Average number of students per academic staff member in New Zealand tertiary education institutions

The student to staff ratios have been calculated using the equivalent full-time student measure and the full-time equivalent academic staff count. In interpreting these ratios caution needs to be exercised as the allocation of staff to categories may not be consistently reported from year to year.

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At the end of every year the Ministry collects aggregated staff numbers (headcount and full-time equivalent) by a range of characteristics such as full-time or part-time status, sub-sector, staff-type (academic, research and other staff), gender, ethnic group, and age group.

These workforce returns came from 8 universities, 15 polytechnics, 3 wānanga and 168 private training establishments (PTEs).