2011 tertiary education students by gender

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Index - tertiary education enrolments 2011

1. New Zealand's domestic tertiary education students by selected characteristics

2. New Zealand's domestic female tertiary education students by selected characteristics

3. New Zealand's domestic male tertiary education students by selected characteristics

4. International tertiary education students in New Zealand by selected characteristics

5. International female tertiary education students in New Zealand by selected characteristics

6. International male tertiary education students in New Zealand by selected characteristics

7. New Zealand's total tertiary education students by selected characteristics

8. New Zealand's total female tertiary education students by selected characteristics

9. New Zealand's total male tertiary education students by selected characteristics

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2011 TERTIARY EDUCATION ENROLMENTS

Type of qualification

2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Change

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Formal > 0.03 EFTS1

342,448 447,546 443,598 420,898 424,903 420,076 383,469 -8.7% 203,803 236,116 238,011 236,065 251,276 255,227 246,482 -3.4%

Formal 0.03 EFTS2

na 82,402 76,449 38,308 39,747 34,590 24,870 -28.1% na 3,340 3,287 2,126 2,437 2,214 1,854 -16.3%

Informal3

na 103,619 83,140 77,652 76,607 67,908 51,760 -23.8% na 6,411 4,062 3,953 3,847 3,842 2,829 -26.4%

Qualification level

Certif icates 1-3 128,848 186,650 176,504 155,370 146,920 134,387 109,622 -18.4% 50,323 59,807 57,544 55,015 56,127 54,493 51,243 -6.0%

Certificates 4 29,766 78,327 79,807 73,874 72,790 70,704 60,587 -14.3% 13,391 31,307 31,099 29,774 32,327 31,269 29,189 -6.7%

Diplomas 5-7 55,554 63,103 63,438 63,454 66,577 68,198 62,238 -8.7% 29,474 30,609 30,964 30,796 32,894 33,135 29,970 -9.6%

Bachelors degrees 110,038 113,176 116,127 118,533 125,825 129,847 129,700 -0.1% 85,978 88,163 91,470 93,533 99,277 104,171 105,330 1.1%

Graduate certs/dips 12,948 12,306 12,347 11,873 12,816 12,795 11,316 -11.6% 5,322 5,000 5,151 4,932 5,855 6,164 5,115 -17.0%

Honours/postgrad. certs/dips 15,216 19,599 20,524 20,786 23,661 24,556 23,833 -2.9% 10,223 11,847 12,283 12,598 14,807 15,682 15,232 -2.9%

Masters degrees 9,967 10,712 10,617 10,462 11,103 11,662 11,955 2.5% 6,114 5,865 5,741 5,658 6,037 6,389 6,534 2.3%

Doctoral degrees 3,480 4,412 4,658 4,769 5,005 5,166 5,133 -0.6% 2,979 3,518 3,760 3,759 3,952 3,924 3,870 -1.4%

Age group

Under 18 years 18,375 19,280 18,552 17,613 16,212 15,105 14,119 -6.5% 11,259 11,722 11,038 10,603 10,106 9,878 9,830 -0.5%

18 to 19 years 49,175 55,100 57,447 58,620 63,018 64,394 62,032 -3.7% 41,965 45,523 47,911 49,376 53,624 54,926 53,794 -2.1%

20 to 24 years 84,457 95,357 96,708 97,580 103,639 108,640 106,703 -1.8% 64,204 68,363 69,657 71,170 77,383 81,658 81,422 -0.3%

25 to 39 years 118,093 139,626 134,434 123,631 124,646 122,175 109,592 -10.3% 57,283 62,166 60,197 57,395 61,314 61,808 58,244 -5.8%

40 years and over 72,346 138,183 136,457 123,454 117,388 109,762 91,023 -17.1% 29,091 48,342 49,209 47,521 48,849 46,957 43,193 -8.0%

Females / Males

Female 195,124 244,220 241,163 233,786 238,165 235,244 220,103 -6.4% 114,949 136,239 137,266 135,869 144,634 146,165 142,483 -2.5%

Male 147,324 203,326 202,435 187,112 186,738 184,832 163,366 -11.6% 88,853 99,877 100,745 100,196 106,642 109,063 103,999 -4.6%

Common fields of study

Business and management na 62,246 61,197 61,693 64,370 64,218 60,976 -5.0% na 15,300 16,247 16,588 17,426 17,076 16,011 -6.2%

Studies in human society na 40,551 42,494 42,526 50,791 51,437 46,836 -8.9% na 12,130 12,373 12,494 13,847 14,547 13,624 -6.3%

Language and literature na 45,076 44,483 42,854 44,070 41,525 37,269 -10.2% na 17,199 18,456 17,044 17,869 16,851 15,141 -10.1%

Office studies na 50,702 48,314 47,502 45,918 37,202 29,461 -20.8% na 11,635 10,795 10,086 9,858 8,381 7,244 -13.6%

Teacher education na 26,447 27,019 25,952 28,198 28,567 26,420 -7.5% na 12,779 13,017 12,797 14,435 14,413 13,407 -7.0%

Communication and media studies na 24,421 24,883 25,570 28,594 28,307 24,870 -12.1% na 5,645 5,847 5,944 6,495 6,747 6,547 -3.0%Sales and marketing na 29,071 31,479 2 8,400 27,619 28,161 24,423 -13.3% na 5,204 5,506 5,026 5,361 5,378 5,081 -5.5%

Accountancy na 24,332 24,918 24,303 26,434 25,601 24,298 -5.1% na 5,042 5,268 5,264 5,818 5,703 5,519 -3.2%

Mathematical sciences na 2 3,644 2 5,168 2 4,590 2 4,655 2 4,510 2 2,597 -7.8% na 4,140 4,405 4,366 4,483 4,366 4,071 -6.7%

Other health na 21,491 21,966 22,723 24,814 23,851 22,109 -7.3% na 3,424 3,734 3,727 4,402 4,682 4,703 0.5%

Other f ields of study na 562,421 540,582 517,831 529,461 543,115 502,159 -7.5% na 143,617 142,364 142,729 151,280 157,084 155,133 -1.2%

Sub-sector

Universities 133,505 139,688 146,922 147,131 154,861 156,060 152,662 -2.2% 98,354 102,791 109,042 109,909 116,824 119,190 115,753 -2.9%

Polytechnics 122,318 204,453 207,020 187,370 180,411 174,845 144,711 -17.2% 55,587 69,014 70,810 67,433 71,857 73,445 70,722 -3.7%

