Porirua 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	11	8	4
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	12	13	18
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	4	4	3
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	44	29
Female	Total	58	69	54
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	1
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	7	9	21
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	6
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	51	44	41
Male	Total	61	56	69
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	1
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	5	8
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	7
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	25	37	22
Māori	Total	32	43	38
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	9	4
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	13	19	32
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	4	5	5
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	66	56	47
Pacific	Total	96	89	88
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	0
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	0	1
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	5
Asian	Total	x	0	6
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	1	0
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	4	0
MELAA	Total	x	5	0
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	0	3
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	0	3
Other	Total	0	0	6
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	1
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	4	3
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	11	16	12
European/Pākehā	Total	12	21	18
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	9	5
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	19	22	39
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	5	6	9
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	82	88	70
Total	Total	119	125	123

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	8	9	4
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	7	8	10
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	0	3	2
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	30	38	53
Female	Total	45	58	69
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	0
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	14	9	4
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	0
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	53	50	52
Male	Total	71	61	56
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	0
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	2	3
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	0
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	30	29	40
Māori	Total	37	32	43
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	10	4
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	19	10	11
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	1	3	2
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	55	73	72
Pacific	Total	81	96	89
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	0
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	0
Asian	Total	x	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	x	1
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	5	x	4
MELAA	Total	8	x	5
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	0
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	0	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	0
Other	Total	x	0	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	2	3
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	12	10	18
European/Pākehā	Total	18	12	21
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	10	4
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	21	17	14
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	2	4	2
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	83	88	105
Total	Total	116	119	125

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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