NZ students studying Bachelors Degrees (Level 7) at universities between 2011-2020

The tables and graphs below show the number of NZ domestic male and female students studying towards Bachelors Degrees (Level 7) 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 Bachelors Degrees (Level 7) at universities between 2011-2020 presented as EFTS, organised by sex.

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
University of Auckland	M	8315	8255	8315	8310	8090
	F	11525	11560	11610	11545	11365
University of Otago	M	6010	6095	6050	6025	5855
	F	7790	7855	7925	7870	7630
Victoria University of Wellington	M	5425	5625	5440	5325	5170
	F	6585	6480	6515	6635	6640
University of Canterbury	M	3300	3210	2900	2725	2635
	F	4515	4345	3945	3690	3610
Massey University	M	3700	3805	3540	3410	3345
	F	6465	6645	6375	6065	5935
University of Waikato	M	2620	2680	2500	2410	2430
	F	3845	3975	3910	3785	3680
Lincoln University	M	705	705	690	625	580
	F	585	575	585	590	555
Auckland University of Technology	M	4095	4330	4485	4595	4515
	F	6835	7305	7330	7705	7760
All Universities	M	34170	34705	33920	33425	32620
	F	48145	48740	48195	47885	47175

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	7845	7575	7505	7270	7115
	F	10955	10665	10635	10610	10735
University of Otago	M	5765	5600	5565	5585	5555
	F	7805	7790	8045	8060	8310
Victoria University of Wellington	M	5285	5230	5185	5025	4980
	F	6665	6665	6770	6880	7130
University of Canterbury	M	2725	2770	3030	3230	3430
	F	3600	3720	4075	4365	4650
Massey University	M	3355	3335	3270	3260	3270
	F	6070	6030	6115	6165	6195
University of Waikato	M	2275	2235	1970	1810	1750
	F	3615	3605	3470	3460	3480
Lincoln University	M	590	640	585	565	510
	F	600	600	600	560	555
Auckland University of Technology	M	4540	4500	4465	4485	4605
	F	7870	7775	7885	8040	8370
All Universities	M	32380	31885	31575	31230	31215
	F	47180	46850	47595	48140	49425

Table 2 – NZ domestic students studying Bachelors Degrees (Level 7) 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	41.91	41.66	41.73	41.85	41.58
	F	58.09	58.34	58.27	58.15	58.42
University of Otago	M	43.55	43.69	43.29	43.36	43.42
	F	56.45	56.31	56.71	56.64	56.58
Victoria University of Wellington	M	45.17	46.47	45.5	44.52	43.78
	F	54.83	53.53	54.5	55.48	56.22
University of Canterbury	M	42.23	42.49	42.37	42.48	42.19
	F	57.77	57.51	57.63	57.52	57.81
Massey University	M	36.4	36.41	35.7	35.99	36.05
	F	63.6	63.59	64.3	64.01	63.95
University of Waikato	M	40.53	40.27	39	38.9	39.77
	F	59.47	59.73	61	61.1	60.23
Lincoln University	M	54.65	55.08	54.12	51.44	51.1
	F	45.35	44.92	45.88	48.56	48.9
Auckland University of Technology	M	37.47	37.22	37.96	37.36	36.78
	F	62.53	62.78	62.04	62.64	63.22
All Universities	M	41.51	41.59	41.31	41.11	40.88
	F	58.49	58.41	58.69	58.89	59.12

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	41.73	41.53	41.37	40.66	39.86
	F	58.27	58.47	58.63	59.34	60.14
University of Otago	M	42.48	41.82	40.89	40.93	40.06
	F	57.52	58.18	59.11	59.07	59.94
Victoria University of Wellington	M	44.23	43.97	43.37	42.21	41.12
	F	55.77	56.03	56.63	57.79	58.88
University of Canterbury	M	43.08	42.68	42.65	42.53	42.45
	F	56.92	57.32	57.35	57.47	57.55
Massey University	M	35.6	35.61	34.84	34.59	34.55
	F	64.4	64.39	65.16	65.41	65.45
University of Waikato	M	38.62	38.27	36.21	34.35	33.46
	F	61.38	61.73	63.79	65.65	66.54
Lincoln University	M	49.58	51.61	49.37	50.22	47.89
	F	50.42	48.39	50.63	49.78	52.11
Auckland University of Technology	M	36.58	36.66	36.15	35.81	35.49
	F	63.42	63.34	63.85	64.19	64.51
All Universities	M	40.7	40.5	39.88	39.35	38.71
	F	59.3	59.5	60.12	60.65	61.29

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