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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 932 895 959
Female Polytechnics 342 334 334
Female Wananga 1 2 0
Female Private Training Establishments 127 146 145
Female Targetted training (including Y 106 82 86
Female Industry training (including Ap 54 55 42
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 809 808 792
Female Total 2,371 2,322 2,358
Male Universities 765 798 754
Male Polytechnics 435 440 411
Male Wananga 1 3 1
Male Private Training Establishments 105 108 95
Male Targetted training (including Y 116 118 92
Male Industry training (including Ap 154 146 181
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 969 1,006 980
Male Total 2,545 2,619 2,514
Māori Universities 121 109 133
Māori Polytechnics 113 117 103
Māori Wananga 1 4 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 36 45 39
Māori Targetted training (including Y 78 69 47
Māori Industry training (including Ap 34 36 30
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 340 347 402
Māori Total 723 727 755
Pacific Universities 53 40 57
Pacific Polytechnics 39 52 37
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 16 23 29
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 19 14 15
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 12 16 14
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 141 140 168
Pacific Total 280 285 320
Asian Universities 268 273 247
Asian Polytechnics 87 79 95
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 20 19 25
Asian Targetted training (including Y 4 7 7
Asian Industry training (including Ap 9 3 9
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 155 152 200
Asian Total 543 533 583
MELAA Universities 33 32 42
MELAA Polytechnics 8 17 10
MELAA Wananga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 6 6 1
MELAA Targetted training (including Y 1 2 4
MELAA Industry training (including Ap 4 4 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 31 35 34
MELAA Total 83 96 91
Other Universities 5 4 6
Other Polytechnics 1 2 1
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 3 0 0
Other Targetted training (including Y 1 1 0
Other Industry training (including Ap 0 0 1
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 3 6 6
Other Total 13 13 14
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 1,327 1,361 1,365
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 607 589 580
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 1 3 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 170 195 180
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 148 138 127
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 171 166 191
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 1,269 1,336 1,207
NZ European/Pākehā Total 3,693 3,788 3,650
Total Universities 1,697 1,693 1,713
Total Polytechnics 777 774 745
Total Wananga 2 5 1
Total Private Training Establishments 232 254 240
Total Targetted training (including Y 222 200 178
Total Industry training (including Ap 208 201 223
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,778 1,814 1,772
Total Total 4,916 4,941 4,872

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 908 956 918
Female Polytechnics 312 319 355
Female Wananga 1 1 1
Female Private Training Establishments 131 139 120
Female Targetted training (including Y 26 25 19
Female Industry training (including Ap 51 50 57
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 790 881 852
Female Total 2,219 2,371 2,322
Male Universities 775 740 807
Male Polytechnics 289 323 315
Male Wananga 1 1 1
Male Private Training Establishments 81 111 103
Male Targetted training (including Y 43 23 31
Male Industry training (including Ap 200 224 235
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 1,062 1,123 1,127
Male Total 2,451 2,545 2,619
Māori Universities 98 112 111
Māori Polytechnics 79 87 82
Māori Wananga 2 2 2
Māori Private Training Establishments 36 46 45
Māori Targetted training (including Y 29 16 23
Māori Industry training (including Ap 33 43 49
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 372 417 415
Māori Total 649 723 727
Pacific Universities 40 52 38
Pacific Polytechnics 26 21 32
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 10 18 19
Pacific Targetted training (including Y 6 2 7
Pacific Industry training (including Ap 11 13 12
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 160 174 177
Pacific Total 253 280 285
Asian Universities 237 270 275
Asian Polytechnics 79 84 69
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 23 24 23
Asian Targetted training (including Y 1 2 0
Asian Industry training (including Ap 12 12 7
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 150 151 159
Asian Total 502 543 533
MELAA Universities 37 35 37
MELAA Polytechnics 26 11 11
MELAA Wananga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 2 5 3
MELAA Targetted training (including Y 0 1 2
MELAA Industry training (including Ap 1 2 7
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary 36 29 36
MELAA Total 102 83 96
Other Universities 5 5 4
Other Polytechnics 0 0 1
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 2 0 0
Other Targetted training (including Y 0 0 0
Other Industry training (including Ap 0 0 0
Other Not enrolled in tertiary 7 8 8
Other Total 14 13 13
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 1,355 1,328 1,388
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 447 501 533
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 1
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 159 181 163
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training (including Y 43 34 29
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training (including Ap 220 230 247
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 1,324 1,419 1,427
NZ European/Pākehā Total 3,548 3,693 3,788
Total Universities 1,683 1,696 1,725
Total Polytechnics 601 642 670
Total Wananga 2 2 2
Total Private Training Establishments 212 250 223
Total Targetted training (including Y 69 48 50
Total Industry training (including Ap 251 274 292
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 1,852 2,004 1,979
Total Total 4,670 4,916 4,941

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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