Student statistics

Find key statistics about domestic students, including the number of students enrolled, what they're studying, and other demographic information.

Our students come from all over the world to study at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. The information they provide us with informs the University’s operations, functions and activities.

All of the information presented on this page is anonymised and presented to show numerical trends of students attending our University, using the following measures:

Total student enrolments

Student Total20192020202120222023
Total headcount 22,406 22,438 23,09021,83320,569
Total EFTS1 17,861 17,76718,24116,70315,728

Number of students by enrolment type

Students by Enrolment Type (Headcount)220192020202120222023
Pre-degree certificates/diplomas3 - School Leaver 52 55 49 71 95
Pre-degree certificates/diplomas3 - Returner 57 75 41 22 44
Pre-degree certificates/diplomas3 -Other new 445 229 88 122 242
Undergraduate4 - School Leaver 2,991 2,882 3,083 2,918 2,840
Undergraduate4 - Returner 11,178 11,356 11,743 11,247 10,516
Undergraduate4 - Other new 2,390 2,395 2,321 1,708 1,460
Postgraduate - Returner 3,651 3,784 3,942 3,864 3,623
Postgraduate - Other new 938 986 974 8671,1335

Number of students by gender

Students by Gender (Headcount)20192020202120222023
Female 12,779 12,974 13,443 12,890 12,146
Male 9,534 9,336 9,408 8,647 8,230
Another Gender6 93 128 239 296283

Number of students by ethnicity

Students by Ethnicity7 (Headcount)20192020202120222023
European/Pākehā 14,886 15,245 15,848 14,698 13,556
Asian 4,912 4,627 4,561 4,429 4,655
Māori 2,199 2,295 2,491 2,354 2,208
Pasifika 1,318 1,337 1,439 1,434 1,325
MELAA8 720 792 797 764 786
Other ethnicity 586 549 526 500468

Number of students by age group

Students by Age Group (Headcount)20192020202120222023
≤ 19 5,748 5,698 5,793 5,564 5,187
20–24 10,507 10,380 10,739 10,059 9,347
25–39 2,458 2,510 2,601 2,332 2,300
40+ 3,687 3,849 3,957 3,8783,825

Number of students by funding type

Students by Funding Type (EFTS)20192020202120222023
Government Funded 15,814 15,950 16,931 15,605 14,286
International Full-fee 2,047 1,817 1,311 1,0981,442

Number of students by secondary school region

Domestic School Leavers by Last Secondary School Region (Headcount)20192020202120222023
Wellington 1,117 1,082 1,242 1,135 1,133
Auckland 520 494 560 540 429
Rest of North Island 834 776 809 803 831
South Island 311 263 298 324 341
Unknown (Including Te Kura) 106 180 95 8489

Notes

  1. Equivalent Full-Time Student.
  2. The qualification level is defined based on the Qualifications Award Category.
  3. Micro-credentials have been excluded.
  4. "Bachelor's with Honours" are included as undergraduate qualifications for the purpose of these tables.
  5. A very small number of postgraduate-level school leavers are present, who are integrated with postgraduate - other new group.
  6. Student gender diversity data were reported from 2019 onwards, while staff gender diversity data were reported from 2020.
  7. Both students and staff can identify with more than one ethnicity, which may result in subtotals exceeding the student and staff headcounts.
  8. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African
  9. For more information, read our Annual Report.
  10. Check Education Counts for more tertiary education sector statistics.