Manawatu-Wanganui 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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 477 409 412
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 273 267 292
Female Enrolled L1-L2 50 57 88
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 615 634 638
Female Total 1,415 1,367 1,430
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 220 284 240
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 558 422 415
Male Enrolled L1-L2 53 56 84
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 822 775 786
Male Total 1,653 1,537 1,525
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 142 131 121
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 253 218 221
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 51 65 109
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 661 655 639
Māori Total 1,107 1,069 1,090
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 31 32
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 51 59
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 7 8
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 98 125 125
Pacific Total 195 214 224
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 93 95 86
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 35 33 36
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 5
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 61 66 55
Asian Total 191 197 182
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 17 12
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 6 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 5
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 17 12
MELAA Total 34 40 36
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 25 10
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 5 12
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 22 8
Other Total 38 52 31
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 513 518 487
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 639 524 515
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 67 64 95
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 904 903 963
European/Pākehā Total 2,123 2,009 2,060
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 697 693 652
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 831 689 707
Total Enrolled L1-L2 103 113 172
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,437 1,409 1,424
Total Total 3,068 2,904 2,955

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 450 461 431
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 234 228 220
Female Enrolled L1-L2 25 27 21
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 643 699 695
Female Total 1,352 1,415 1,367
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 258 247 291
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 419 452 376
Male Enrolled L1-L2 20 23 25
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 772 931 845
Male Total 1,469 1,653 1,537
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 111 130 141
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 212 199 194
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 28 32 24
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 621 746 710
Māori Total 972 1,107 1,069
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 46 40 36
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 29 33 30
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 103 119 147
Pacific Total 181 195 214
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 95 101 101
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 24 30
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 47 66 66
Asian Total 165 191 197
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 17 17
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 6 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 11 18
MELAA Total 39 34 40
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 13 26
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 5 8
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 20 17
Other Total 42 38 52
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 540 528 540
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 500 544 458
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 25 26 27
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 900 1,025 984
European/Pākehā Total 1,965 2,123 2,009
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 708 708 722
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 653 680 596
Total Enrolled L1-L2 45 50 46
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,415 1,630 1,540
Total Total 2,821 3,068 2,904

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.