Wellington 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 1,445 1,259 1,301
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 501 469 521
Female Enrolled L1-L2 69 57 59
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 957 1,093 1,054
Female Total 2,972 2,878 2,935
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,127 1,048 1,030
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 872 781 762
Male Enrolled L1-L2 69 79 68
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,238 1,203 1,122
Male Total 3,306 3,111 2,982
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 260 214 247
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 321 290 323
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 60 59 60
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 701 701 660
Māori Total 1,342 1,264 1,290
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 183 173 164
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 206 190 236
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 23 21 25
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 426 466 381
Pacific Total 838 850 806
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 498 444 458
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 103 90 92
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 9 8 6
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 152 180 204
Asian Total 762 722 760
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 54 69 68
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 47 27
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 8 4 4
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 66 53 59
MELAA Total 166 173 158
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 19 30
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 12 19
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 3
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 26 43
Other Total 88 57 95
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,906 1,749 1,767
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 996 889 920
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 78 88 79
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,431 1,473 1,425
European/Pākehā Total 4,411 4,199 4,191
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,572 2,307 2,331
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,373 1,250 1,283
Total Enrolled L1-L2 138 136 127
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,195 2,296 2,176
Total Total 6,278 5,989 5,917

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 1,367 1,449 1,339
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 370 381 395
Female Enrolled L1-L2 26 27 34
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,048 1,115 1,110
Female Total 2,811 2,972 2,878
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,096 1,068 1,066
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 741 748 654
Male Enrolled L1-L2 21 33 30
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,205 1,457 1,361
Male Total 3,063 3,306 3,111
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 239 246 217
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 271 277 249
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 23 24 35
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 676 795 763
Māori Total 1,209 1,342 1,264
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 198 178 167
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 166 161 163
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 8 9 8
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 439 490 512
Pacific Total 811 838 850
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 491 486 450
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 81 94 78
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 155 178 191
Asian Total 729 762 722
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 68 58 72
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 27 29
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 68 80 71
MELAA Total 172 166 173
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 36 19
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 13 10
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 38 28
Other Total 51 88 57
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,848 1,853 1,862
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 813 810 744
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 22 29 38
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,448 1,719 1,555
European/Pākehā Total 4,131 4,411 4,199
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,463 2,517 2,405
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,111 1,129 1,049
Total Enrolled L1-L2 47 60 64
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,253 2,572 2,471
Total Total 5,874 6,278 5,989

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.