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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,261 1,220 1,227
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 627 569 536
Female Enrolled L1-L2 106 82 82
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,039 1,019 993
Female Total 3,033 2,890 2,838
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,037 1,036 1,010
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 791 757 769
Male Enrolled L1-L2 154 131 110
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,199 1,238 1,170
Male Total 3,181 3,162 3,059
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 238 230 229
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 322 324 298
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 128 81 89
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 633 633 603
Māori Total 1,321 1,268 1,219
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 170 164 140
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 230 206 215
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 47 51 39
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 400 427 403
Pacific Total 847 848 797
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 455 437 433
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 91 99 94
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 10
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 137 143 169
Asian Total 689 686 706
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 56 53 48
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 38 37
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 7 8 4
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 61 48 68
MELAA Total 163 147 157
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 11 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 6 8
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 14 10
Other Total 33 33 21
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,652 1,674 1,640
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,003 919 917
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 134 122 115
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,466 1,453 1,413
NZ European/Pākehā Total 4,255 4,168 4,085
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,298 2,256 2,237
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,418 1,326 1,305
Total Enrolled L1-L2 260 213 192
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,238 2,257 2,163
Total Total 6,214 6,052 5,897

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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,311 1,377 1,313
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 442 496 459
Female Enrolled L1-L2 65 47 23
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 959 1,113 1,095
Female Total 2,777 3,033 2,890
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 984 1,097 1,090
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 644 705 706
Male Enrolled L1-L2 53 62 31
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,265 1,317 1,335
Male Total 2,946 3,181 3,162
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 212 254 231
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 241 266 284
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 50 57 26
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 615 744 727
Māori Total 1,118 1,321 1,268
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 169 179 168
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 174 178 167
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 24 25 12
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 398 465 501
Pacific Total 765 847 848
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 405 466 446
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 58 72 87
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 139 148 152
Asian Total 607 689 686
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 45 58 61
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 37 26
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 4
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 60 66 56
MELAA Total 136 163 147
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 17 15
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 5 7
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 11 11
Other Total 27 33 33
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,677 1,805 1,797
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 747 875 820
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 67 47 27
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,392 1,528 1,524
European/Pākehā Total 3,883 4,255 4,168
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,295 2,474 2,403
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,086 1,201 1,165
Total Enrolled L1-L2 118 109 54
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,224 2,430 2,430
Total Total 5,723 6,214 6,052

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.