Wnanga 16,454 48,790 42,333 40,325 42,554 42,275 38,627 -8.6% 7,827 23,480 22,096 22,577 25,133 25,838 24,666 -4.5%

Public providers 279,882 385,796 384,088 364,292 367,428 363,688 328,545 -9.7% 169,774 198,840 201,947 199,918 213,815 218,473 211,142 -3.4%

Private training establishments 68,976 73,288 70,092 65,497 66,627 65,077 61,833 -5.0% 34,029 37,276 36,064 36,147 37,461 36,754 35,340 -3.8%

Study type

Full-t ime full-year 127,682 137,227 141,381 142,582 154,886 161,826 158,835 -1.8% 135,793 145,188 149,502 150,790 163,960 170,123 166,484 -2.1%

Full-time part-year 52,622 63,645 61,670 59,162 63,989 61,142 59,589 -2.5% 23,455 24,543 25,251 25,672 27,943 27,484 29,136 6.0%

Part-time full-year 81,619 106,909 107,631 96,308 93,598 92,813 76,766 -17.3% 29,544 41,847 39,641 37,103 36,719 36,014 32,109 -10.8%

Part-time part-year 80,525 139,765 132,916 122,846 112,430 104,295 88,279 -15.4% 15,010 24,537 23,618 22,501 22,654 21,606 18,754 -13.2%

Completed qualifications

Number of students 74,312 107,085 96,038 106,428 115,730 116,727

Number of qualifications 78,678 117,409 104,612 117,606 128,663 130,064

Participation rate 11.4% 13.6% 1 3.3% 1 2.4% 1 2.4% 12.1% 1 0.9%

New Zealand's domestic tertiary education students by selected characteristics

Notes:

(1) The equivalent full-time student count used in this report does not equate to the funded equivalent full-time student count. The data is also not adjusted to allow for students who do not

complete their study programme.

(2) The colleges of education have merged with nearby universities over the last decade.

2Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in formal qualifications of 0.03 EFTS or less (one week's duration or less). This category includes students in the

Seconary-Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) programme.

3Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in informal programmes, i.e. programmes not registered on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured

Qualifications.

Student enrolments Equivalent full-time students

Domestic students enrolled in formal qualifications > 0.03 EFTS1

1Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in formal qualifications of greater than 0.03 EFTS (more than one week's duration).

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2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Change

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Formal > 0.03 EFTS1

195,124 244,220 241,163 233,786 238,165 235,244 220,103 -6.4% 114,949 136,239 137,266 135,869 144,634 146,165 142,483 -2.5%

Formal 0.03 EFTS2

na 25,284 21,621 18,916 19,925 17,437 11,981 -31.3% 1,015 1,273 1,185 1,084 1,163 1,031 834 -19.1%

Informal3

na 62,196 49,823 44,952 43,468 38,031 27,074 -28.8% 8,034 3,952 2,519 2,423 2,293 2,302 1,607 -30.2%

Qualification level

Certificates 1-3 71,690 93,486 87,444 80,939 76,222 69,238 59,817 -13.6% 27,628 33,243 31,989 30,344 30,603 29,175 27,880 -4.4%

Certificates 4 14,813 38,906 38,345 35,389 36,891 35,635 32,012 -10.2% 7,137 16,655 16,138 15,327 17,296 16,710 16,131 -3.5%

Diplomas 5-7 31,977 39,016 39,257 39,271 40,837 40,915 37,091 -9.3% 16,754 18,941 19,074 18,853 19,833 19,540 17,397 -11.0%

Bachelors degrees 66,371 69,206 71,227 72,782 77,040 79,310 79,524 0.3% 50,539 53,482 55,620 56,927 60,242 63,208 64,372 1.8%



Masters degrees 5,770 6,260 6,230 6,131 6,536 6,764 6,900 2.0% 3,454 3,343 3,308 3,230 3,440 3,565 3,654 2.5%

Doctoral degrees 1,701 2,295 2,430 2,559 2,699 2,786 2,796 0.4% 1,441 1,821 1,953 2,010 2,103 2,073 2,074 0.1%

Age group

Under 18 years 9,058 8,765 8,358 7,787 7,335 6,627 6,142 -7.3% 5,464 5,673 5,351 5,017 4,866 4,519 4,448 -1.6%

18 to 19 years 26,337 29,027 30,378 31,211 33,664 34,324 32,961 -4.0% 23,049 25,034 26,445 27,356 29,623 30,076 29,305 -2.6%

20 to 24 years 44,617 50,523 50,760 51,633 54,996 58,110 57,732 -0.7% 34,152 37,571 38,151 38,904 42,429 44,751 45,070 0.7%

25 to 39 years 69,396 79,375 75,547 70,505 71,606 70,331 65,111 -7.4% 33,432 37,300 35,908 33,891 36,135 36,392 35,004 -3.8%

40 years and over 45,714 76,530 76,120 72,650 70,564 65,852 58,157 -11.7% 18,853 30,660 31,411 30,702 31,582 30,427 28,656 -5.8%





Teacher education na 2 1,196 21,751 2 1,175 2 3,171 23,734 2 2,035 -7.2% na 1 0,802 11,115 1 0,986 1 2,333 1 2,392 1 1,528 -7.0%


Communication and media studies na 13,746 14,133 14,517 15,916 15,738 14,321 -9.0% na 3,155 3,300 3,380 3,762 3,946 3,832 -2.9%

Biological sciences na 12,451 12,476 12,515 13,738 14,326 14,204 -0.9% na 4,023 4,274 4,236 4,522 4,715 4,759 0.9%

Sales and marketing na 16,895 18,115 16,616 16,322 16,259 14,100 -13.3% na 3,032 3,140 2,883 3,116 3,099 2,910 -6.1%

General education programmes na 14,724 14,703 13,902 13,615 14,864 13,863 -6.7% na 1,755 1,691 1,625 1,594 1,569 1,791 14.2%


Other fields of study na 286,667 271,805 262,596 268,802 275,821 261,523 -5.2% na 73,226 72,582 72,832 77,839 80,578 80,568 0.0%

Sub-sector

Universities 75,453 8 1,297 8 6,619 86,554 90,861 9 1,225 88,200 -3.3% 5 3,926 58,669 6 3,048 63,355 67,174 68,261 66,140 -3.1%

Polytechnics 66,042 94,026 95,781 89,856 88,135 85,091 74,958 -11.9% 30,203 35,205 36,400 34,271 36,968 37,785 37,539 -0.6%

Wnanga 12,039 33,660 29,151 27,957 28,962 28,429 26,447 -7.0% 5,324 16,255 15,162 15,427 16,875 17,007 16,520 -2.9%



Study type

Full-time full-year 71,352 79,661 82,622 82,863 89,688 92,990 91,864 -1.2% 75,871 84,411 87,530 87,863 95,195 97,944 96,613 -1.4%Full-time part-year 25,094 27,679 27,882 27,092 29,924 28,365 30,234 6.6% 11,815 12,610 13,004 13,182 14,358 13,929 15,292 9.8%






Participation rate 12.5% 14.4% 14.1% 13.6% 13.7% 13.4% 12.5%


Seconary-Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) programme.3

Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in informal programmes, i.e. programmes not registered on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured

Qualifications.

