NZ students studying Graduate Certificates/Diplomas (Level 7) at universities between 2011-2020

The tables and graphs below show the number of NZ domestic male and female students studying towards Graduate Certificates/Diplomas (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 Graduate Certificates/Diplomas (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	310	275	255	220	200
	F	660	635	575	550	455
University of Otago	M	120	100	105	115	90
	F	210	165	190	150	100
Victoria University of Wellington	M	240	230	200	190	170
	F	475	500	450	365	355
University of Canterbury	M	125	125	100	110	90
	F	315	305	230	220	215
Massey University	M	390	335	305	265	240
	F	620	590	525	480	495
University of Waikato	M	180	160	130	110	115
	F	340	360	280	225	220
Lincoln University	M	20	10	15	10	10
	F	10	10	10	10	10
Auckland University of Technology	M	160	160	155	125	130
	F	280	260	240	220	220
All Universities	M	1545	1395	1265	1145	1045
	F	2910	2825	2500	2220	2070

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	170	180	170	130	135
	F	415	345	380	320	355
University of Otago	M	75	65	65	50	40
	F	90	75	60	55	50
Victoria University of Wellington	M	155	150	150	135	155
	F	305	275	290	300	280
University of Canterbury	M	90	85	85	75	80
	F	220	230	205	185	225
Massey University	M	255	225	205	220	185
	F	455	455	470	565	580
University of Waikato	M	120	115	140	105	120
	F	240	250	355	270	310
Lincoln University	M	5	10	10	10	10
	F	5	10	10	10	10
Auckland University of Technology	M	120	95	100	110	120
	F	190	190	205	210	240
All Universities	M	990	925	925	835	845
	F	1920	1830	1975	1915	2050

Table 2 – NZ domestic students studying Graduate Certificates/Diplomas (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	31.96	30.22	30.72	28.57	30.53
	F	68.04	69.78	69.28	71.43	69.47
University of Otago	M	36.36	37.74	35.59	43.4	47.37
	F	63.64	62.26	64.41	56.6	52.63
Victoria University of Wellington	M	33.57	31.51	30.77	34.23	32.38
	F	66.43	68.49	69.23	65.77	67.62
University of Canterbury	M	28.41	29.07	30.3	33.33	29.51
	F	71.59	70.93	69.7	66.67	70.49
Massey University	M	38.61	36.22	36.75	35.57	32.65
	F	61.39	63.78	63.25	64.43	67.35
University of Waikato	M	34.62	30.77	31.71	32.84	34.33
	F	65.38	69.23	68.29	67.16	65.67
Lincoln University	M	66.67	50	60	50	50
	F	33.33	50	40	50	50
Auckland University of Technology	M	36.36	38.1	39.24	36.23	37.14
	F	63.64	61.9	60.76	63.77	62.86
All Universities	M	34.68	33.06	33.6	34.03	33.55
	F	65.32	66.94	66.4	65.97	66.45

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	29.06	34.29	30.91	28.89	27.55
	F	70.94	65.71	69.09	71.11	72.45
University of Otago	M	45.45	46.43	52	47.62	44.44
	F	54.55	53.57	48	52.38	55.56
Victoria University of Wellington	M	33.7	35.29	34.09	31.03	35.63
	F	66.3	64.71	65.91	68.97	64.37
University of Canterbury	M	29.03	26.98	29.31	28.85	26.23
	F	70.97	73.02	70.69	71.15	73.77
Massey University	M	35.92	33.09	30.37	28.03	24.18
	F	64.08	66.91	69.63	71.97	75.82
University of Waikato	M	33.33	31.51	28.28	28	27.91
	F	66.67	68.49	71.72	72	72.09
Lincoln University	M	50	50	50	50	50
	F	50	50	50	50	50
Auckland University of Technology	M	38.71	33.33	32.79	34.38	33.33
	F	61.29	66.67	67.21	65.63	66.67
All Universities	M	34.02	33.58	31.9	30.36	29.19
	F	65.98	66.42	68.1	69.64	70.81

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