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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 228 223 259
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 216 274 211
Female Enrolled L1-L2 65 96 127
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 545 491 495
Female Total 1,054 1,084 1,092
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 141 155 157
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 276 303 298
Male Enrolled L1-L2 71 125 117
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 517 594 608
Male Total 1,005 1,177 1,180
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 81 107 109
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 216 276 251
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 107 162 186
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 672 730 668
Māori Total 1,076 1,275 1,214
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 16 21
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 28 27 26
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 9 18 11
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 74 76 84
Pacific Total 120 137 142
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 44 39
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 17 10
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 23 33
Asian Total 69 85 82
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 4 7
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 4 6
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 10 11
MELAA Total 16 19 24
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 4 7
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 2 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 11 11
Other Total 20 18 23
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 296 281 322
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 348 382 354
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 53 99 112
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 533 549 577
European/Pākehā Total 1,230 1,311 1,365
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 369 378 416
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 492 577 509
Total Enrolled L1-L2 136 221 244
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,062 1,085 1,103
Total Total 2,059 2,261 2,272

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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 279 254 264
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 199 179 193
Female Enrolled L1-L2 42 43 59
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 606 578 568
Female Total 1,126 1,054 1,084
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 153 145 158
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 317 280 286
Male Enrolled L1-L2 43 41 54
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 610 539 679
Male Total 1,123 1,005 1,177
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 92 93 117
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 235 204 243
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 63 64 88
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 756 715 827
Māori Total 1,146 1,076 1,275
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 13 14
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 20 25
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 6 7
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 69 81 91
Pacific Total 115 120 137
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 36 47
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 11 12
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 22 23
Asian Total 68 69 85
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 4 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 3 6
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 9 7
MELAA Total 17 16 19
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 5 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 6 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 9 11
Other Total 13 20 18
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 358 312 315
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 370 320 318
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 32 35 45
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 613 563 633
European/Pākehā Total 1,373 1,230 1,311
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 432 399 422
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 516 459 479
Total Enrolled L1-L2 85 84 113
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,216 1,117 1,247
Total Total 2,249 2,059 2,261

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.