Notes:

(1) The equivalent full-time student count used in this report does not equate to the funded equivalent full-time student count. The data is also not adjusted to allow for students who do not complete

their study programme.



New Zealand's domestic female tertiary education students by selected characteristics


Domestic female students enrolled in formal qualifications > 0.03 EFTS1

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2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Change

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Formal > 0.03 EFTS1

147,324 203,326 202,435 187,112 186,738 184,832 163,366 -11.6% 88,853 99,877 100,745 100,196 106,642 109,063 103,999 -4.6%

Formal 0.03 EFTS2

na 57,123 54,834 19,393 19,820 17,154 12,889 -24.9% 2,067 2,102 1,043 1,274 1,183 1,019 -13.8%

Informal3

na 41,428 33,323 32,701 33,137 29,878 24,686 -17.4% 2,459 1,542 1,530 1,554 1,540 1,222 -20.7%

Qualification level

Certificates 1-3 57,158 93,164 89,060 74,431 70,698 65,149 49,805 -23.6% 22,694 26,564 25,555 24,671 25,524 25,317 23,363 -7.7%

Certificates 4 14,953 39,421 41,462 38,485 35,899 35,069 28,575 -18.5% 6,254 14,651 14,961 14,447 15,032 14,559 13,057 -10.3%

Diplomas 5-7 23,577 24,087 24,181 24,183 25,740 27,283 25,147 -7.8% 12,720 11,669 11,890 11,943 13,061 13,595 12,573 -7.5%Bachelors degrees 43,667 43,970 44,900 45,751 48,785 50,537 50,176 -0.7% 35,439 34,681 35,850 36,606 39,035 40,963 40,957 0.0%



Masters degrees 4,197 4,452 4,387 4,331 4,567 4,898 5,055 3.2% 2,660 2,522 2,433 2,429 2,597 2,825 2,880 2.0%

Doctoral degrees 1,779 2,117 2,228 2,210 2,306 2,380 2,337 -1.8% 1,537 1,697 1,807 1,749 1,849 1,851 1,796 -3.0%

Age group

Under 18 years 9,317 10,515 10,194 9,826 8,877 8,478 7,977 -5.9% 5,795 6,048 5,686 5,586 5,240 5,359 5,382 0.4%

18 to 19 years 22,838 26,073 27,069 27,409 29,354 30,070 29,071 -3.3% 18,916 20,489 21,466 22,020 24,002 24,851 24,489 -1.5%

20 to 24 years 39,840 44,834 45,948 45,947 48,643 50,530 48,971 -3.1% 30,053 30,792 31,506 32,266 34,954 36,907 36,352 -1.5%

25 to 39 years 48,697 60,251 58,887 53,126 53,040 51,844 44,481 -14.2% 23,852 24,866 24,288 23,504 25,179 25,416 23,239 -8.6%

40 years and over 26,632 61,653 60,337 50,804 46,824 43,910 32,866 -25.2% 10,238 17,682 17,799 16,820 17,267 16,530 14,537 -12.1%


Business & management na 25,781 24,906 25,384 27,040 27,298 26,539 -2.8% na 6,168 6,485 6,737 7,284 7,252 6,781 -6.5%

Language & literature na 11,983 13,054 13,020 16,159 16,427 14,665 -10.7% na 3,568 3,870 3,872 4,275 4,565 4,201 -8.0%

Studies in human society na 12,104 11,708 12,045 13,564 14,313 13,495 -5.7% na 3,080 3,034 3,066 3,432 3,864 3,915 1.3%

Computer science na 16,039 15,623 14,819 15,758 15,154 13,045 -13.9% na 5,996 6,491 5,928 6,392 5,937 5,105 -14.0%

Mathematical sciences na 1 3,428 1 4,063 1 3,877 1 4,150 1 3,901 1 2,769 -8.1% na 2,428 2,557 2,549 2,687 2,566 2,407 -6.2%

Sales & marketing na 1 5,935 1 4,180 1 3,967 1 2,996 1 3,170 1 2,300 -6.6% na 5,188 5,481 5,774 5,437 5,514 5,262 -4.6%


Communication & media na 10,306 10,376 10,244 11,329 11,133 10,539 -5.3% na 2,199 2,285 2,315 2,545 2,508 2,381 -5.0%

Building na 12,176 13,364 11,784 11,297 11,902 10,323 -13.3% na 2,172 2,366 2,144 2,245 2,279 2,170 -4.8%

Auto. engineering & technology na 10,091 10,058 10,596 12,067 11,107 10,132 -8.8% na 1,352 1,449 1,503 1,825 1,947 1,946 0.0%

Other fields of study na 261,747 257,662 244,044 249,569 250,614 221,972 -11.4% na 65,237 64,179 63,745 67,786 69,829 67,114 -3.9%

Sub-sector

Universities 58,052 58,391 60,303 60,577 64,000 64,835 64,462 -0.6% 44,428 44,121 45,995 46,554 49,650 50,929 49,613 -2.6%

Polytechnics 56,276 110,427 111,239 97,514 92,276 89,754 69,753 -22.3% 25,384 33,810 34,409 33,162 34,889 35,661 33,183 -6.9%

Wnanga 4,415 15,130 13,182 12,368 13,592 13,846 12,180 -12.0% 2,503 7,225 6,933 7,150 8,258 8,831 8,147 -7.7%



Study type

Full-time full-year 56,330 57,566 58,759 59,719 65,198 68,836 66,971 -2.7% 59,922 60,777 61,972 62,928 68,765 72,179 69,871 -3.2%






Number of qualif ications 31,754 46,029 41,222 47,158 53,363 53,364

Participation rate 9.7% 12.5% 1 2.3% 1 1.2% 11.0% 10.6% 9.3%

3Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in informal programmes, i.e. programmes not registered on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured

Qualifications.

