Bay of Plenty 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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 595 583 544
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 432 485 415
Female Enrolled L1-L2 103 106 102
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 696 747 851
Female Total 1,826 1,921 1,912
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 428 364 393
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 602 636 612
Male Enrolled L1-L2 160 145 139
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 869 934 1,033
Male Total 2,059 2,079 2,177
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 203 198 190
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 427 468 441
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 172 150 157
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 762 833 932
Māori Total 1,564 1,649 1,720
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 25 26
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 60 40
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 10 11 14
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 72 86 110
Pacific Total 137 182 190
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 102 80 111
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 52 48 40
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 47 64
Asian Total 194 178 217
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 15 9
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 8 8
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 9 17
MELAA Total 29 32 35
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 35 28
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 32 24
Other Enrolled L1-L2 6 8 6
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 33 36
Other Total 63 108 94
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 782 692 682
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 597 666 607
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 104 111 103
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 863 912 1,008
NZ European/Pākehā Total 2,346 2,381 2,400
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,023 947 937
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,034 1,121 1,027
Total Enrolled L1-L2 263 251 241
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,565 1,681 1,884
Total Total 3,885 4,000 4,089

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 (2015-2017 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 672 651 637
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 350 343 384
Female Enrolled L1-L2 60 51 41
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 781 781 859
Female Total 1,863 1,826 1,921
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 401 450 408
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 585 563 572
Male Enrolled L1-L2 87 72 54
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 963 974 1,045
Male Total 2,036 2,059 2,079
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 195 219 212
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 373 332 390
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 97 79 65
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 900 934 982
Māori Total 1,565 1,564 1,649
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 22 21 31
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 34 47
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 9 2 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 95 80 98
Pacific Total 162 137 182
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 93 105 96
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 32 33
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 57 49
Asian Total 178 194 178
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 13 15
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 5 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 11 10
MELAA Total 40 29 32
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 18 40
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 20 27
Other Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 3
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 23 38
Other Total 47 63 108
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 821 832 761
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 566 566 581
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 47 47 35
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 896 901 1,004
NZ European/Pākehā Total 2,330 2,346 2,381
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,073 1,101 1,045
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 935 906 956
Total Enrolled L1-L2 147 123 95
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,744 1,755 1,904
Total Total 3,899 3,885 4,000

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.