 5 3
Total Industry training (including Ap 27 26 25
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 164 156 200
Total Total 318 300 354

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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