Notes:

(1) The equivalent full-time student count used in this report does not equate to the funded equivalent full-time student count. The data is also not adjusted to allow for students who do not

complete their study programme.





New Zealand's domestic male tertiary education students by selected characteristics


Domestic male students enrolled in formal qualifications > 0.03 EFTS1

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International tertiary education students in New Zealand by selected characteristics


2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Change

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Formal > 0.03 EFTS1

26,233 42,709 39,840 39,764 43,386 45,606 48,104 5.5% 18,414 31,890 28,084 27,206 29,666 30,618 32,387 5.8%

Formal 0.03 EFTS2

na 524 596 676 687 628 497 -20.9% na 16 21 21 23 34 22 -35.5%

Informal3

na 5,364 5,134 4,967 4,577 3,698 3,074 -16.9% na 631 623 719 687 575 407 -29.2%

Qualification level

Certificates 1-3 10,155 4,743 4,316 4,543 4,654 4,589 4,841 5.5% 5,437 1,757 1,697 1,982 2,040 1,907 1,971 3.3%

Certificates 4 2,462 3,531 4,439 4,982 5,494 5,261 5,370 2.1% 1,308 1,739 2,086 2,410 2,818 2,602 2,397 -7.9%

Diplomas 5-7 5,118 9,594 8,322 8,692 11,017 12,101 13,649 12.8% 3,339 6,460 5,225 5,374 6,621 6,867 8,044 17.1%

Bachelors degrees 7,887 21,836 18,764 16,395 16,249 16,874 17,410 3.2% 6,377 17,739 14,332 11,885 11,697 12,226 12,693 3.8%Graduate certs/dips 723 1,131 1,273 1,749 2,016 2,016 2,065 2.4% 339 621 683 1,027 1,250 1,277 1,274 -0.2%

Honours degrees/postgraduate c 775 2,108 2,178 2,194 2,598 2,831 2,885 1.9% 590 1,543 1,644 1,595 1,881 2,042 2,057 0.7%

Masters degrees 995 1,802 1,762 1,989 2,080 2,234 2,154 -3.6% 714 1,143 1,126 1,264 1,315 1,387 1,352 -2.5%

Doctoral degrees 332 1090 1,523 1,960 2,405 2,796 3,137 12.2% 309 887 1,291 1,668 2,044 2,311 2,600 12.5%

Age group

Under 18 years 1120 587 608 633 621 732 860 17.5% 696 250 287 303 321 367 380 3.5%

18-19 years 4,887 3,724 4,090 4,610 5,363 5,431 5,915 8.9% 3,595 2,969 3,088 3,353 3,803 3,771 4,019 6.6%

20-24 years 12,630 26,034 22,027 20,617 22,098 23,746 24,919 4.9% 9,418 20,909 16,607 14,955 15,880 16,698 17,747 6.3%

25-39 years 6,739 11,144 11,632 12,251 13,535 13,995 14,664 4.8% 4,269 7,220 7,401 7,762 8,709 8,867 9,311 5.0%

40 years & over 857 1,220 1,483 1,653 1,769 1,702 1,746 2.6% 437 543 703 833 954 915 930 1.6%

Gender

Females 12,831 20,692 18,740 18,245 19,636 20,665 21,525 4.2% 9,086 15,460 13,263 12,565 13,488 13,971 14,616 4.6%

Males 13,402 22,017 21,100 21,519 23,750 24,941 26,579 6.6% 9,327 16,430 14,822 14,640 16,178 16,647 17,771 6.8%


Business & management 5,657 14,113 11,186 10,011 11,304 12,351 13,158 6.5% 1,462 4,935 3,864 3,574 4,005 4,412 4,891 10.9%

Language & literature 12,870 9,514 9,232 9,288 10,293 10,708 11,174 4.4% 5,592 2,897 2,994 3,338 3,813 3,731 4,061 8.9%

Accountancy 4,121 7,982 6,203 5,028 5,457 5,952 6,253 5.1% 832 1,984 1,534 1,216 1,257 1,284 1,397 8.8%

Sales & marketing 2,641 6,813 5,151 3,858 4,060 4,313 4,791 11.1% 569 1,647 1,154 844 901 922 989 7.3%

Computer science 2,746 4,005 3,346 3,717 4,518 4,623 4,595 -0.6% 681 1,114 974 1,149 1,592 1,608 1,541 -4.2%

Mathematical sciences 3,084 5,647 4,408 3,794 3,854 3,951 3,846 -2.7% 663 1,104 908 809 885 888 854 -3.8%

Economics 3,443 7,093 4,943 3,726 3,481 4,000 3,529 -11.8% 722 1,738 1,178 856 788 820 738 -10.0%

Food & hospitality 499 1,901 1,959 2,152 2,636 3,038 3,474 14.4% 189 766 881 1,076 1,305 1,447 1,793 24.0%

Information systems 2,857 4,871 3,492 3,690 3,972 4,053 3,431 -15.3% 696 1,161 877 990 1,021 963 946 -1.8%

Banking & finance 1,367 4,886 3,572 2,897 2,543 2,748 3,191 16.1% 293 1,283 1,026 834 732 780 912 16.9%

Other fields of study 22,161 44,834 41,122 39,650 42,562 43,548 45,148 3.7% 6,708 13,260 12,695 12,520 13,366 13,764 14,266 3.7%

Sub-sector

Universities 12,378 25,850 2 3,252 21,487 2 2,288 2 2,942 23,057 0.5% 9,791 2 0,925 1 8,168 16,453 1 7,137 17,540 17,601 0.4%

Polytechnics 7,840 9,681 9,591 10,316 11,616 12,352 12,608 2.1% 4,692 6,144 5,480 5,790 6,627 7,279 7,770 6.8%

Wananga na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Public providers 20,024 35,352 32,529 31,616 33,722 35,093 35,497 1.2% 14,568 27,260 23,648 22,244 23,765 24,818 25,374 2.2%

Private training establishments 6,486 7,770 7,680 8,521 10,088 10,865 12,992 19.6% 3,846 4,630 4,436 4,962 5,902 5,800 7,013 20.9%

Study type

Full-time full-year 11,694 21,653 18,034 16,937 18,330 18,622 19,284 3.6% 12,277 22,744 18,822 17,505 19,021 19,225 19,999 4.0%

