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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 525 561 599
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 372 388 327
Female Enrolled L1-L2 87 104 120
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 964 845 909
Female Total 1,948 1,898 1,955
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 423 426 485
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 568 609 545
Male Enrolled L1-L2 94 90 145
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,068 939 1,040
Male Total 2,153 2,064 2,215
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 191 192 221
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 364 410 385
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 115 136 172
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,139 963 1,058
Māori Total 1,809 1,701 1,836
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 28 26
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 32 55 46
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 15 13 28
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 121 129 141
Pacific Total 197 225 241
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 140 135 182
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 48 49 52
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 8
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 65 94 111
Asian Total 258 281 353
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 14 27
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 16 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 4 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 27 11 32
MELAA Total 61 41 64
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 45 78 67
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 50 46 35
Other Enrolled L1-L2 10 7 4
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 80 75 52
Other Total 185 206 158
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 679 704 733
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 618 620 543
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 91 85 157
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,070 901 1,039
European/Pākehā Total 2,458 2,310 2,472
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 948 987 1,084
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 940 997 872
Total Enrolled L1-L2 181 194 265
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,032 1,784 1,949
Total Total 4,101 3,962 4,170

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 639 583 645
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 278 326 301
Female Enrolled L1-L2 42 37 41
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 986 1,002 911
Female Total 1,945 1,948 1,898
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 396 431 449
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 562 539 515
Male Enrolled L1-L2 34 39 38
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,173 1,144 1,062
Male Total 2,165 2,153 2,064
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 197 215 225
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 331 363 321
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 57 51 61
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,178 1,180 1,094
Māori Total 1,763 1,809 1,701
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 28 34
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 39 37
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 145 128 149
Pacific Total 213 197 225
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 138 142 149
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 37 36 51
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 67 78 80
Asian Total 244 258 281
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 21 15
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 7 10
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 33 16
MELAA Total 37 61 41
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 45 85
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 54 42
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 2
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 74 83 77
Other Total 163 185 206
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 773 736 771
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 562 551 522
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 28 30 29
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,120 1,141 988
European/Pākehā Total 2,483 2,458 2,310
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,035 1,014 1,094
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 840 865 816
Total Enrolled L1-L2 76 76 79
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,159 2,146 1,973
Total Total 4,110 4,101 3,962

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.