Rutherford College

Progression to Tertiary: Qualification Level

The tertiary education sector is a diverse sector. Its scope ranges from informal non-assessed community courses in schools through to formal undergraduate degrees and advanced research-based postgraduate degrees.

Progression to tertiary education is a measure of the level of tertiary education a student is enrolled in one, two or three years after leaving school.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while tertiary enrolment information is sourced from the tertiary databases SDR and ITR.

Identical information is available by regional council and territorial local authority through the Know Your Region pages.

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2022	2023	2024
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	42	45	36
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	25	37	25
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	5	2	4
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	56	55	57
Female	Total	128	139	122
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	38	33	23
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	29	38	35
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	4	12	6
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	61	71	64
Male	Total	132	154	128
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	7	9
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	19	25	15
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	5	9	3
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	44	44	42
Māori	Total	77	85	69
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	10	5
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	20	17
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	2	7	4
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	33	34	25
Pacific	Total	53	71	51
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	34	21	18
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	9	19	19
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	16	21	25
Asian	Total	60	63	63
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	x	x
MELAA	Total	8	x	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	x	x
Other	Total	0	x	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	40	46	35
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	28	29	27
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	4	5	7
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	52	62	68
European/Pākehā	Total	124	142	137
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	80	78	59
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	54	75	60
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	9	14	10
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	117	126	121
Total	Total	260	293	250

Notes:

‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2021	2022	2023
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	48	46	47
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	23	20	31
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	3	4	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	58	58	60
Female	Total	132	128	139
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	38	39	37
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	20	21	33
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	1	3	3
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	53	69	81
Male	Total	112	132	154
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	11	8
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	14	13	23
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	3	3	3
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	38	50	51
Māori	Total	62	77	85
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	10	10
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	6	10	17
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	1
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	38	31	43
Pacific	Total	57	53	71
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	36	28
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	4	14
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	x	2	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	18	21
Asian	Total	x	60	63
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	2	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	2	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	4	x
MELAA	Total	x	8	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	0	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	0	x
Other	Total	0	0	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	39	41	43
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	29	23	30
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	50	59	67
European/Pākehā	Total	118	124	142
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	86	85	84
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	43	41	64
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	4	7	4
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	111	127	141
Total	Total	244	260	293

Notes:

‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

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