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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 127 133 97
Female Polytechnics 11 11 8
Female Wananga 5 5 3
Female Private Training Establishments 93 83 72
Female Targetted training (including Y 32 28 31
Female Industry training (including Ap 32 21 17
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 205 248 193
Female Total 505 529 421
Male Universities 115 91 66
Male Polytechnics 7 8 4
Male Wananga 7 4 9
Male Private Training Establishments 77 99 79
Male Targetted training (including Y 30 29 18
Male Industry training (including Ap 63 56 49
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 253 278 251
Male Total 552 565 476
Māori Universities 87 69 57
Māori Polytechnics 11 9 0
Māori Wananga 10 9 12
Māori Private Training Establishments 94 100 86
Māori Targetted training (including Y 54 49 34
Māori Industry training (including Ap 46 38 27
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 263 325 291
Māori Total 565 599 507
Pacific Universities 13 12 7
Pacific Polytechnics 0 1 1
Pacific Wananga 2 0 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 10 8 8
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 4 6 5
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 5 8 5
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 39 43 36
Pacific Total 73 78 63
Asian Universities 25 43 29
Asian Polytechnics 0 1 1
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 7 8 10
Asian Targetted training (including Y 1 0 1
Asian Industry training (including Ap 2 1 4
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 21 24 17
Asian Total 56 77 62
MELAA Universities 6 x 3
MELAA Polytechnics 0 x 0
MELAA Wananga 0 x 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 x 1
MELAA Targetted training (including Y 0 x 0
MELAA Industry training (including Ap 0 x 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 1 x 2
MELAA Total 7 x 6
Other Universities 1 x 0
Other Polytechnics 1 x 0
Other Wananga 0 x 0
Other Private Training Establishments 2 x 1
Other Targetted training (including Y 0 x 0
Other Industry training (including Ap 0 x 1
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 2 x 3
Other Total 6 x 5
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 153 141 94
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 10 12 10
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 2 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 105 97 75
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 15 16 24
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 59 49 43
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 214 247 211
NZ European/Pākehā Total 558 562 457
Total Universities 242 224 163
Total Polytechnics 18 19 12
Total Wananga 12 9 12
Total Private Training Establishments 170 182 151
Total Targetted training (including Y 62 57 49
Total Industry training (including Ap 95 77 66
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 458 526 444
Total Total 1,057 1,094 897

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 122 132 130
Female Polytechnics 18 17 12
Female Wananga 4 12 7
Female Private Training Establishments 66 75 68
Female Targetted training (including Y 10 8 10
Female Industry training (including Ap 24 28 29
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 214 233 273
Female Total 458 505 529
Male Universities 90 112 93
Male Polytechnics 10 7 18
Male Wananga 5 4 3
Male Private Training Establishments 42 52 68
Male Targetted training (including Y 15 11 5
Male Industry training (including Ap 78 87 83
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 279 279 295
Male Total 519 552 565
Māori Universities 72 83 70
Māori Polytechnics 9 13 9
Māori Wananga 9 16 8
Māori Private Training Establishments 55 73 71
Māori Targetted training (including Y 20 18 13
Māori Industry training (including Ap 50 50 48
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 342 312 380
Māori Total 557 565 599
Pacific Universities 8 8 9
Pacific Polytechnics 2 1 1
Pacific Wananga 0 1 2
Pacific Private Training Establishments 7 8 6
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 0 1 2
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 6 5 7
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 38 49 51
Pacific Total 61 73 78
Asian Universities 29 25 44
Asian Polytechnics 3 1 2
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 9 11 9
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 0 0
Asian Industry training (including Ap 0 2 2
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 14 17 20
Asian Total 55 56 77
MELAA Universities x 5 x
MELAA Polytechnics x 0 x
MELAA Wananga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 1 x
MELAA Targetted training (including Y x 0 x
MELAA Industry training (including Ap x 1 x
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary x 0 x
MELAA Total x 7 x
Other Universities x 1 x
Other Polytechnics x 0 x
Other Wananga x 0 x
Other Private Training Establishments x 1 x
Other Targetted training (including Y x 0 x
Other Industry training (including Ap x 0 x
Other Not enrolled in tertiary x 4 x
Other Total x 6 x
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 135 161 138
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 18 16 22
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 2 2 4
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 52 66 74
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 9 6 3
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 60 78 77
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 223 229 244
NZ European/Pākehā Total 499 558 562
Total Universities 212 244 223
Total Polytechnics 28 24 30
Total Wananga 9 16 10
Total Private Training Establishments 108 127 136
Total Targetted training (including Y 25 19 15
Total Industry training (including Ap 102 115 112
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 493 512 568
Total Total 977 1,057 1,094

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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