NZ students studying Certificates (Level 4) at universities between 2011-2020

The tables and graphs below show the number of NZ domestic male and female students studying towards Certificates (Level 4) 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 Certificates (Level 4) at university between 2011-2020 presented as EFTS, organised by sex.

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
University of Auckland	M	135	145	160	170	175
	F	185	195	215	250	270
University of Otago	M	35	40	45	65	70
	F	45	55	65	75	90
Victoria University of Wellington	M	60	35	20	15	25
	F	65	30	20	20	20
University of Canterbury	M	80	70	75	60	65
	F	65	65	55	60	45
Massey University	M	20	5	10	70	75
	F	30	10	25	65	85
University of Waikato	M	0	0	0	0	35
	F	0	0	0	0	10
Lincoln University	M	35	35	35	25	40
	F	25	25	25	25	25
Auckland University of Technology	M	295	315	335	275	420
	F	390	345	355	290	435
All Universities	M	660	645	680	680	905
	F	805	725	760	785	980

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	190	150	150	165	170
	F	255	260	225	210	260
University of Otago	M	65	70	50	60	55
	F	85	80	90	85	85
Victoria University of Wellington	M	15	10	10	10	10
	F	20	20	20	15	20
University of Canterbury	M	60	55	65	60	55
	F	60	50	60	70	75
Massey University	M	80	75	65	70	70
	F	90	90	100	125	140
University of Waikato	M	35	60	65	55	65
	F	20	65	90	80	70
Lincoln University	M	70	10	5	0	5
	F	35	10	0	0	5
Auckland University of Technology	M	405	390	415	345	275
	F	480	445	480	315	170
All Universities	M	920	820	825	765	705
	F	1045	1020	1065	900	825

Table 2 – NZ domestic students studying Certificates (Level 4) at university 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	42.19	42.65	42.67	40.48	39.33
	F	57.81	57.35	57.33	59.52	60.67
University of Otago	M	43.75	42.11	40.91	46.43	43.75
	F	56.25	57.89	59.09	53.57	56.25
Victoria University of Wellington	M	48	53.85	50	42.86	55.56
	F	52	46.15	50	57.14	44.44
University of Canterbury	M	55.17	51.85	57.69	50	59.09
	F	44.83	48.15	42.31	50	40.91
Massey University	M	40	33.33	28.57	51.85	46.88
	F	60	66.67	71.43	48.15	53.13
University of Waikato	M	0	0	0	0	77.78
	F	0	0	0	0	22.22
Lincoln University	M	58.33	58.33	58.33	50	61.54
	F	41.67	41.67	41.67	50	38.46
Auckland University of Technology	M	43.07	47.73	48.55	48.67	49.12
	F	56.93	52.27	51.45	51.33	50.88
All Universities	M	45.05	47.08	47.22	46.42	48.01
	F	54.95	52.92	52.78	53.58	51.99

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	42.7	36.59	40	44	39.53
	F	57.3	63.41	60	56	60.47
University of Otago	M	43.33	46.67	35.71	41.38	39.29
	F	56.67	53.33	64.29	58.62	60.71
Victoria University of Wellington	M	42.86	33.33	33.33	40	33.33
	F	57.14	66.67	66.67	60	66.67
University of Canterbury	M	50	52.38	52	46.15	42.31
	F	50	47.62	48	53.85	57.69
Massey University	M	47.06	45.45	39.39	35.9	33.33
	F	52.94	54.55	60.61	64.1	66.67
University of Waikato	M	63.64	48	41.94	40.74	48.15
	F	36.36	52	58.06	59.26	51.85
Lincoln University	M	66.67	50	100	0	50
	F	33.33	50	0	0	50
Auckland University of Technology	M	45.76	46.71	46.37	52.27	61.8
	F	54.24	53.29	53.63	47.73	38.2
All Universities	M	46.82	44.57	43.65	45.95	46.08
	F	53.18	55.43	56.35	54.05	53.92

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