Upper Hutt 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	29	18	26
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	32	28	21
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	1	7	5
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	38	36	43
Female	Total	100	89	95
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	23	15	31
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	31	26	25
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	3	4	2
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	41	64	44
Male	Total	98	109	102
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	2	4
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	18	11	11
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	4	6	4
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	29	33	24
Māori	Total	56	52	43
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	0	2
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	1	2
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	2	2	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	13	7	7
Pacific	Total	25	10	11
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	9	13
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	3	5
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	5	3	7
Asian	Total	23	16	25
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	3
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	2
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	2
MELAA	Total	x	x	7
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	1
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	1
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	4
Other	Total	x	x	6
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	34	25	42
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	49	45	33
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	3	7	4
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	58	86	69
European/Pākehā	Total	144	163	148
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	52	33	57
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	63	54	46
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	4	11	7
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	79	100	87
Total	Total	198	198	197

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	25	33	21
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	12	21	28
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	0
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	41	45	40
Female	Total	78	100	89
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	14	14	19
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	28	24	28
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	2
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	48	60	60
Male	Total	90	98	109
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	6	6
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	13	13	12
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	21	36	33
Māori	Total	36	56	52
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	2	1
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	5	2
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	6	18	7
Pacific	Total	14	25	10
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	11	10
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	3	1
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	9	4
Asian	Total	11	23	16
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	33	31	31
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	30	34	48
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	66	79	82
European/Pākehā	Total	129	144	163
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	39	47	40
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	40	45	56
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	2
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	89	105	100
Total	Total	168	198	198

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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