Howick 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	102	94	91
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	38	37	38
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	3	1	3
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	60	82	60
Female	Total	203	214	192
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	68	63	61
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	72	54	53
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	4
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	65	83	68
Male	Total	207	201	186
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	15	18
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	23	9	14
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	2
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	24	25	20
Māori	Total	52	49	54
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	10	11
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	19	6	12
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	3
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	28	23	29
Pacific	Total	60	39	55
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	52	54	31
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	15	19	11
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	2
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	7	16	16
Asian	Total	75	91	60
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
MELAA	Total	x	x	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
Other	Total	x	x	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	110	98	117
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	78	75	73
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	5	1	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	86	130	93
European/Pākehā	Total	279	304	285
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	170	157	152
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	110	91	91
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	5	2	7
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	125	165	128
Total	Total	410	415	378

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	107	102	102
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	27	36	34
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	2
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	53	65	76
Female	Total	188	203	214
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	72	65	62
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	82	69	56
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	0
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	60	72	83
Male	Total	215	207	201
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	16	7	15
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	21	18	13
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	0
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	19	27	21
Māori	Total	57	52	49
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	11	12	7
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	16	18	4
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	15	30	28
Pacific	Total	42	60	39
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	45	56	59
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	14	10	12
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	10	9	19
Asian	Total	69	75	91
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
MELAA	Total	x	x	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
Other	Total	x	x	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	127	104	103
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	83	80	76
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	91	94	123
European/Pākehā	Total	303	279	304
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	179	167	164
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	109	105	90
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	2
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	113	137	159
Total	Total	403	410	415

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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