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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 34 57 57
Female Polytechnics 13 9 9
Female Wananga 11 6 9
Female Private Training Establishments 48 44 48
Female Targetted training (including Y 12 12 14
Female Industry training (including Ap 6 9 10
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 117 132 133
Female Total 241 269 280
Male Universities 27 37 35
Male Polytechnics 11 6 7
Male Wananga 9 7 5
Male Private Training Establishments 32 26 38
Male Targetted training (including Y 16 21 19
Male Industry training (including Ap 40 23 43
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 150 153 155
Male Total 285 273 302
Māori Universities 15 28 39
Māori Polytechnics 13 6 7
Māori Wananga 20 12 12
Māori Private Training Establishments 59 46 55
Māori Targetted training (including Y 25 28 29
Māori Industry training (including Ap 22 17 21
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 167 198 201
Māori Total 321 335 364
Pacific Universities 1 1 2
Pacific Polytechnics 1 0 0
Pacific Wananga 0 0 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 2 3 3
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 0 1 0
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 4 1 1
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 5 9 9
Pacific Total 13 15 16
Asian Universities 4 7 1
Asian Polytechnics 1 0 1
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 3 1 2
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 0 1
Asian Industry training (including Ap 0 0 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 6 10 9
Asian Total 14 18 14
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 47 70 59
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 12 10 11
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 1 4
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 25 31 42
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 8 10 3
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 29 16 36
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 121 104 126
NZ European/Pākehā Total 242 242 281
Total Universities 61 94 92
Total Polytechnics 24 15 16
Total Wananga 20 13 14
Total Private Training Establishments 80 70 86
Total Targetted training (including Y 28 33 33
Total Industry training (including Ap 46 32 53
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 267 285 288
Total Total 526 542 582

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 48 34 58
Female Polytechnics 14 6 9
Female Wananga 7 11 7
Female Private Training Establishments 35 54 32
Female Targetted training (including Y 7 2 4
Female Industry training (including Ap 7 8 8
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 123 126 151
Female Total 241 241 269
Male Universities 33 30 41
Male Polytechnics 6 11 4
Male Wananga 8 8 3
Male Private Training Establishments 31 32 24
Male Targetted training (including Y 12 11 5
Male Industry training (including Ap 58 54 37
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 145 139 159
Male Total 293 285 273
Māori Universities 27 16 29
Māori Polytechnics 9 6 6
Māori Wananga 13 18 10
Māori Private Training Establishments 42 59 35
Māori Targetted training (including Y 18 13 9
Māori Industry training (including Ap 30 34 24
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 174 175 222
Māori Total 313 321 335
Pacific Universities 0 1 1
Pacific Polytechnics 2 1 1
Pacific Wananga 1 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 4 3 0
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 0 0 0
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 0 2 2
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 7 6 11
Pacific Total 14 13 15
Asian Universities 4 5 8
Asian Polytechnics 1 2 0
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 2 1
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 0 0
Asian Industry training (including Ap 1 0 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 7 5 9
Asian Total 13 14 18
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 62 50 72
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 11 10 10
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 3 2 1
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 31 32 25
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 3 3 1
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 41 40 23
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 118 105 110
NZ European/Pākehā Total 269 242 242
Total Universities 81 64 99
Total Polytechnics 20 17 13
Total Wananga 15 19 10
Total Private Training Establishments 66 86 56
Total Targetted training (including Y 19 13 9
Total Industry training (including Ap 65 62 45
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 268 265 310
Total Total 534 526 542

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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