Domestic students enrolled in doctoral degrees in New Zealand

By ethnic group, 2024

The following information applies to all values in the table. Year: 2024, Student origin: Domestic, Measure: Students enrolled in doctoral degrees
Ethnic group	Number of people
European	3,595
Māori	880
Pacific Peoples	345
Asian	1,170
Other	500

Notes

Totals include students with unknown ethnicity values.
Students are counted in each ethnic group they identify with, so the sum of the various ethnic groups may not add to the total.

Data calculation/treatment

Data have been rounded to the nearest 5 to protect the privacy of individuals.

Inclusions

Doctoral degrees include PhDs and other doctorates but exclude higher doctorates.

Data provided by

Ministry of Education

Dataset name

Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2025

Webpage:

http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/tertiary-education/research

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Research performance' Excel file.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2025

From the dataset Tertiary Education Research: Research Performance 2025, this data was extracted:

Sheet: RSP.3
Range: C5:AC10
Provided: 162 data points

This data forms the table Tertiary Education - Domestic students enrolled in doctoral degrees by ethnic group 1998–2024.

Dataset originally released on:

November 2025

About this dataset

This dataset includes statistics relating to the nature and amount of research undertaken in tertiary education.

Domestic students enrolled in doctoral degrees in New Zealand

By ethnic group, 2024

About this data

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