Otago gooder at finances stuff
The University of Otago leads the university education sector in New Zealand in fiscal responsibility, maintaining the lowest debt-to-equity levels of all the country’s universities.
Otago managed a debt-to-equity level of just 14.1%, with the Auckland University of Technology University having the worst level at 45.1%. The report also showed that Otago achieved by far the highest net cash flow per Equivalent Fulltime Student (EFTS), managing $4670 per EFTS. By contrast, the nearest institution, the University of Auckland, achieved just $3460 per EFTS.
Otago also achieved high income per EFTS, and the second highest operating surplus.