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.

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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 582 544 539
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 476 410 472
Female Enrolled L1-L2 104 97 86
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 741 832 801
Female Total 1,903 1,883 1,898
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 363 392 360
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 628 605 607
Male Enrolled L1-L2 144 135 94
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 929 1,018 897
Male Total 2,064 2,150 1,958
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 200 191 182
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 477 438 427
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 151 153 116
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 834 919 910
Māori Total 1,662 1,701 1,635
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 24 22
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 60 40 56
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 14 15 8
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 86 110 97
Pacific Total 189 189 183
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 79 111 106
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 38 48
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 47 63 68
Asian Total 180 214 225
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 7 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 6 2
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 16 10
MELAA Total 23 29 18
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 26 28
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 28 35
Other Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 5
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 30 29 33
Other Total 99 90 101
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 709 693 666
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 669 608 687
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 120 97 82
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 915 1,007 926
NZ European/Pākehā Total 2,413 2,405 2,361
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 945 936 899
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,104 1,015 1,079
Total Enrolled L1-L2 248 232 180
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,670 1,850 1,698
Total Total 3,967 4,033 3,856

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 649 635 605
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 339 379 325
Female Enrolled L1-L2 52 41 40
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 762 848 913
Female Total 1,802 1,903 1,883
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 445 406 424
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 559 567 563
Male Enrolled L1-L2 72 55 51
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 963 1,036 1,112
Male Total 2,039 2,064 2,150
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 233 213 215
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 345 396 340
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 82 66 60
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 953 987 1,086
Māori Total 1,613 1,662 1,701
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 33 27
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 45 29
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 9 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 89 102 127
Pacific Total 154 189 189
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 102 94 116
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 32 34 34
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 57 52 61
Asian Total 191 180 214
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 11 10
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 7 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 5 16
MELAA Total 21 23 29
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 38 26
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 26 23
Other Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 3
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 32 38
Other Total 65 99 90
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 834 780 762
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 566 590 576
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 46 39 29
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 902 1,004 1,038
European/Pākehā Total 2,348 2,413 2,405
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,094 1,041 1,029
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 898 946 888
Total Enrolled L1-L2 124 96 91
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,725 1,884 2,025
Total Total 3,841 3,967 4,033

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.