Full-time part-year 8,765 10,470 10,806 11,369 13,317 12,903 14,334 11.1% 4,017 5,063 5,135 5,277 6,094 6,011 6,783 12.8%

Part-time full-year 2,165 3,605 3,605 3,837 4,077 4,536 4,994 10.1% 1,130 2,109 2,049 2,154 2,274 2,572 2,896 12.6%

Part-time part-year 3,609 6,981 7,395 7,621 7,662 9,545 9,492 -0.6% 990 1,974 2,079 2,270 2,277 2,811 2,710 -3.6%

Gaining qualifications

No.of students who completed a 6,308 14,064 12,007 12,803 13,849 14,335

No.of qualifications completed 6,480 14,600 12,449 13,397 14,460 15,033

International students enrolled in formal qualifications > 0.03 EFTS1

1

Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in formal qualifications of greater than 0.03 EFTS (more than one week's duration).2

Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in formal qualifications of 0.03 EFTS or less (one week's duration or less). This category includes students in the

Seconary-Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) programme.3Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in informal programmes, i.e. programmes not registered on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured

Notes:

(1) Since 2005, international doctoral students are funded at the same rate as domestic students. The data is not adjusted to allow for students who do not complete their study programme.


Student enrolments Equivalent full-time student units

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112,831 20,692 18,740 18,245 19,636 20,665 21,525 4.2% 9,086 15,460 13,263 12,565 13,488 13,971 14,616 4.6%

Formal 0.03 EFTS2

na 293 299 322 287 260 201 -22.7% 8 10 10 10 8 7 -13.7%

Informal3

na 2,836 2,837 2,515 2,239 2,005 1,568 -21.8% 334 312 299 258 283 179 -36.7%

Qualification level

Certificates 1-3 4,907 2,344 1,906 1,896 1,904 1,930 1,966 1.9% 2,590 798 710 812 849 812 792 -2.5%

Certificates 4 1,155 1,406 1,708 1,949 2,158 2,073 2,188 5.5% 617 657 762 900 1,055 978 927 -5.2%

Diplomas 5-7 2,393 4,310 3,651 3,615 4,484 4,814 5,175 7.5% 1,585 2,883 2,256 2,168 2,561 2,674 2,943 10.1%


Graduate certs/dips 329 503 563 685 750 764 871 14.0% 165 279 309 393 465 495 545 10.1%

Honours/post. certs/dips 368 798 853 848 1,053 1,151 1,277 10.9% 279 582 625 606 767 829 907 9.4%

Masters degrees 451 872 823 936 982 1,074 1,041 -3.1% 330 562 527 598 637 658 659 0.2%

Doctoral degrees 127 498 715 911 1,102 1,262 1,419 12.4% 117 420 615 787 944 1,038 1,181 13.7%

Age group

Under 18 years 550 276 272 256 281 311 369 18.6% 342 115 128 138 149 170 177 4.2%

18 to 19 years 2,411 1,904 2,027 2,207 2,556 2,609 2,660 2.0% 1,785 1,533 1,537 1,606 1,805 1,833 1,872 2.1%

20 to 24 years 6,288 1 2,965 1 0,677 9,803 1 0,238 1 1,004 1 1,381 3.4% 4,713 10,365 8,056 7,071 7,376 7,792 8,139 4.5%

25 to 39 years 3,182 4,978 5,077 5,238 5,759 5,936 6,322 6.5% 2,033 3,183 3,210 3,353 3,704 3,738 3,996 6.9%

40 years and over 400 569 687 741 802 805 793 -1.5% 215 264 331 397 454 440 432 -1.7%


Language and literature na 5,121 4,807 4,776 5,343 5,461 5,626 3.0% na 1,554 1,515 1,622 1,835 1,781 1,903 6.8%

Business and management na 6,857 5,144 4,488 4,862 5,226 5,364 2.6% na 2,374 1,787 1,587 1,723 1,871 2,036 8.8%

Accountancy na 3,964 3,061 2,564 2,669 2,907 2,934 0.9% na 1,063 789 638 656 671 718 7.1%

Sales and marketing na 3,361 2,455 1,769 1,768 1,837 1,960 6.7% na 834 566 389 403 406 423 4.2%

Studies in human society na 1,806 1,542 1,537 1,700 1,726 1,776 2.9% na 428 363 385 413 410 420 2.5%

Biological sciences na 1,313 1,279 1,358 1,471 1,521 1,700 11.8% na 489 541 565 581 614 661 7.7%

Mathematical sciences na 2,462 1,959 1,666 1,661 1,720 1,591 -7.5% na 473 407 373 402 399 365 -8.4%

Banking and finance na 2,434 1,663 1,372 1,223 1,296 1,588 22.5% na 651 482 394 349 379 456 20.4%

Economics and econometrics na 3,396 2,263 1,707 1,558 1,774 1,559 -12.1% na 829 535 386 348 354 320 -9.6%

Food and hospitality na 915 877 969 1,139 1,215 1,320 8.6% na 367 369 451 553 570 650 14.2%

Other fields of study na 2 1,910 1 9,327 1 8,681 1 9,639 2 0,527 2 0,586 0.3% na 6,399 5,907 5,775 6,227 6,517 6,663 2.2%

Sub-sector

Universities 6,337 13,179 11,642 10,631 10,844 11,215 11,357 1.3% 5,070 10,680 9,086 8,135 8,370 8,607 8,730 1.4%

Polytechnics 3,616 4,064 4,040 4,383 5,020 5,457 5,540 1.5% 2,108 2,517 2,223 2,381 2,752 3,054 3,248 6.4%

Wnanga na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na



Study type

Full-time full-year 5,876 10,551 8,616 7,874 8,409 8,622 8,897 3.2% 6,179 11,092 9,000 8,160 8,745 8,912 9,225 3.5%

Full-time part-year 4,364 5,221 5,186 5,332 6,251 6,023 6,597 9.5% 1,980 2,496 2,449 2,486 2,833 2,789 3,120 11.9%

Part-time full-year 890 1,643 1,515 1,650 1,711 1,890 1,878 -0.6% 472 961 865 923 948 1,069 1,080 1.0%

Part-time part-year 1,701 3,277 3,423 3,389 3,265 4,130 4,153 0.6% 456 911 949 998 963 1,201 1,192 -0.8%




Notes:

(1) Since 2005, international doctoral students are funded at the same rate as domestic students. The data is not adjusted to allow for students who do not complete their study programme.



