West Coast 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 33 33 35
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 41 42
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 6 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 68 58 82
Female Total 126 138 161
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 19 21
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 59 49
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 14 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 97 74 87
Male Total 176 166 160
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 13 9
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 31 15
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 41 28 41
Māori Total 61 77 68
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 x 1
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 x 8
Pacific Total 10 x 9
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 5 4
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 2 5
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 4 10
Asian Total 17 12 19
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 42 45 52
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 90 80
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 15 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 134 115 136
European/Pākehā Total 253 265 271
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 51 52 56
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 80 100 91
Total Enrolled L1-L2 6 20 5
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 165 132 169
Total Total 302 304 321

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 31 30 35
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 34 30 28
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 5 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 75 61 72
Female Total 145 126 138
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 18 23
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 49 49 58
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 6
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 114 104 79
Male Total 178 176 166
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 4 13
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 13 22
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 47 40 38
Māori Total 68 61 77
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 0 x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 4 x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 5 x
Pacific Total 12 10 x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 7 5
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 2 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 8 5
Asian Total x 17 12
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 x x
MELAA Total 6 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 39 50
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 72 70 78
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 9 8 7
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 165 136 130
European/Pākehā Total 283 253 265
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 48 58
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 83 79 86
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 10 9
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 189 165 151
Total Total 323 302 304

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.