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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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Universities 107 126 108
Female Polytechnics 26 37 27
Female Wānanga 1 2 4
Female Private Training Establishments 24 34 28
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 16 17 13
Female Not in tertiary study 114 132 114
Female Total 288 348 294
Male Universities 67 81 75
Male Polytechnics 30 30 25
Male Wānanga 3 2 1
Male Private Training Establishments 26 37 30
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 50 31 30
Male Not in tertiary study 137 120 156
Male Total 313 301 317
Māori Universities 16 24 25
Māori Polytechnics 12 14 12
Māori Wānanga 3 3 5
Māori Private Training Establishments 12 20 17
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 19 10 10
Māori Not in tertiary study 89 70 71
Māori Total 151 141 140
Pacific Universities 3 6 2
Pacific Polytechnics 2 2 1
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 2 3 2
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 2 0 3
Pacific Not in tertiary study 13 12 20
Pacific Total 22 23 28
Asian Universities 13 13 14
Asian Polytechnics 2 2 4
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 2 3 3
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 2 1 1
Asian Not in tertiary study 7 11 13
Asian Total 26 30 35
MELAA Universities x x 6
MELAA Polytechnics x x 0
MELAA Wānanga x x 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x 1
MELAA Targeted Training x x 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x x 0
MELAA Not in tertiary study x x 5
MELAA Total x x 12
Other Universities x x 0
Other Polytechnics x x 1
Other Wānanga x x 0
Other Private Training Establishments x x 1
Other Targeted Training x x 0
Other Industry Training Organisations x x 0
Other Not in tertiary study x x 3
Other Total x x 5
European/Pākehā Universities 160 195 158
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 48 59 43
European/Pākehā Wānanga 1 2 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 40 63 47
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 55 43 32
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 196 211 220
European/Pākehā Total 500 573 501
Total Universities 174 207 183
Total Polytechnics 56 67 52
Total Wānanga 4 4 5
Total Private Training Establishments 50 71 58
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 66 48 43
Total Not in tertiary study 251 252 270
Total Total 601 649 611

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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Universities 139 113 134
Female Polytechnics 28 22 33
Female Wānanga 3 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 18 20 32
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 18 16 14
Female Not in tertiary study 148 117 135
Female Total 354 288 348
Male Universities 65 67 80
Male Polytechnics 27 21 23
Male Wānanga 1 1 1
Male Private Training Establishments 12 18 25
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 76 54 39
Male Not in tertiary study 184 152 133
Male Total 365 313 301
Māori Universities 23 16 22
Māori Polytechnics 17 12 13
Māori Wānanga 4 1 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 6 9 15
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 22 20 11
Māori Not in tertiary study 101 93 79
Māori Total 173 151 141
Pacific Universities 6 4 6
Pacific Polytechnics 3 1 1
Pacific Wānanga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 0 2
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 0 1 0
Pacific Not in tertiary study 14 16 14
Pacific Total 23 22 23
Asian Universities 19 13 12
Asian Polytechnics 0 4 2
Asian Wānanga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 1 1 3
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 2 1 2
Asian Not in tertiary study 10 7 11
Asian Total 32 26 30
MELAA Universities 2 x x
MELAA Polytechnics 1 x x
MELAA Wānanga 0 x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments 0 x x
MELAA Targeted Training 0 x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 1 x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study 2 x x
MELAA Total 6 x x
Other Universities 8 x x
Other Polytechnics 0 x x
Other Wānanga 0 x x
Other Private Training Establishments 0 x x
Other Targeted Training 0 x x
Other Industry Training Organisations 3 x x
Other Not in tertiary study 5 x x
Other Total 16 x x
European/Pākehā Universities 169 168 203
European/Pākehā Polytechnics 45 33 51
European/Pākehā Wānanga 1 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 25 30 49
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 82 60 48
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 268 209 222
European/Pākehā Total 590 500 573
Total Universities 204 180 214
Total Polytechnics 55 43 56
Total Wānanga 4 1 1
Total Private Training Establishments 30 38 57
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 94 70 53
Total Not in tertiary study 332 269 268
Total Total 719 601 649

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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