NZ students studying Doctorates (Level 10) at universities between 2011-2020

The tables and graphs below show the number of NZ domestic male and female students studying towards Doctorates (Level 10) 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 Doctorates (Level 10) at universities between 2011-2020 presented as EFTS, organised by sex.

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
University of Auckland	M	495	510	495	490	500
	F	555	560	570	570	580
University of Otago	M	285	275	250	245	265
	F	365	360	350	345	330
Victoria University of Wellington	M	185	165	160	155	145
	F	215	195	180	180	175
University of Canterbury	M	180	200	190	180	170
	F	145	155	145	150	160
Massey University	M	340	295	270	260	210
	F	460	445	460	415	405
University of Waikato	M	140	135	120	115	110
	F	135	135	130	135	135
Lincoln University	M	45	40	30	30	30
	F	45	40	30	30	35
Auckland University of Technology	M	105	100	115	140	155
	F	130	130	165	200	220
All Universities	M	1775	1720	1630	1615	1585
	F	2050	2020	2030	2025	2040

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	480	465	480	465	455
	F	575	595	605	605	600
University of Otago	M	260	275	270	265	245
	F	320	330	325	340	350
Victoria University of Wellington	M	150	165	165	185	160
	F	200	255	255	260	230
University of Canterbury	M	180	175	165	155	155
	F	180	185	185	205	185
Massey University	M	200	150	145	140	150
	F	390	295	265	260	270
University of Waikato	M	105	120	120	110	110
	F	140	160	170	155	145
Lincoln University	M	25	25	25	25	20
	F	35	30	30	25	25
Auckland University of Technology	M	160	165	165	165	150
	F	240	265	270	285	265
All Universities	M	1560	1540	1535	1510	1445
	F	2080	2115	2105	2135	2070

Table 2 – NZ domestic students studying Doctorates (Level 10) 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	47.14	47.66	46.48	46.23	46.3
	F	52.86	52.34	53.52	53.77	53.7
University of Otago	M	43.85	43.31	41.67	41.53	44.54
	F	56.15	56.69	58.33	58.47	55.46
Victoria University of Wellington	M	46.25	45.83	47.06	46.27	45.31
	F	53.75	54.17	52.94	53.73	54.69
University of Canterbury	M	55.38	56.34	56.72	54.55	51.52
	F	44.62	43.66	43.28	45.45	48.48
Massey University	M	42.5	39.86	36.99	38.52	34.15
	F	57.5	60.14	63.01	61.48	65.85
University of Waikato	M	50.91	50	48	46	44.9
	F	49.09	50	52	54	55.1
Lincoln University	M	50	50	50	50	46.15
	F	50	50	50	50	53.85
Auckland University of Technology	M	44.68	43.48	41.07	41.18	41.33
	F	55.32	56.52	58.93	58.82	58.67
All Universities	M	46.41	45.99	44.54	44.37	43.72
	F	53.59	54.01	55.46	55.63	56.28

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	45.5	43.87	44.24	43.46	43.13
	F	54.5	56.13	55.76	56.54	56.87
University of Otago	M	44.83	45.45	45.38	43.8	41.18
	F	55.17	54.55	54.62	56.2	58.82
Victoria University of Wellington	M	42.86	39.29	39.29	41.57	41.03
	F	57.14	60.71	60.71	58.43	58.97
University of Canterbury	M	50	48.61	47.14	43.06	45.59
	F	50	51.39	52.86	56.94	54.41
Massey University	M	33.9	33.71	35.37	35	35.71
	F	66.1	66.29	64.63	65	64.29
University of Waikato	M	42.86	42.86	41.38	41.51	43.14
	F	57.14	57.14	58.62	58.49	56.86
Lincoln University	M	41.67	45.45	45.45	50	44.44
	F	58.33	54.55	54.55	50	55.56
Auckland University of Technology	M	40	38.37	37.93	36.67	36.14
	F	60	61.63	62.07	63.33	63.86
All Universities	M	42.86	42.13	42.17	41.43	41.11
	F	57.14	57.87	57.83	58.57	58.89

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