International female students enrolled in formal qualifications > 0.03 EFTS1



Seconary-Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) programme.3

Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in informal programmes, i.e. programmes not registered on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured

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Formal > 0.03 EFTS1

13,402 22,017 21,100 21,519 23,750 24,941 26,579 6.6% 9,327 16,430 14,822 14,640 16,178 16,647 17,771 6.8%

Formal 0.03 EFTS2

na 231 297 354 400 368 296 -19.6% na 8 11 10 13 25 15 -42.7%

Informal3

na 2,528 2,297 2,452 2,338 1,693 1,506 -11.0% na 297 311 421 429 292 228 -21.9%

Qualification level

Certificates 1-3 5,248 2,399 2,410 2,647 2,750 2,659 2,875 8.1% 2,847 959 988 1,170 1,191 1,095 1,179 7.7%

Certificates 4 1,307 2,125 2,731 3,033 3,336 3,188 3,182 -0.2% 691 1,082 1,324 1,510 1,763 1,624 1,471 -9.5%

Diplomas 5-7 2,725 5,284 4,671 5,077 6,533 7,287 8,474 16.3% 1,754 3,577 2,968 3,206 4,060 4,193 5,101 21.7%


Graduate certs/dips 394 628 710 1,064 1,266 1,252 1,194 -4.6% 174 342 374 634 785 782 728 -6.8%

Honours/post. certs/dips 407 1,310 1,325 1,346 1,545 1,680 1,608 -4.3% 312 962 1,019 989 1,114 1,212 1,149 -5.2%

Masters degrees 544 930 939 1,053 1,098 1,160 1,113 -4.1% 384 581 599 666 678 729 693 -5.0%

Doctoral degrees 205 592 808 1,049 1,303 1,534 1,718 12.0% 193 467 676 881 1,100 1,273 1,419 11.5%

Age group

Under 18 years 570 311 336 377 340 421 491 16.6% 354 134 158 164 172 197 203 2.8%

18 to 19 years 2,476 1,820 2,063 2,403 2,807 2,822 3,255 15.3% 1,810 1,436 1,551 1,747 1,998 1,938 2,147 10.8%

20 to 24 years 6,342 13,069 11,350 10,814 11,860 12,742 13,538 6.2% 4,705 10,544 8,551 7,884 8,504 8,906 9,608 7.9%

25 to 39 years 3,557 6,166 6,555 7,013 7,776 8,059 8,342 3.5% 2,236 4,037 4,190 4,410 5,005 5,130 5,315 3.6%

40 years and over 457 651 796 912 967 897 953 6.2% 222 279 371 436 500 475 498 4.7%


Business and management na 7,256 6,042 5,523 6,442 7,125 7,794 9.4% na 2,561 2,077 1,987 2,282 2,541 2,855 12.4%

Language and literature na 4,393 4,425 4,512 4,950 5,247 5,548 5.7% na 1,343 1,478 1,716 1,979 1,949 2,158 10.7%

Computer science na 2,921 2,431 2,716 3,202 3,352 3,403 1.5% na 873 750 872 1,166 1,208 1,193 -1.3%

Accountancy na 4,018 3,142 2,464 2,788 3,045 3,319 9.0% na 921 745 577 601 614 679 10.6%

Sales and marketing na 3,452 2,696 2,089 2,292 2,476 2,831 14.3% na 813 588 456 498 516 565 9.7%

Information systems na 3,231 2,364 2,479 2,652 2,594 2,360 -9.0% na 829 627 709 727 658 675 2.6%

Mathematical sciences na 3,185 2,449 2,128 2,193 2,231 2,255 1.1% na 631 501 436 483 490 489 -0.1%

Food and hospitality na 986 1,082 1,183 1,497 1,823 2,154 18.2% na 399 512 625 752 877 1,143 30.3%

Economics and econometrics na 3,697 2,680 2,019 1,923 2,226 1,970 -11.5% na 910 643 470 441 466 417 -10.4%

Banking and finance na 2,452 1,909 1,525 1,320 1,452 1,603 10.4% na 632 544 440 384 401 456 13.6%Other fields of study na 22,529 2 1,017 2 0,286 2 2,388 2 2,504 2 3,349 3.8% na 6,517 6,358 6,352 6,865 6,929 7,141 3.1%

Sub-sector

Universities 6,041 12,671 11,610 10,856 11,444 11,727 11,700 -0.2% 4,721 10,246 9,082 8,318 8,767 8,932 8,871 -0.7%

Polytechnics 4,224 5,617 5,551 5,933 6,596 6,895 7,068 2.5% 2,584 3,626 3,257 3,409 3,875 4,225 4,523 7.1%

Wnanga na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na



Study type

Full-time full-year 5,818 1 1,102 9,418 9,063 9,921 1 0,000 1 0,387 3.9% 6,098 1 1,652 9,822 9,345 1 0,276 10,313 10,774 4.5%

Full-time part-year 4,401 5,249 5,620 6,037 7,066 6,880 7,737 12.5% 2 ,036 2,567 2,686 2,792 3,262 3,222 3,663 13.7%

Part-time full-year 1,275 1,962 2,090 2,187 2,366 2,646 3,116 17.8% 659 1,148 1,184 1,231 1,326 1,503 1,816 20.9%

Part-time part-year 1,908 3,704 3,972 4,232 4,397 5,415 5,339 -1.4% 535 1,062 1,130 1,272 1,315 1,610 1,518 -5.7%




Notes:

(1) Since 2005, international doctoral students are funded at the same rate as domestic students. The data is not adjusted to allow for students who do not complete their study programme.(2) The colleges of education have merged with nearby universities over the last decade.


