NZ students studying Honours & Postgraduate Certificates/Diplomas (Level 8) at universities between 2011-2020

The tables and graphs below show the number of NZ domestic male and female students studying towards Honours & Postgraduate Certificates/Diplomas (Level 8) 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 Honours and Postgraduate Certificates/Diplomas (Level 8) at universities between 2011-2020 presented as EFTS, organised by sex.

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
University of Auckland	M	2605	2775	2860	2980	3125
	F	2010	2125	2215	2225	2260
University of Otago	M	555	395	325	330	335
	F	925	680	585	580	655
Victoria University of Wellington	M	290	245	545	575	535
	F	425	480	550	490	470
University of Canterbury	M	1800	1735	1770	1880	1880
	F	820	835	785	750	720
Massey University	M	1215	1155	1100	1045	995
	F	1925	1900	1835	1860	1790
University of Waikato	M	280	265	495	500	520
	F	390	355	355	305	275
Lincoln University	M	30	25	25	20	25
	F	30	40	45	40	40
Auckland University of Technology	M	395	430	465	530	570
	F	370	400	400	435	500
All Universities	M	7170	7025	7585	7860	7985
	F	6895	6815	6770	6685	6710

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	3095	3220	3180	3280	3395
	F	2380	2455	2510	2545	2685
University of Otago	M	350	360	365	340	300
	F	635	645	660	630	605
Victoria University of Wellington	M	585	590	535	585	530
	F	485	470	490	435	495
University of Canterbury	M	2040	2070	2105	2185	2205
	F	775	820	840	950	1080
Massey University	M	955	840	745	720	685
	F	1835	1715	1680	1595	1645
University of Waikato	M	560	555	790	850	795
	F	310	305	420	430	415
Lincoln University	M	20	30	25	20	35
	F	40	30	20	25	60
Auckland University of Technology	M	650	695	720	715	735
	F	555	525	605	595	585
All Universities	M	8255	8360	8465	8695	8680
	F	7015	6965	7225	7205	7570

Table 2 – NZ domestic students studying Honours and Postgraduate Certificates/Diplomas (Level 8) at universities between 2011-2020 presented as a percentage based on EFTS, organised by sex.

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	56.53	56.74	55.89	56.31	55.84
	F	43.47	43.26	44.11	43.69	44.16
University of Otago	M	35.53	35.82	35.61	35.05	33.15
	F	64.47	64.18	64.39	64.95	66.85
Victoria University of Wellington	M	54.67	55.66	52.2	57.35	51.71
	F	45.33	44.34	47.8	42.65	48.29
University of Canterbury	M	72.47	71.63	71.48	69.7	67.12
	F	27.53	28.37	28.52	30.3	32.88
Massey University	M	34.23	32.88	30.72	31.1	29.4
	F	65.77	67.12	69.28	68.9	70.6
University of Waikato	M	64.37	64.53	65.29	66.41	65.7
	F	35.63	35.47	34.71	33.59	34.3
Lincoln University	M	33.33	50	55.56	44.44	36.84
	F	66.67	50	44.44	55.56	63.16
Auckland University of Technology	M	53.94	56.97	54.34	54.58	55.68
	F	46.06	43.03	45.66	45.42	44.32
All Universities	M	54.06	54.55	53.95	54.69	53.42
	F	45.94	45.45	46.05	45.31	46.58

Tertiary Education Provider	Sex	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
University of Auckland	M	56.53	56.74	55.89	56.31	55.84
	F	43.47	43.26	44.11	43.69	44.16
University of Otago	M	35.53	35.82	35.61	35.05	33.15
	F	64.47	64.18	64.39	64.95	66.85
Victoria University of Wellington	M	54.67	55.66	52.2	57.35	51.71
	F	45.33	44.34	47.8	42.65	48.29
University of Canterbury	M	72.47	71.63	71.48	69.7	67.12
	F	27.53	28.37	28.52	30.3	32.88
Massey University	M	34.23	32.88	30.72	31.1	29.4
	F	65.77	67.12	69.28	68.9	70.6
University of Waikato	M	64.37	64.53	65.29	66.41	65.7
	F	35.63	35.47	34.71	33.59	34.3
Lincoln University	M	33.33	50	55.56	44.44	36.84
	F	66.67	50	44.44	55.56	63.16
Auckland University of Technology	M	53.94	56.97	54.34	54.58	55.68
	F	46.06	43.03	45.66	45.42	44.32
All Universities	M	54.06	54.55	53.95	54.69	53.42
	F	45.94	45.45	46.05	45.31	46.58

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