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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 21 18 16
Female Polytechnics 15 14 16
Female Wananga 0 0 1
Female Private Training Establishments 5 7 6
Female Targetted training (including Y 7 8 4
Female Industry training (including Ap 2 6 3
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 33 45 35
Female Total 83 98 81
Male Universities 8 3 3
Male Polytechnics 7 12 12
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 7 5 3
Male Targetted training (including Y 10 4 1
Male Industry training (including Ap 13 10 10
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 23 26 27
Male Total 68 60 56
Māori Universities 3 3 0
Māori Polytechnics 3 8 10
Māori Wananga 0 0 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 3 4 2
Māori Targetted training (including Y 5 2 1
Māori Industry training (including Ap 3 1 2
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 18 26 20
Māori Total 35 44 36
Pacific Universities x x 0
Pacific Polytechnics x x 0
Pacific Wananga x x 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments x x 0
Pacific Targetted training (including Y x x 0
Pacific Industry training (including Ap x x 0
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary x x 0
Pacific Total x x 0
Asian Universities 2 x x
Asian Polytechnics 3 x x
Asian Wananga 0 x x
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 x x
Asian Targetted training (including Y 0 x x
Asian Industry training (including Ap 0 x x
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x x
Asian Total 5 x x
MELAA Universities 0 x 0
MELAA Polytechnics 0 x 0
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 0 x 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x 0
MELAA Total 0 x 0
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 27 19 19
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 17 19 20
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 10 8 7
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 13 12 4
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 14 16 11
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 44 52 52
NZ European/Pākehā Total 125 126 113
Total Universities 29 21 19
Total Polytechnics 22 26 28
Total Wananga 0 0 1
Total Private Training Establishments 12 12 9
Total Targetted training (including Y 17 12 5
Total Industry training (including Ap 15 16 13
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 56 71 62
Total Total 151 158 137

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 20 21 14
Female Polytechnics 12 18 11
Female Wananga 0 0 1
Female Private Training Establishments 3 9 3
Female Targetted training (including Y 3 2 2
Female Industry training (including Ap 11 3 8
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 30 30 59
Female Total 79 83 98
Male Universities 10 8 4
Male Polytechnics 10 7 7
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 2 3 4
Male Targetted training (including Y 3 1 2
Male Industry training (including Ap 12 13 11
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 29 36 32
Male Total 66 68 60
Māori Universities 2 4 1
Māori Polytechnics 7 5 7
Māori Wananga 0 0 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 1 4 1
Māori Targetted training (including Y 2 1 0
Māori Industry training (including Ap 6 1 1
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 16 20 33
Māori Total 34 35 44
Pacific Universities x x x
Pacific Polytechnics x x x
Pacific Wananga x x x
Pacific Private Training Establishments x x x
Pacific Targetted training (including Y x x x
Pacific Industry training (including Ap x x x
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
Pacific Total x x x
Asian Universities x 3 x
Asian Polytechnics x 1 x
Asian Wananga x 0 x
Asian Private Training Establishments x 0 x
Asian Targetted training (including Y x 0 x
Asian Industry training (including Ap x 0 x
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary x 1 x
Asian Total x 5 x
MELAA Universities x 0 x
MELAA Polytechnics x 0 x
MELAA Wananga x 0 x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 0 x
MELAA Targetted training (including Y x 0 x
MELAA Industry training (including Ap x 0 x
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary x 0 x
MELAA Total x 0 x
Other Universities 0 x x
Other Polytechnics 0 x x
Other Wananga 0 x x
Other Private Training Establishments 0 x x
Other Targetted training (including Y 0 x x
Other Industry training (including Ap 0 x x
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x x
Other Total 0 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 29 25 15
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 17 22 10
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 4 10 6
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 5 2 4
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 18 15 19
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 46 51 72
NZ European/Pākehā Total 119 125 126
Total Universities 30 29 18
Total Polytechnics 22 25 18
Total Wananga 0 0 1
Total Private Training Establishments 5 12 7
Total Targetted training (including Y 6 3 4
Total Industry training (including Ap 23 16 19
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 59 66 91
Total Total 145 151 158

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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