International male students enrolled in formal qualifications > 0.03 EFTS1



Seconary-Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) programme.3Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in informal programmes, i.e. programmes not registered on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured

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2001 2,006 2,007 2,008 2,009 2,010 2,011 Change

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Formal > 0.03 EFTS1 368,681 490,255 483,438 460,662 468,289 465,682 431,573 -7.3% 222,216 268,006 266,096 263,271 280,942 285,846 278,869 -2.4%

Formal 0.03 EFTS2

na 82,931 77,051 38,985 40,432 35,219 25,367 -28.0% na 3,356 3,308 2,147 2,460 2,248 1,875 -16.6%

Informal3

na 108,988 88,280 82,620 81,182 71,607 54,834 -23.4% na 7,042 4,685 4,672 4,534 4,417 3,236 -26.7%

Qualification level

Certificates 1-3 139,003 191,393 180,820 159,913 151,574 138,976 114,463 -17.6% 55,759 61,564 59,241 56,997 58,168 56,400 53,214 -5.6%

Certificates 4 32,228 81,858 84,246 78,856 78,284 75,965 65,957 -13.2% 14,699 33,046 33,185 32,184 35,145 33,871 31,586 -6.7%

Diplomas 5-7 60,672 72,697 7 1,760 72,146 77,594 80,299 75,887 -5.5% 3 2,813 37,070 36,189 36,170 3 9,515 40,002 38,014 -5.0%


Graduate certs/dips 13,671 1 3,437 1 3,620 1 3,622 1 4,832 1 4,811 1 3,381 -9.7% 5,662 5,620 5,834 5,958 7,105 7,441 6,388 -14.1%

Honours/post. certs/dips 15,991 21,707 22,702 22,980 26,259 27,387 26,718 -2.4% 10,814 13,390 13,927 14,193 16,688 17,724 17,288 -2.5%

Masters degrees 10,962 12,514 12,379 12,451 13,183 13,896 14,109 1.5% 6,828 7,008 6,867 6,922 7,351 7,776 7,886 1.4%


Age group

Under 18 years 19,495 19,867 19,160 18,246 16,833 15,837 14,979 -5.4% 11,955 11,972 11,324 10,905 10,426 10,245 10,209 -0.3%

18 to 19 years 54,062 58,824 61,537 63,230 68,381 69,825 67,947 -2.7% 45,560 48,492 50,998 52,729 57,427 58,697 57,813 -1.5%

20 to 24 years 97,087 121,391 118,735 118,197 125,737 132,386 131,622 -0.6% 73,622 89,272 86,264 86,125 93,262 98,356 99,169 0.8%

25 to 39 years 124,832 150,770 146,066 135,882 138,181 136,170 124,256 -8.7% 61,552 69,386 67,597 65,157 70,023 70,675 67,555 -4.4%

40 years and over 73,203 139,403 137,940 125,107 119,157 111,464 92,769 -16.8% 29,527 48,885 49,912 48,354 49,803 47,872 44,123 -7.8%

Females / Males

Female 207,955 264,912 259,903 252,031 257,801 255,909 241,628 -5.6% 124,036 151,700 150,529 148,435 158,122 160,136 157,099 -1.9%

Male 160,726 225,343 223,535 208,631 210,488 209,773 189,945 -9.5% 98,180 116,306 115,567 114,836 122,820 125,710 121,770 -3.1%








Teacher education na 27,302 27,940 27,012 2 9,534 30,055 27,972 -6.9% na 13,236 13,510 13,331 15,121 15,191 1 4,229 -6.3%

Communication and media studies na 28,867 28,316 28,430 31,361 31,246 27,593 -11.7% na 6,519 6,540 6,527 7,063 7,360 7,148 -2.9%Mathematical sciences na 29,291 29,576 28,384 28,509 28,461 26,443 -7.1% na 5,245 5,312 5,175 5,369 5,254 4,926 -6.2%

Computer science na 25,066 23,021 24,120 27,226 27,672 25,984 -6.1% na 5,504 5,174 5,402 6,406 6,998 6,899 -1.4%


Sub-sector

Universities 145,883 165,538 170,174 168,618 177,149 179,002 175,719 -1.8% 108,145 123,716 127,210 126,362 133,962 136,729 133,354 -2.5%

Polytechnics 130,158 214,134 216,611 197,686 192,027 187,197 157,319 -16.0% 60,279 75,158 76,290 73,222 78,485 80,724 78,493 -2.8%

Wnanga 16,456 48,790 42,333 40,326 42,554 42,275 38,629 -8.6% 7,829 23,480 22,096 22,578 25,133 25,838 24,668 -4.5%



Study type



Part-time full-year 83,784 110,514 111236 100145 97675 97349 81760 -16.0% 30,674 43,956 41,690 39,256 38,994 38,586 35,004 -9.3%







3Students enrolled at any time during the year with a tertiary education provider in informal programmes, i.e. programmes not registered on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured Qualifications.

Notes:




New Zealand's total tertiary education students by selected characteristics


All students enrolled in formal qualifications > 0.03 EFTS1


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207,955 264,912 259,903 252,031 257,801 255,909 241,628 -5.6% 124,036 151,700 150,529 148,435 158,122 160,136 157,099 -1.9%

Formal 0.03 EFTS2

na 25,577 21,920 19,238 20,212 17,697 12,182 -31.2% 1,015 1,281 1,195 1,094 1,174 1,040 842 -19.0%

Informal3

na 65,032 52,660 47,467 45,707 40,036 28,642 -28.5% 8,034 4,286 2,832 2,722 2,550 2,585 1,786 -30.9%

Qualification level

Certificates 1-3 76,597 95,830 89,350 82,835 78,126 71,168 61,783 -13.2% 30,218 34,041 32,698 31,156 31,452 29,987 28,671 -4.4%

Certificates 4 15,968 4 0,312 4 0,053 3 7,338 3 9,049 3 7,708 3 4,200 -9.3% 7,754 1 7,313 1 6,900 1 6,227 1 8,350 1 7,688 1 7,058 -3.6%

Diplomas 5-7 34,370 43,326 42,908 42,886 45,321 45,729 42,266 -7.6% 1 8,339 21,824 21,330 21,021 22,393 22,214 20,341 -8.4%




Masters degrees 6,221 7,132 7,053 7,067 7,518 7,838 7,941 1.3% 3,784 3,905 3,835 3,827 4,077 4,222 4,313 2.1%


Age group

Under 18 years 9,608 9,041 8,630 8,043 7,616 6,938 6,511 -6.2% 5,806 5,789 5,480 5,155 5,015 4,688 4,624 -1.4%

18 to 19 years 28,748 30,931 32,405 33,418 36,220 36,933 35,621 -3.6% 24,834 26,567 27,982 28,962 31,427 31,908 31,177 -2.3%

20 to 24 years 50,905 63,488 61,437 61,436 65,234 69,114 69,113 0.0% 38,864 47,936 46,207 45,975 49,805 52,543 53,209 1.3%

25 to 39 years 72,578 84,353 80,624 75,743 77,365 76,267 71,433 -6.3% 35,464 40,484 39,119 37,243 39,839 40,130 39,000 -2.8%

40 years and over 46,114 77,099 76,807 73,391 71,366 66,657 58,950 -11.6% 19,067 30,924 31,742 31,099 32,036 30,867 29,088 -5.8%




