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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 43 66 68
Female Polytechnics 41 45 37
Female Wananga 13 3 4
Female Private Training Establishments 27 11 13
Female Targetted training (including Y 27 21 26
Female Industry training (including Ap 9 13 12
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 153 168 179
Female Total 313 327 339
Male Universities 35 46 41
Male Polytechnics 57 59 52
Male Wananga 13 4 5
Male Private Training Establishments 11 13 6
Male Targetted training (including Y 46 28 36
Male Industry training (including Ap 35 35 40
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 137 160 157
Male Total 334 345 337
Māori Universities 37 55 36
Māori Polytechnics 67 76 58
Māori Wananga 23 7 8
Māori Private Training Establishments 24 16 16
Māori Targetted training (including Y 63 37 53
Māori Industry training (including Ap 27 30 34
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 220 241 250
Māori Total 461 462 455
Pacific Universities 2 0 0
Pacific Polytechnics 2 7 4
Pacific Wananga 1 1 2
Pacific Private Training Establishments 5 0 1
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 1 5 4
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 3 0 1
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 8 25 24
Pacific Total 22 38 36
Asian Universities 2 4 8
Asian Polytechnics 0 0 3
Asian Wananga 1 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 1 0
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 0 2
Asian Industry training (including Ap 0 0 1
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 5 4 6
Asian Total 8 9 20
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 45 70 82
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 44 33 39
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 4 1 1
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 13 11 8
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 20 15 12
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 24 24 22
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 88 103 109
NZ European/Pākehā Total 238 257 273
Total Universities 78 112 109
Total Polytechnics 98 104 89
Total Wananga 26 7 9
Total Private Training Establishments 38 24 19
Total Targetted training (including Y 73 49 62
Total Industry training (including Ap 44 48 52
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 290 328 336
Total Total 647 672 676

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 56 47 70
Female Polytechnics 47 41 43
Female Wananga 14 6 3
Female Private Training Establishments 25 22 10
Female Targetted training (including Y 6 5 6
Female Industry training (including Ap 15 14 17
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 177 178 178
Female Total 340 313 327
Male Universities 47 32 53
Male Polytechnics 44 43 44
Male Wananga 8 9 2
Male Private Training Establishments 15 12 10
Male Targetted training (including Y 25 15 16
Male Industry training (including Ap 57 48 58
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 188 175 162
Male Total 384 334 345
Māori Universities 40 34 58
Māori Polytechnics 54 60 61
Māori Wananga 22 12 5
Māori Private Training Establishments 27 21 11
Māori Targetted training (including Y 22 14 17
Māori Industry training (including Ap 43 38 50
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 278 282 260
Māori Total 486 461 462
Pacific Universities 3 3 1
Pacific Polytechnics 7 1 6
Pacific Wananga 0 1 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 6 4 0
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 2 3 1
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 3 0 2
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 18 10 27
Pacific Total 39 22 38
Asian Universities 2 2 3
Asian Polytechnics 1 0 1
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 1
Asian Targetted training (including Y 1 0 1
Asian Industry training (including Ap 1 0 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 5 6 3
Asian Total 10 8 9
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 64 48 78
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 38 38 30
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 1 2 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 15 13 11
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 11 4 8
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 30 35 31
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 115 98 99
NZ European/Pākehā Total 274 238 257
Total Universities 103 79 123
Total Polytechnics 91 84 87
Total Wananga 22 15 5
Total Private Training Establishments 40 34 20
Total Targetted training (including Y 31 20 22
Total Industry training (including Ap 72 62 75
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 365 353 340
Total Total 724 647 672

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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