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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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Universities 266 304 250
Female Polytechnics 148 159 140
Female Wananga 0 2 1
Female Private Training Establishments 22 24 33
Female Targetted training 41 39 24
Female Industry training 22 17 13
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 195 179 198
Female Total 694 724 659
Male Universities 232 222 237
Male Polytechnics 128 180 140
Male Wananga 0 1 0
Male Private Training Establishments 9 9 12
Male Targetted training 64 44 39
Male Industry training 52 90 62
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 222 235 248
Male Total 707 781 738
Māori Universities 0 0 0
Māori Polytechnics 0 0 0
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Māori Targetted training 0 0 0
Māori Industry training 0 0 0
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 0
Māori Total 0 0 0
Pacific Universities 0 x x
Pacific Polytechnics 0 x x
Pacific Wananga 0 x x
Pacific Private Training Establishments 0 x x
Pacific Targetted training 0 x x
Pacific Industry training 0 x x
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x x
Pacific Total 0 x x
Asian Universities 0 0 0
Asian Polytechnics 0 0 0
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Asian Targetted training 0 0 0
Asian Industry training 0 0 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 0
Asian Total 0 0 0
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 x x x
MELAA Industry training x x x
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Universities x x 0
Other Polytechnics x x 0
Other Wananga x x 0
Other Private Training Establishments x x 0
Other Targetted training x x 0
Other Industry training x x 0
Other Not enrolled in tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Universities x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary x 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Total x 0 0
Total Universities 498 526 487
Total Polytechnics 276 339 280
Total Wananga 0 3 1
Total Private Training Establishments 31 33 45
Total Targetted training 105 83 63
Total Industry training 74 107 75
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 417 414 446
Total Total 1,401 1,505 1,397

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 (2015-2017 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Universities 277 263 293
Female Polytechnics 129 145 166
Female Wananga 3 3 1
Female Private Training Establishments 13 22 23
Female Targetted training 17 11 5
Female Industry training 27 23 21
Female Not enrolled in tertiary 197 227 215
Female Total 663 694 724
Male Universities 247 231 217
Male Polytechnics 127 112 149
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 6 13 10
Male Targetted training 32 15 7
Male Industry training 94 83 120
Male Not enrolled in tertiary 293 253 278
Male Total 799 707 781
Māori Universities x x 0
Māori Polytechnics x x 0
Māori Wananga x x 0
Māori Private Training Establishments x x 0
Māori Targetted training x x 0
Māori Industry training x x 0
Māori Not enrolled in tertiary x x 0
Māori Total x x 0
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 x x x
Pacific Industry training x x x
Pacific Not enrolled in tertiary x x x
Pacific Total x x x
Asian Universities 0 0 0
Asian Polytechnics 0 0 0
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 0 0 0
Asian Targetted training 0 0 0
Asian Industry training 0 0 0
Asian Not enrolled in tertiary 0 0 0
Asian Total 0 0 0
MELAA Universities x 0 0
MELAA Polytechnics x 0 0
MELAA Wananga x 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments x 0 0
MELAA Targetted training x 0 0
MELAA Industry training x 0 0
MELAA Not enrolled in tertiary x 0 0
MELAA Total x 0 0
Other Universities x x 0
Other Polytechnics x x 0
Other Wananga x x 0
Other Private Training Establishments x x 0
Other Targetted training x x 0
Other Industry training x x 0
Other Not enrolled in tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
NZ European/Pākehā Universities 0 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Polytechnics 0 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Wananga 0 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 0 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Targetted training 0 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Industry training 0 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Not enrolled in tertiary 0 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Total 0 x x
Total Universities 524 494 510
Total Polytechnics 256 257 315
Total Wananga 3 3 1
Total Private Training Establishments 19 35 33
Total Targetted training 49 26 12
Total Industry training 121 106 141
Total Not enrolled in tertiary 490 480 493
Total Total 1,462 1,401 1,505

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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