Northland Region

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 for the region's territorial authorities using the drop down menu above. For other territorial authorities first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 274 267 239
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 278 229 223
Female Enrolled L1-L2 99 90 91
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 466 445 435
Female Total 1,117 1,031 988
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 130 121 144
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 320 343 305
Male Enrolled L1-L2 117 88 93
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 560 534 478
Male Total 1,127 1,086 1,020
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 99 96 84
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 281 299 231
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 168 133 148
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 640 589 583
Māori Total 1,188 1,117 1,046
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 15 9
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 30 27
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 14 6 9
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 50 61 53
Pacific Total 111 112 98
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 23 33 22
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 11 12
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 21 22
Asian Total 57 66 57
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 10 6
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 6 6
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 4 3
MELAA Total x 21 15
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 4 9
Other Total x 5 14
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 321 292 306
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 373 335 352
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 70 69 60
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 514 500 457
NZ European/Pākehā Total 1,278 1,196 1,175
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 404 388 383
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 598 572 528
Total Enrolled L1-L2 216 178 184
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,026 979 913
Total Total 2,244 2,117 2,008

Notes:

  1. ‘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.
  2. 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.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 294 290 314
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 225 201 202
Female Enrolled L1-L2 43 46 44
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 480 580 471
Female Total 1,042 1,117 1,031
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 187 143 137
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 341 311 338
Male Enrolled L1-L2 55 53 52
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 566 620 559
Male Total 1,149 1,127 1,086
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 95 111 116
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 280 250 267
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 79 79 82
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 644 748 652
Māori Total 1,098 1,188 1,117
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 17 14
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 29 30
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 5 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 50 60 64
Pacific Total 89 111 112
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 28 39
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 9 8
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 21 20 19
Asian Total 70 57 66
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 x 10
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 x 8
MELAA Total 13 x 21
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 x 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 x 3
Other Total 14 x 5
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 382 337 338
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 347 324 345
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 30 32 30
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 519 585 483
European/Pākehā Total 1,278 1,278 1,196
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 481 433 451
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 566 512 540
Total Enrolled L1-L2 98 99 96
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,046 1,200 1,030
Total Total 2,191 2,244 2,117

Notes:

  1. ‘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.
  2. 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.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.