Waiuku 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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2022	2023	2024
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	26	19	14
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	20	19	26
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	2	2	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	33	30	34
Female	Total	81	70	75
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	14	9
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	41	28	33
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	4	5
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	48	48	56
Male	Total	103	94	103
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	11	2
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	21	12	25
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	3	4	4
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	38	27	32
Māori	Total	70	54	63
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	2	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	0	9
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	4	1
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	7	9	11
Pacific	Total	12	15	21
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	x	3
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	x	3
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	x	3
Asian	Total	13	x	9
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	0	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	0	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	x
Other	Total	x	0	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	25	25	20
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	50	42	40
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	3	2	3
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	59	63	78
European/Pākehā	Total	137	132	141
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	38	33	23
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	61	47	59
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	4	6	6
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	81	78	90
Total	Total	184	164	178

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	18	28	24
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	18	12	15
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	0	4	0
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	48	37	31
Female	Total	84	81	70
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	13	16
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	32	46	26
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	2	2
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	46	42	50
Male	Total	82	103	94
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	8	12
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	12	23	10
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	1	4	0
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	35	32
Māori	Total	47	70	54
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	4	2
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	5	2
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	2	11
Pacific	Total	10	12	15
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	10	x
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	0	x
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	x
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	3	x
Asian	Total	x	13	x
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	4	x	x
MELAA	Total	7	x	x
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	16	26	31
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	42	48	37
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	2	3	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	71	60	62
European/Pākehā	Total	131	137	132
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	20	41	40
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	50	58	41
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	2	6	2
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	94	79	81
Total	Total	166	184	164

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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