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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 89 86 81
Female Te Pukenga 25 31 30
Female Wananga 0 0 0
Female Private Training Establishments 32 39 44
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 17 12 10
Female Not in tertiary study 158 129 120
Female Total 321 297 285
Male Universities 56 56 69
Male Te Pukenga 33 32 30
Male Wananga 0 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 30 38 38
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 90 67 42
Male Not in tertiary study 183 162 182
Male Total 392 355 361
Māori Universities 15 15 24
Māori Te Pukenga 8 11 14
Māori Wananga 0 0 0
Māori Private Training Establishments 18 25 28
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 20 19 9
Māori Not in tertiary study 114 104 111
Māori Total 175 174 186
Pacific Universities 22 20 22
Pacific Te Pukenga 12 18 11
Pacific Wananga 0 0 0
Pacific Private Training Establishments 6 12 28
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 10 2 2
Pacific Not in tertiary study 79 63 71
Pacific Total 129 115 134
Asian Universities 29 35 24
Asian Te Pukenga 8 6 10
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 3 1 3
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 3 1 1
Asian Not in tertiary study 12 10 13
Asian Total 55 53 51
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Te Pukenga x x x
MELAA Wananga x x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x x
MELAA Targeted Training x x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Universities x x x
Other Te Pukenga x x x
Other Wananga x x x
Other Private Training Establishments x x x
Other Targeted Training x x x
Other Industry Training Organisations x x x
Other Not in tertiary study x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Universities 90 84 95
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 34 39 35
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 44 49 46
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 92 67 47
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 197 173 169
European/Pākehā Total 457 412 392
Total Universities 145 142 150
Total Te Pukenga 58 63 60
Total Wananga 0 0 0
Total Private Training Establishments 62 77 82
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 107 79 52
Total Not in tertiary study 341 291 302
Total Total 713 652 646

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 91 80 88
Female Te Pukenga 25 25 19
Female Wananga 0 1 3
Female Private Training Establishments 26 33 34
Female Targeted Training 0 0 0
Female Industry Training Organisations 13 21 15
Female Not in tertiary study 122 161 138
Female Total 277 321 297
Male Universities 42 48 50
Male Te Pukenga 17 24 25
Male Wananga 2 0 0
Male Private Training Establishments 22 25 24
Male Targeted Training 0 0 0
Male Industry Training Organisations 119 93 78
Male Not in tertiary study 165 202 178
Male Total 367 392 355
Māori Universities 15 16 16
Māori Te Pukenga 8 7 9
Māori Wananga 0 1 2
Māori Private Training Establishments 7 14 18
Māori Targeted Training 0 0 0
Māori Industry Training Organisations 29 24 19
Māori Not in tertiary study 96 113 110
Māori Total 155 175 174
Pacific Universities 12 16 16
Pacific Te Pukenga 5 11 10
Pacific Wananga 2 0 1
Pacific Private Training Establishments 11 10 12
Pacific Targeted Training 0 0 0
Pacific Industry Training Organisations 5 8 7
Pacific Not in tertiary study 51 84 69
Pacific Total 86 129 115
Asian Universities 19 25 32
Asian Te Pukenga 4 9 6
Asian Wananga 0 0 0
Asian Private Training Establishments 5 3 1
Asian Targeted Training 0 0 0
Asian Industry Training Organisations 5 3 1
Asian Not in tertiary study 15 15 13
Asian Total 48 55 53
MELAA Universities x x x
MELAA Te Pukenga x x x
MELAA Wananga x x x
MELAA Private Training Establishments x x x
MELAA Targeted Training x x x
MELAA Industry Training Organisations x x x
MELAA Not in tertiary study x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Universities x x x
Other Te Pukenga x x x
Other Wananga x x x
Other Private Training Establishments x x x
Other Targeted Training x x x
Other Industry Training Organisations x x x
Other Not in tertiary study x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Universities 111 83 87
European/Pākehā Te Pukenga 32 32 27
European/Pākehā Wananga 0 0 2
European/Pākehā Private Training Establishments 34 39 37
European/Pākehā Targeted Training 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Industry Training Organisations 111 97 80
European/Pākehā Not in tertiary study 178 206 179
European/Pākehā Total 466 457 412
Total Universities 133 128 138
Total Te Pukenga 42 49 44
Total Wananga 2 1 3
Total Private Training Establishments 48 58 58
Total Targeted Training 0 0 0
Total Industry Training Organisations 132 114 93
Total Not in tertiary study 287 363 316
Total Total 644 713 652

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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