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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 92 93 67
Female Te Pukenga 17 15 25
Female Wananga 2 1 3
Female Private Training Establishments 45 49 39
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 9 5 3
Female Not in tertiary study 151 167 134
Female Total 316 330 271
Male Universities 48 59 58
Male Te Pukenga 26 24 26
Male Wananga 0 1 1
Male Private Training Establishments 30 41 59
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 19 25 16
Male Not in tertiary study 169 207 202
Male Total 292 357 362
Māori Universities 14 10 10
Māori Te Pukenga 11 5 11
Māori Wananga 1 1 2
Māori Private Training Establishments 18 27 27
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 7 9 3
Māori Not in tertiary study 82 110 104
Māori Total 133 162 157
Pacific Universities 65 61 37
Pacific Te Pukenga 20 16 20
Pacific Wananga 1 2 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 37 55 64
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 10 12 11
Pacific Not in tertiary study 198 226 202
Pacific Total 331 372 334
Asian Universities 48 48 54
Asian Te Pukenga 9 9 17
Asian Wananga 0 0 1
Asian Private Training Establishments 14 10 10
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 5 6 3
Asian Not in tertiary study 30 42 59
Asian Total 106 115 144
MELAA Universities 5 6 2
MELAA Te Pukenga 4 0 2
MELAA Wananga 0 0 1
MELAA Private Training Establishments 1 3 1
MELAA Targeted Training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 1 0 0
MELAA Not in tertiary study 5 3 3
MELAA Total 16 12 9
Other Universities 0 1 4
Other Te Pukenga 0 1 1
Other Wananga 1 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 0 1 1
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 0 0 0
Other Not in tertiary study 6 3 4
Other Total 7 6 10
European/Pākehā Universities 27 42 29
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 10 14 15
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 1
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 23 18 23
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 10 11 9
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 71 69 57
European/Pākehā Total 141 154 134
Total Universities 140 152 125
Total Te Pukenga 43 39 51
Total Wananga 2 2 4
Total Private Training Establishments 75 90 98
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 28 30 19
Total Not in tertiary study 320 374 336
Total Total 608 687 633

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 83 77 86
Female Te Pukenga 9 17 15
Female Wananga 2 3 2
Female Private Training Establishments 18 29 36
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 8 5 6
Female Not in tertiary study 143 185 185
Female Total 263 316 330
Male Universities 53 43 52
Male Te Pukenga 13 17 11
Male Wananga 0 1 0
Male Private Training Establishments 16 17 29
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 23 27 32
Male Not in tertiary study 159 187 233
Male Total 264 292 357
Māori Universities 10 12 8
Māori Te Pukenga 4 4 7
Māori Wananga 0 1 1
Māori Private Training Establishments 10 9 16
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 15 8 13
Māori Not in tertiary study 83 99 117
Māori Total 122 133 162
Pacific Universities 48 53 53
Pacific Te Pukenga 9 15 14
Pacific Wananga 1 2 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 16 24 43
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 13 18 13
Pacific Not in tertiary study 181 219 248
Pacific Total 268 331 372
Asian Universities 63 46 51
Asian Te Pukenga 8 11 2
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 6 8 9
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 4 2 6
Asian Not in tertiary study 39 39 47
Asian Total 120 106 115
MELAA Universities 4 4 5
MELAA Te Pukenga 0 4 1
MELAA Wananga 1 0 0
MELAA Private Training Establishments 2 1 1
MELAA Targeted Training 0 0 0
MELAA Industry Training Organisations 0 1 1
MELAA Not in tertiary study 2 6 4
MELAA Total 9 16 12
Other Universities 2 0 1
Other Te Pukenga 0 0 0
Other Wananga 0 0 0
Other Private Training Establishments 1 0 1
Other Targeted Training 0 0 0
Other Industry Training Organisations 0 0 0
Other Not in tertiary study 10 7 4
Other Total 13 7 6
European/Pākehā Universities 30 22 37
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 6 9 7
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 3 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 7 14 15
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 10 9 15
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 53 84 80
European/Pākehā Total 106 141 154
Total Universities 136 120 138
Total Te Pukenga 22 34 26
Total Wananga 2 4 2
Total Private Training Establishments 34 46 65
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 31 32 38
Total Not in tertiary study 302 372 418
Total Total 527 608 687

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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