NZ students studying Masters (Level 9) at universities between 2011-2020

The tables and graphs below show the number of NZ domestic male and female students studying towards Masters (Level 9) at each of the eight NZ universities for the period from 2011 to 2020. The data has been acquired from Education Counts, and is based on Equivalent Full-Time Students (EFTS). Data is presented as absolute numbers and as a percentage.

Table 1 – NZ domestic students studying Masters (Level 9) at universities between 2011-2020 presented as EFTS, organised by sex.

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
University of Auckland	M	680	615	565	595	575
	F	810	775	815	890	905
University of Otago	M	340	310	285	320	325
	F	435	495	480	480	515
Victoria University of Wellington	M	445	445	430	430	515
	F	505	470	515	535	645
University of Canterbury	M	320	315	270	335	365
	F	355	345	320	430	475
Massey University	M	340	405	405	430	485
	F	565	700	690	730	835
University of Waikato	M	200	170	180	215	210
	F	240	245	325	385	370
Lincoln University	M	40	40	35	40	35
	F	50	45	45	40	45
Auckland University of Technology	M	280	265	245	250	255
	F	350	340	305	330	360
All Universities	M	2645	2565	2415	2615	2765
	F	3310	3415	3495	3820	4150

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	595	665	655	620	665
	F	975	975	1010	1035	1085
University of Otago	M	335	310	335	365	415
	F	495	510	540	565	605
Victoria University of Wellington	M	570	600	585	560	545
	F	695	725	765	835	860
University of Canterbury	M	345	385	365	340	375
	F	490	505	555	575	610
Massey University	M	475	430	400	435	415
	F	835	850	840	850	920
University of Waikato	M	210	200	210	185	200
	F	340	350	345	345	325
Lincoln University	M	40	30	20	25	55
	F	55	45	50	55	65
Auckland University of Technology	M	235	240	260	245	250
	F	370	355	355	405	410
All Universities	M	2805	2860	2830	2775	2920
	F	4255	4315	4460	4665	4880

Table 2 – NZ domestic students studying Masters (Level 9) at universities between 2011-2020 presented as a percentage based on EFTS, organised by sex.

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
University of Auckland	M	45.64	44.24	40.94	40.07	38.85
	F	54.36	55.76	59.06	59.93	61.15
University of Otago	M	43.87	38.51	37.25	40	38.69
	F	56.13	61.49	62.75	60	61.31
Victoria University of Wellington	M	46.84	48.63	45.5	44.56	44.4
	F	53.16	51.37	54.5	55.44	55.6
University of Canterbury	M	47.41	47.73	45.76	43.79	43.45
	F	52.59	52.27	54.24	56.21	56.55
Massey University	M	37.57	36.65	36.99	37.07	36.74
	F	62.43	63.35	63.01	62.93	63.26
University of Waikato	M	45.45	40.96	35.64	35.83	36.21
	F	54.55	59.04	64.36	64.17	63.79
Lincoln University	M	44.44	47.06	43.75	50	43.75
	F	55.56	52.94	56.25	50	56.25
Auckland University of Technology	M	44.44	43.8	44.55	43.1	41.46
	F	55.56	56.2	55.45	56.9	58.54
All Universities	M	44.42	42.89	40.86	40.64	39.99
	F	55.58	57.11	59.14	59.36	60.01

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	37.9	40.55	39.34	37.46	38
	F	62.1	59.45	60.66	62.54	62
University of Otago	M	40.36	37.8	38.29	39.25	40.69
	F	59.64	62.2	61.71	60.75	59.31
Victoria University of Wellington	M	45.06	45.28	43.33	40.14	38.79
	F	54.94	54.72	56.67	59.86	61.21
University of Canterbury	M	41.32	43.26	39.67	37.16	38.07
	F	58.68	56.74	60.33	62.84	61.93
Massey University	M	36.26	33.59	32.26	33.85	31.09
	F	63.74	66.41	67.74	66.15	68.91
University of Waikato	M	38.18	36.36	37.84	34.91	38.1
	F	61.82	63.64	62.16	65.09	61.9
Lincoln University	M	42.11	40	28.57	31.25	45.83
	F	57.89	60	71.43	68.75	54.17
Auckland University of Technology	M	38.84	40.34	42.28	37.69	37.88
	F	61.16	59.66	57.72	62.31	62.12
All Universities	M	39.73	39.86	38.82	37.3	37.44
	F	60.27	60.14	61.18	62.7	62.56

Source of data: Education Counts, and linked file ‘Provider-based Equivalent Full-Time Students (EFTS)’, Archived.