Waikato 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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 994 980 946
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 605 652 672
Female Enrolled L1-L2 89 108 134
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,318 1,415 1,251
Female Total 3,006 3,155 3,003
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 650 620 625
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,025 885 905
Male Enrolled L1-L2 106 118 117
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,471 1,479 1,537
Male Total 3,252 3,102 3,184
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 279 250 229
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 519 453 525
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 111 120 149
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,334 1,356 1,238
Māori Total 2,243 2,179 2,141
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 62 61 58
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 120 120 117
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 10 21 19
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 248 255 235
Pacific Total 440 457 429
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 270 304 300
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 94 99 127
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 5 6 5
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 131 129 180
Asian Total 500 538 612
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 35 41 52
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 28 31 39
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 6 7
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 43 51 42
MELAA Total 107 129 140
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 11 10
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 15 14
Other Enrolled L1-L2 2 7 4
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 21 31
Other Total 49 54 59
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,232 1,155 1,160
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,162 1,104 1,067
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 116 120 130
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,585 1,650 1,680
European/Pākehā Total 4,095 4,029 4,037
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,644 1,600 1,571
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,630 1,537 1,577
Total Enrolled L1-L2 195 226 251
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,789 2,894 2,788
Total Total 6,258 6,257 6,187

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 (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2020 2021 2022
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,002 1,010 1,057
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 456 468 527
Female Enrolled L1-L2 38 60 78
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,228 1,468 1,493
Female Total 2,724 3,006 3,155
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 604 619 643
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 900 947 807
Male Enrolled L1-L2 37 47 54
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,471 1,639 1,598
Male Total 3,012 3,252 3,102
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 250 251 251
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 414 425 410
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 45 71 80
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,315 1,496 1,438
Māori Total 2,024 2,243 2,179
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 65 61 69
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 78 87 98
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 10 10
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 238 282 280
Pacific Total 385 440 457
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 282 287 325
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 76 81 69
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 101 130 140
Asian Total 462 500 538
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 39 43 50
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 14 26
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 6
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 34 49 47
MELAA Total 92 107 129
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 11 11
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 13 11
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 21 24 31
Other Total 30 49 54
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,165 1,200 1,213
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 989 1,053 980
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 32 48 58
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,514 1,794 1,778
European/Pākehā Total 3,700 4,095 4,029
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,606 1,629 1,700
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,356 1,415 1,334
Total Enrolled L1-L2 75 107 132
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,699 3,107 3,091
Total Total 5,736 6,258 6,257

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.