Tawa College

Progression to Tertiary

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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2021	2022	2023
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	64	54	46
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	37	24	17
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	2	3	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	39	48	49
Female	Total	142	129	113
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	52	37	50
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	48	34	30
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	0	3	1
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	57	48	49
Male	Total	157	122	130
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	16	9	9
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	14	8	11
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	22	25	27
Māori	Total	53	42	48
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	16	14
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	18	11	4
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	26	28	22
Pacific	Total	54	56	40
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	29	21	30
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	7	10	9
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	7	12	13
Asian	Total	43	44	52
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	4	6
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	4	0
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	6	1	1
MELAA	Total	13	9	7
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	2	3
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	2	1
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	4	2	3
Other	Total	14	6	7
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	76	60	53
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	59	33	36
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	2	5	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	60	57	67
European/Pākehā	Total	197	155	158
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	116	91	96
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	85	58	47
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	2	6	2
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	96	96	98
Total	Total	299	251	243

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 (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2020	2021	2022
		Pacific	Total	57	54	56
Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	64	64	54
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	21	23	27
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	53	54	47
Female	Total	140	142	129
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	46	52	34
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	30	41	29
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	79	64	59
Male	Total	155	157	122
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	16	10
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	13	11	6
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	2	0	0
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	36	26	26
Māori	Total	57	53	42
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	10	16
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	13	13	17
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	30	31	23
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	38	27	19
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	7	4	8
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	14	12	17
Asian	Total	59	43	44
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	3	4
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	1	3
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	3	9	2
MELAA	Total	10	13	9
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	9	3
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	0	1
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	5	2
Other	Total	5	14	6
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	61	77	60
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	34	48	29
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	1
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	95	71	65
European/Pākehā	Total	190	197	155
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	110	116	88
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	51	64	56
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	1
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	132	118	106
Total	Total	295	299	251

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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