Who are our learners?

Our learners are spread throughout New Zealand. They are as varied as the population of our beautiful country. A common goal they all share is to improve their knowledge and skills through online and distance learning.

What our learners look like

  • 35,361 individual learners.
  • 76% were in employment
  • 96% studied with us part time (compared to 63% for Te Pūkenga overall*)
  • 7% had no school qualifications
  • 67% were female
  • 16% were Māori
  • 86% were aged 25 years or over (compared to 64% overall for Te Pūkenga)

 

What our learners say

  • 85% believe their employers would consider their qualification valuable
  • 85% say their study will be valuable for a future job
  • 81% say their study is valuable for their current job
  • 85% say Open Polytechnic courses are good value for money

I wanted to become more knowledgeable in my field.

Sasha Bain, NZ Certificate in Financial Services graduate

Where our learners come from

  • 3% Northland
  • 30% Auckland
  • 10% Waikato
  • 7% Bay of Plenty
  • 1% Gisborne
  • 3% Taranaki
  • 6% Manawatu/Wanganui
  • 3% Hawkes Bay
  • 12% Wairarapa/Wellington
  • 3% Nelson/Marlborough
  • 1% West Coast
  • 14% Canterbury
  • 5% Otago
  • 2% Southland

 

All of these statistics were updated for 2022.


*Open Polytechnic is a business division of Te Pūkenga, like all other forme  institutes of technology and polytechnics in New Zealand.