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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 408 412 365
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 265 288 266
Female Enrolled L1-L2 56 83 75
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 632 627 666
Female Total 1,361 1,410 1,372
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 285 240 240
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 421 414 380
Male Enrolled L1-L2 57 83 111
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 777 776 877
Male Total 1,540 1,513 1,608
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 131 121 115
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 217 220 213
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 64 105 101
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 655 626 681
Māori Total 1,067 1,072 1,110
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 32 32
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 60 51
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 8 17
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 124 124 152
Pacific Total 212 224 252
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 95 86 105
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 36 46
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 5 9
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 66 55 89
Asian Total 197 182 249
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 12 18
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 6 13
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 5 2
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 12 24
MELAA Total 40 35 57
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 25 10 9
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 12 5
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 8 9
Other Total 52 31 23
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 518 487 443
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 521 510 462
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 64 93 114
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 903 953 1,001
European/Pākehā Total 2,006 2,043 2,020
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 693 652 605
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 686 702 646
Total Enrolled L1-L2 113 166 186
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,409 1,403 1,543
Total Total 2,901 2,923 2,980

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 461 430 455
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 225 219 219
Female Enrolled L1-L2 29 22 45
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 702 690 691
Female Total 1,417 1,361 1,410
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 247 291 261
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 452 375 324
Male Enrolled L1-L2 23 25 40
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 932 849 888
Male Total 1,654 1,540 1,513
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 130 140 124
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 199 194 182
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 32 24 58
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 748 709 708
Māori Total 1,109 1,067 1,072
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 36 32
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 29 42
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 7
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 119 146 143
Pacific Total 195 212 224
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 101 101 99
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 30 19
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 67 66 62
Asian Total 191 197 182
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 17 15
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 5 2
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 2
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 17 16
MELAA Total 34 40 35
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 26 11
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 8 11
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 17 9
Other Total 38 52 31
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 528 539 541
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 542 457 418
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 28 28 41
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,026 982 1,043
European/Pākehā Total 2,124 2,006 2,043
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 708 721 716
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 677 594 543
Total Enrolled L1-L2 52 47 85
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,634 1,539 1,579
Total Total 3,071 2,901 2,923

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.