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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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Universities 390 391 364
Female Te Pukenga 29 19 25
Female Wananga 0 0 2
Female Private Training Establishments 55 62 52
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 16 13 12
Female Not in tertiary study 187 254 242
Female Total 677 739 697
Male Universities 351 312 287
Male Te Pukenga 26 21 26
Male Wananga 1 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 36 46 51
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 57 49 45
Male Not in tertiary study 233 281 264
Male Total 704 709 673
Māori Universities 39 39 30
Māori Te Pukenga 4 4 7
Māori Wananga 1 0 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 9 11 15
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 10 9 6
Māori Not in tertiary study 43 66 47
Māori Total 106 129 106
Pacific Universities 26 18 14
Pacific Te Pukenga 4 4 6
Pacific Wananga 0 0 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 6 7 6
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 4 3 2
Pacific Not in tertiary study 24 35 26
Pacific Total 64 67 55
Asian Universities 261 271 276
Asian Te Pukenga 3 5 8
Asian Wananga 0 0 1
Asian Private Training Establishments 10 8 17
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 4 5 2
Asian Not in tertiary study 83 137 127
Asian Total 361 426 431
MELAA Universities 34 30 22
MELAA Te Pukenga 3 1 2
MELAA Wananga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 3 10 4
MELAA Targeted Training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 6 1 2
MELAA Not in tertiary study 15 20 19
MELAA Total 61 62 49
Other Universities 6 16 10
Other Te Pukenga 0 1 2
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 2 1
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 1 1 1
Other Not in tertiary study 6 17 16
Other Total 13 37 30
European/Pākehā Universities 501 419 354
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 49 30 38
European/Pākehā Wananga 1 0 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 76 86 80
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 63 54 50
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 317 352 345
European/Pākehā Total 1,007 941 868
Total Universities 741 703 651
Total Te Pukenga 55 40 51
Total Wananga 1 0 2
Total Private Training Establishments 91 108 103
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 73 62 57
Total Not in tertiary study 420 535 506
Total Total 1,381 1,448 1,370

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 (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group Institution Type Year left school
2020 2021 2022
Female Universities 395 364 397
Female Te Pukenga 26 29 17
Female Wananga 0 0 1
Female Private Training Establishments 35 43 48
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 17 11 7
Female Not in tertiary study 187 230 269
Female Total 660 677 739
Male Universities 320 319 310
Male Te Pukenga 32 25 16
Male Wananga 0 1 1
Male Private Training Establishments 30 25 43
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 89 72 57
Male Not in tertiary study 217 262 282
Male Total 688 704 709
Māori Universities 33 35 36
Māori Te Pukenga 8 7 4
Māori Wananga 0 1 2
Māori Private Training Establishments 8 6 5
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 15 12 9
Māori Not in tertiary study 44 45 73
Māori Total 108 106 129
Pacific Universities 13 16 16
Pacific Te Pukenga 1 4 3
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 7 3 5
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 4 4 2
Pacific Not in tertiary study 25 37 41
Pacific Total 50 64 67
Asian Universities 226 234 263
Asian Te Pukenga 6 3 5
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 6 8 10
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 7 4 3
Asian Not in tertiary study 81 112 145
Asian Total 326 361 426
MELAA Universities 30 28 29
MELAA Te Pukenga 5 1 0
MELAA Wananga 0 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 6 5 6
MELAA Targeted Training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 9 6 1
MELAA Not in tertiary study 20 21 26
MELAA Total 70 61 62
Other Universities 11 7 18
Other Te Pukenga 2 1 0
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 5 0 3
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 2 1 3
Other Not in tertiary study 5 4 13
Other Total 25 13 37
European/Pākehā Universities 522 481 428
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 48 45 26
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 1 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 46 55 73
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 88 73 55
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 291 352 359
European/Pākehā Total 995 1,007 941
Total Universities 715 683 707
Total Te Pukenga 58 54 33
Total Wananga 0 1 2
Total Private Training Establishments 65 68 91
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 106 83 64
Total Not in tertiary study 404 492 551
Total Total 1,348 1,381 1,448

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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