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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 5 8 5
Female Polytechnics 2 2 0
Female Wananga 0 3 3
Female Private Training Establishments 6 3 6
Female Targetted training (including Y 2 2 0
Female Industry training (including Ap 0 0 2
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 31 23 37
Female Total 46 41 53
Male Universities 2 2 1
Male Polytechnics 1 2 1
Male Wananga 3 3 2
Male Private Training Establishments 8 7 5
Male Targetted training (including Y 7 7 1
Male Industry training (including Ap 2 5 6
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 40 33 29
Male Total 63 59 45
Māori Universities 3 8 3
Māori Polytechnics 3 4 1
Māori Wananga 3 6 5
Māori Private Training Establishments 11 9 10
Māori Targetted training (including Y 8 8 0
Māori Industry training (including Ap 1 4 6
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 66 47 59
Māori Total 95 86 84
Pacific Universities 0 0 0
Pacific Polytechnics 1 0 0
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 2 0 2
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 2 0 0
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 0 0 0
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 3
Pacific Total 5 0 5
Asian Universities 0 x 0
Asian Polytechnics 0 x 0
Asian Wananga 0 x 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 x 0
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 x 0
Asian Industry training (including Ap 0 x 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x 0
Asian Total 0 x 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 (including Y 0 0 0
MELAA Industry training (including Ap 0 0 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 0
MELAA Total 0 0 0
Other Universities 0 x 0
Other Polytechnics 0 x 0
Other Wananga 0 x 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 x 0
Other Targetted training (including Y 0 x 0
Other Industry training (including Ap 0 x 0
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x 0
Other Total 0 x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 4 3 3
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 0 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 1
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 2 1 1
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 0 1 1
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 2 1 4
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 6 11 8
NZ European/Pākehā Total 14 17 18
Total Universities 7 10 6
Total Polytechnics 3 4 1
Total Wananga 3 6 5
Total Private Training Establishments 14 10 11
Total Targetted training (including Y 9 9 1
Total Industry training (including Ap 2 5 8
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 71 56 66
Total Total 109 100 98

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 7 5 7
Female Polytechnics 2 1 1
Female Wananga 5 2 3
Female Private Training Establishments 5 3 3
Female Targetted training (including Y 1 1 1
Female Industry training (including Ap 3 2 0
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 35 32 26
Female Total 58 46 41
Male Universities 3 2 1
Male Polytechnics 1 1 0
Male Wananga 2 2 1
Male Private Training Establishments 8 3 9
Male Targetted training (including Y 3 2 3
Male Industry training (including Ap 8 6 6
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 31 47 39
Male Total 56 63 59
Māori Universities 7 3 6
Māori Polytechnics 3 2 0
Māori Wananga 7 3 4
Māori Private Training Establishments 9 5 11
Māori Targetted training (including Y 4 1 3
Māori Industry training (including Ap 10 7 5
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 62 74 57
Māori Total 102 95 86
Pacific Universities x 0 0
Pacific Polytechnics x 0 0
Pacific Wananga x 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments x 0 0
Pacific Targetted training (including Y x 3 0
Pacific Industry training (including Ap x 0 0
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary x 2 0
Pacific Total x 5 0
Asian Universities 0 0 x
Asian Polytechnics 0 0 x
Asian Wananga 0 0 x
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 x
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 0 x
Asian Industry training (including Ap 0 0 x
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 x
Asian Total 0 0 x
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 (including Y 0 0 0
MELAA Industry training (including Ap 0 0 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 0
MELAA Total 0 0 0
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 3 4 3
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 1 0 1
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 1 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 1 1 1
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 0 0 1
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 1 3 1
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 4 5 10
NZ European/Pākehā Total 10 14 17
Total Universities 10 7 8
Total Polytechnics 3 2 1
Total Wananga 7 4 4
Total Private Training Establishments 13 6 12
Total Targetted training (including Y 4 3 4
Total Industry training (including Ap 11 8 6
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 66 79 65
Total Total 114 109 100

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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