Language and literature na 3 4,158 33667 32811 33655 31832 29850 -6.2% na 12,757 13,481 12,738 13,312 12,695 11,939 -6.0%

Teacher education na 21,845 2 2,455 2 1,969 2 4,198 2 4,916 2 3,254 -6.7% na 1 1,157 1 1,498 1 1,402 1 2,886 1 3,018 1 2,195 -6.3%




Biological sciences na 13,764 13,755 13,873 15,209 15,847 15,904 0.4% na 4,512 4,815 4,802 5,103 5,329 5,420 1.7%


General education programmes na 15,096 15,089 14,269 14,055 15,413 14,585 -5.4% na 1,850 1,782 1,715 1,682 1,682 1,918 14.0%

Other fields of study na 314,062 294,770 284,067 290,917 298,889 284,612 -4.8% na 80,960 79,384 79,346 84,740 87,696 87,877 0.2%

Sub-sector

Universities 81,790 94,476 98,261 97,185 101,705 102,440 99,557 -2.8% 5 8,996 69,349 72,133 71,490 75,544 76,868 74,870 -2.6%

Polytechnics 69,658 98,090 99,821 94,239 93,155 90,548 80,498 -11.1% 3 2,311 37,722 38,623 36,651 39,720 40,838 40,787 -0.1%

Wnanga 12,040 33,660 29,151 27,958 28,962 28,429 26,447 -7.0% 5,325 16,255 15,162 15,428 16,875 17,007 16,520 -2.9%



Study type


Full-time part-year 29,458 32,900 33,068 32,424 36,175 34,388 36,831 7.1% 13,795 15,106 15,452 15,668 17,190 16,717 18,412 10.1%Part-time full-year 50,251 64,861 61,496 57,344 55,590 55,672 47,032 -15.5% 18,568 26,276 24,215 22,674 22,598 22,502 20,303 -9.8%







Notes:


their study programme.(2) The colleges of education have merged with nearby universities over the last decade.

New Zealand's total female tertiary education students by selected characteristics


All female students enrolled in formal qualifications > 0.03 EFTS1


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160,726 225,343 223,535 208,631 210,488 209,773 189,945 -9.5% 98,180 116,306 115,567 114,836 122,820 125,710 121,770 -3.1%

Formal 0.03 EFTS2

na 57,354 55,131 19,747 20,220 17,522 13,185 -24.8% na 2,075 2,112 1,053 1,287 1,208 1,034 -14.5%

Informal3

na 43,956 35,620 35,153 35,475 31,571 26,192 -17.0% na 2,756 1,853 1,950 1,983 1,832 1,450 -20.9%

Qualification level

Certificates 1-3 62,406 95,563 91,470 77,078 73,448 67,808 52,680 -22.3% 25,541 27,523 26,543 25,841 26,716 26,413 24,542 -7.1%

Certificates 4 16,260 41,546 44,193 41,518 39,235 38,257 31,757 -17.0% 6,945 15,734 16,285 15,958 16,795 16,183 14,528 -10.2%

Diplomas 5-7 26,302 29,371 28,852 29,260 32,273 34,570 33,621 -2.7% 14,474 15,246 14,858 15,149 17,121 17,788 17,674 -0.6%

Bachelors degrees 47,393 54,356 53,880 53,431 56,450 58,449 58,400 -0.1% 38,412 43,140 42,723 42,189 44,522 46,702 46,988 0.6%



Masters degrees 4,741 5,382 5,326 5,384 5,665 6,058 6,168 1.8% 3,044 3,102 3,032 3,095 3,274 3,554 3,573 0.5%


Age group

Under 18 years 9,887 10,826 10,530 10,203 9,217 8,899 8,468 -4.8% 6,149 6,183 5,845 5,750 5,412 5,557 5,585 0.5%

18 to 19 years 25,314 27,893 29,132 29,812 32,161 32,892 32,326 -1.7% 20,726 21,925 23,016 23,767 26,000 26,789 26,636 -0.6%

20 to 24 years 46,182 57,903 57,298 56,761 60,503 63,272 62,509 -1.2% 34,758 41,335 40,057 40,150 43,457 45,813 45,960 0.3%

25 to 39 years 52,254 66,417 65,442 60,139 60,816 59,903 52,823 -11.8% 26,088 28,902 28,478 27,914 30,185 30,545 28,554 -6.5%

40 years and over 27,089 62,304 61,133 51,716 47,791 44,807 33,819 -24.5% 10,460 17,961 18,170 17,255 17,767 17,005 15,035 -11.6%

Common fields of studyBusiness and management na 3 3,037 3 0,948 3 0,907 3 3,482 3 4,423 3 4,333 -0.3% na 8,729 8,562 8,724 9,565 9,792 9,636 -1.6%

Language and literature na 2 0,432 2 0,048 1 9,331 2 0,708 2 0,401 1 8,593 -8.9% na 7,339 7,969 7,644 8,371 7,887 7,263 -7.9%

Computer science na 15,025 14139 14761 16766 17665 16898 -4.3% na 3,953 3,785 3,938 4,598 5,072 5,108 0.7%


Mathematical sciences na 16,613 16,512 16,005 16,343 16,132 15,024 -6.9% na 3,059 3,057 2,985 3,171 3,056 2,896 -5.2%



Building na 16,338 14,633 14,368 13,274 13,366 12,559 -6.0% na 5,402 5,730 5,966 5,553 5,600 5,351 -4.4%


Information systems na 12,653 11,582 12,156 13,582 13,023 11,900 -8.6% na 3,017 2,777 2,856 2,922 2,813 2,773 -1.4%


Sub-sector

Universities 64,093 71,062 71,913 71,433 75,444 76,562 76,162 -0.5% 49,149 54,367 55,077 54,872 58,417 59,861 58,484 -2.3%

Polytechnics 60,500 116,044 116,790 103,447 98,872 96,649 76,821 -20.5% 27,968 37,436 37,667 36,571 38,765 39,886 37,706 -5.5%

Wnanga 4,416 15,130 13,182 12,368 13,592 13,846 12,182 -12.0% 2,504 7,225 6,933 7,150 8,258 8,831 8,149 -7.7%



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Notes:(1) The equivalent full-time student count used in this report does not equate to the funded equivalent full-time student count. The data is also not adjusted to allow for students who do not complete



New Zealand's total male tertiary education students by selected characteristics


All male students enrolled in formal qualifications > 0.03 EFTS1


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