Wellington 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	0	x	x
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	x	x
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	x	x
Female	Total	0	x	x
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	224	x	x
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	50	x	x
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	x	x
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	51	x	x
Male	Total	327	x	x
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	16	16	11
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	4	14
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	10	6	12
Māori	Total	31	26	37
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	5	10
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	7	6	13
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	11	10	10
Pacific	Total	27	21	34
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	47	46	50
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	3	8
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	10	12	14
Asian	Total	61	61	72
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	5	4
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	0	0
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	3	4
MELAA	Total	x	8	8
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	8
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	0	2
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	0
Other	Total	x	0	10
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	163	148	141
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	40	27	40
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	1
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	27	40	42
European/Pākehā	Total	231	215	224
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	224	212	192
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	50	38	59
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	2	0	2
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	51	62	69
Total	Total	327	312	322

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
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	0	x
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	x
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	x
Female	Total	x	0	x
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	205	x
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	48	x
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	x
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	74	x
Male	Total	x	327	x
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	16	13
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	4	3
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	10	11	10
Māori	Total	28	31	26
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	5	3
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	7	3
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	11	15	15
Pacific	Total	23	27	21
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	59	42	47
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	6	2
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	10	13	12
Asian	Total	72	61	61
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	6
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	2
MELAA	Total	x	x	8
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	0
Other	Total	x	x	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	176	152	151
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	28	35	19
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	34	44	45
European/Pākehā	Total	238	231	215
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	233	205	213
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	41	48	26
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	57	74	73
Total	Total	331	327	312

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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