Recipients of student allowances in New Zealand

By sub-sector, 2000–2021, number of students

The following information applies to all values in the table. Measure: Student allowances recipients
Year	Sub-sector	Number of students
2000	Universities	37,497
2001	Universities	37,204
2002	Universities	36,747
2003	Universities	34,779
2004	Universities	33,731
2005	Universities	31,248
2006	Universities	32,340
2007	Universities	34,171
2008	Universities	36,240
2009	Universities	44,200
2010	Universities	50,361
2011	Universities	50,537
2012	Universities	49,052
2013	Universities	41,405
2014	Universities	37,582
2015	Universities	35,170
2016	Universities	33,814
2017	Universities	31,936
2018	Universities	32,385
2019	Universities	31,936
2020	Universities	32,457
2021	Universities	33,894
2000	Polytechnics	18,978
2001	Polytechnics	19,127
2002	Polytechnics	18,578
2003	Polytechnics	17,279
2004	Polytechnics	15,986
2005	Polytechnics	14,196
2006	Polytechnics	14,892
2007	Polytechnics	15,822
2008	Polytechnics	16,601
2009	Polytechnics	21,427
2010	Polytechnics	25,959
2011	Polytechnics	28,534
2012	Polytechnics	28,708
2013	Polytechnics	25,679
2014	Polytechnics	24,490
2015	Polytechnics	23,385
2016	Polytechnics	22,487
2017	Polytechnics	20,248
2018	Polytechnics	19,800
2019	Polytechnics	18,396
2020	Polytechnics	17,952
2021	Polytechnics	18,120
2000	Wānanga	752
2001	Wānanga	1,132
2002	Wānanga	1,524
2003	Wānanga	1,834
2004	Wānanga	1,744
2005	Wānanga	1,755
2006	Wānanga	1,464
2007	Wānanga	1,513
2008	Wānanga	1,815
2009	Wānanga	2,800
2010	Wānanga	3,755
2011	Wānanga	3,964
2012	Wānanga	3,835
2013	Wānanga	3,690
2014	Wānanga	3,498
2015	Wānanga	3,334
2016	Wānanga	3,080
2017	Wānanga	2,899
2018	Wānanga	2,647
2019	Wānanga	2,646
2020	Wānanga	2,260
2021	Wānanga	1,932
2000	Private training establishments	8,260
2001	Private training establishments	10,906
2002	Private training establishments	10,611
2003	Private training establishments	9,056
2004	Private training establishments	8,652
2005	Private training establishments	8,783
2006	Private training establishments	10,197
2007	Private training establishments	10,681
2008	Private training establishments	10,558
2009	Private training establishments	13,429
2010	Private training establishments	15,234
2011	Private training establishments	15,681
2012	Private training establishments	14,787
2013	Private training establishments	13,784
2014	Private training establishments	13,745
2015	Private training establishments	12,787
2016	Private training establishments	11,521
2017	Private training establishments	10,101
2018	Private training establishments	9,693
2019	Private training establishments	9,357
2020	Private training establishments	8,936
2021	Private training establishments	8,832
2000	Other	2,624
2001	Other	2,423
2002	Other	2,133
2003	Other	1,847
2004	Other	1,584
2005	Other	1,540
2006	Other	1,451
2007	Other	1,500
2008	Other	1,527
2009	Other	2,161
2010	Other	2,248
2011	Other	2,243
2012	Other	1,941
2013	Other	1,777
2014	Other	1,405
2015	Other	1,304
2016	Other	1,005
2017	Other	915
2018	Other	951
2019	Other	877
2020	Other	862
2021	Other	732

Notes

This table is from the total response version of the StudyLink data. If students are enrolled in more than one sub-sector they are counted in each.
Students enrolled in more than two sub-sectors are counted in 'other.'
The sum of the percentages exceeds 100 percent as some students are enrolled in more than one sub-sector.
For 2021, the counts have been randomly rounded to base 3.

Data provided by

Ministry of Education

Dataset name

Tertiary Education Resources: Student Allowances 2021

Webpage:

https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/financial_support_for_students

How to find the data

At URL provided, download 'Student allowances 2021' Excel file.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Tertiary Education Resources: Student Allowances 2021

From the dataset Tertiary Education Resources: Student Allowances 2021, this data was extracted:

Sheet: SAL.7
Range: C5:X20
Provided: 242 data points

This data forms the table Tertiary Education - Recipients of student allowances by sub-sector 2000–2021.

Dataset originally released on:

July 2022

About this dataset

This dataset contains statistics relating to the number and types of students receiving Student Allowances, and the amounts received.

Method of collection/Data provider

Student allowance data is sourced from the Ministry of Social Development.

Recipients of student allowances in New Zealand

By sub-sector, 2000–2021, number of students

About this data

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