Birkenhead 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	19	12	9
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	4	8
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	2	2	0
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	19	28	21
Female	Total	48	46	38
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	15	12	16
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	15	9	8
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	0	1
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	38	31	31
Male	Total	70	52	56
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	3	x
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	5	x
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	x
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	15	18	x
Māori	Total	26	27	x
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	1	3
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	1	4
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	1
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	22	19	14
Pacific	Total	27	22	22
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	7	13
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	2	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	5	10
Asian	Total	x	14	27
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	0	x	0
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	x	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	x	0
Other	Total	0	x	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	25	14	9
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	19	10	9
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	4	1	1
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	36	42	31
European/Pākehā	Total	84	67	50
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	34	24	25
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	23	13	16
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	4	2	1
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	57	59	52
Total	Total	118	98	94

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	23	16	15
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	12	8
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	22	20	22
Female	Total	47	48	46
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	14	15	11
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	14	12	12
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	1
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	43	42	28
Male	Total	72	70	52
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	2	4
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	5	7
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	17	19	15
Māori	Total	25	26	27
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	2	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	4	3
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	17	21	18
Pacific	Total	20	27	22
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	x	7
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	x	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	12	x	3
Asian	Total	22	x	14
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	28	22	18
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	13	19	16
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	1
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	41	42	32
European/Pākehā	Total	83	84	67
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	37	31	26
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	16	24	20
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	2
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	65	62	50
Total	Total	119	118	98

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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