Education Counts

Page navigation links

  • Education Counts Logo
  • Skip to Primary Navigation Menu
  • Skip to Secondary Navigation Menu
  • Skip to search
  • Skip to content

Site Search

Site Search

Site navigation menus

  • Know your Region
  • Communities of Learning
  • Find your nearest school
  • Early Learning Services
  • Directories
  • Publications
  • Indicators
  • Statistics
  • Topics
  • Data Services

Search the education counts website

Find pages with

Narrow results by:

North Island

  • Northland Region
  • Auckland Region
  • Waikato Region
  • Bay of Plenty Region
  • Gisborne Region
  • Hawke's Bay Region
  • Taranaki Region
  • Manawatu-Wanganui Region
  • Wellington Region

South Island

  • Tasman Region
  • Nelson Region
  • Marlborough Region
  • West Coast Region
  • Canterbury Region
  • Otago Region
  • Southland Region

Chatham Islands County

Districts in Hawke's Bay Region

  • Wairoa District
  • Hastings District
  • Napier City
  • Central Hawke's Bay District

Napier City

Home Close Menu
  • Know your Region
    • Territorial Authority Summary
    • Student Population
      • Year Level
      • Age
      • Trends
    • Early Childhood Education
    • Student Engagement
      • Stand-downs
      • Suspensions
      • Exclusions
    • Retention
    • School Qualifications
      • NCEA level 1
      • NCEA level 2
      • NCEA level 3
      • Vocational Pathway Awards
    • Progression to Tertiary
      • Qualification Level
      • Institution Type
    • 18-Year-Old Attainment
      • Age
      • Trends
    • Finances
    • Technical Notes / Definitions
  • Communities of Learning
  • Find your nearest school
  • Early Learning Services
  • Directories
  • Publications
  • Indicators
  • Statistics
  • Topics
  • Data Services

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 127 154 156
Female Polytechnics 94 99 78
Female Wananga 5 4 1
Female Private Training Establishments 31 26 24
Female Targetted training (including Y 14 23 17
Female Industry training (including Ap 19 11 21
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 198 187 207
Female Total 488 504 504
Male Universities 89 91 103
Male Polytechnics 60 61 60
Male Wananga 1 3 0
Male Private Training Establishments 16 11 10
Male Targetted training (including Y 43 44 43
Male Industry training (including Ap 50 55 43
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 171 170 161
Male Total 430 435 420
Māori Universities 43 58 62
Māori Polytechnics 50 46 44
Māori Wananga 5 7 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 21 16 13
Māori Targetted training (including Y 26 27 19
Māori Industry training (including Ap 27 24 22
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 140 140 167
Māori Total 312 318 328
Pacific Universities 6 8 8
Pacific Polytechnics 10 9 9
Pacific Wananga 0 1 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 2 5 4
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 1 3 0
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 1 3 0
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 29 22 16
Pacific Total 49 51 37
Asian Universities 13 20 11
Asian Polytechnics 5 5 6
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 1 0
Asian Targetted training (including Y 1 1 0
Asian Industry training (including Ap 1 0 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 9 7 6
Asian Total 30 34 23
MELAA Universities 2 x 0
MELAA Polytechnics 1 x 1
MELAA Wananga 0 x 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 x 0
MELAA Targetted training (including Y 0 x 0
MELAA Industry training (including Ap 2 x 1
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 6 x 3
MELAA Total 11 x 5
Other Universities 0 x 1
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 4
Other Total 0 x 5
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 176 180 215
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 111 110 95
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 1 1 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 32 20 18
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 37 46 42
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 49 50 52
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 234 240 238
NZ European/Pākehā Total 640 647 660
Total Universities 216 245 259
Total Polytechnics 154 160 138
Total Wananga 6 7 1
Total Private Training Establishments 47 37 34
Total Targetted training (including Y 57 67 60
Total Industry training (including Ap 69 66 64
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 369 357 368
Total Total 918 939 924

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 140 138 158
Female Polytechnics 81 79 99
Female Wananga 2 1 1
Female Private Training Establishments 23 33 25
Female Targetted training (including Y 12 9 8
Female Industry training (including Ap 9 18 9
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 189 210 204
Female Total 456 488 504
Male Universities 82 92 98
Male Polytechnics 52 56 48
Male Wananga 1 1 1
Male Private Training Establishments 13 12 16
Male Targetted training (including Y 18 8 10
Male Industry training (including Ap 57 62 77
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 196 199 185
Male Total 419 430 435
Māori Universities 39 37 54
Māori Polytechnics 41 51 41
Māori Wananga 3 2 2
Māori Private Training Establishments 17 17 14
Māori Targetted training (including Y 15 7 9
Māori Industry training (including Ap 17 23 30
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 148 175 168
Māori Total 280 312 318
Pacific Universities 5 7 8
Pacific Polytechnics 4 3 5
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 1 4 4
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 0 0 1
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 1 3 6
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 15 32 27
Pacific Total 26 49 51
Asian Universities 10 12 21
Asian Polytechnics 3 6 4
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 2 1
Asian Targetted training (including Y 1 0 1
Asian Industry training (including Ap 0 1 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 5 9 7
Asian Total 20 30 34
MELAA Universities x 2 x
MELAA Polytechnics x 1 x
MELAA Wananga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 2 x
MELAA Targetted training (including Y x 0 x
MELAA Industry training (including Ap x 1 x
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary x 5 x
MELAA Total x 11 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 189 191 194
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 99 100 110
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 22 25 25
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 16 12 10
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 57 62 67
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 258 250 241
NZ European/Pākehā Total 641 640 647
Total Universities 222 230 256
Total Polytechnics 133 135 147
Total Wananga 3 2 2
Total Private Training Establishments 36 45 41
Total Targetted training (including Y 30 17 18
Total Industry training (including Ap 66 80 86
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 385 409 389
Total Total 875 918 939

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.

Site information

  • Site map
  • Contact us
  • Feedback
  • About this site
  • Glossary
  • Accessibility
  • Copyright, Legal & Privacy
  • Links
  • © Education Counts 2022
  • Ministry of Education logo.
  • New Zealand Government logo.
Scroll to top of page