Northland 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 289 228 223
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 246 218 276
Female Enrolled L1-L2 88 64 99
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 504 546 497
Female Total 1,127 1,056 1,095
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 162 141 155
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 349 278 304
Male Enrolled L1-L2 74 71 130
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 540 517 594
Male Total 1,125 1,007 1,183
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 101 81 107
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 255 218 277
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 128 106 170
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 665 673 735
Māori Total 1,149 1,078 1,289
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 9 16
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 29 30
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 9 21
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 57 74 75
Pacific Total 115 121 142
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 33 44
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 11 17
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 24 23
Asian Total 68 69 85
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 4 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 2 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 8 10
MELAA Total 17 16 19
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 5 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 9 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 6 11
Other Total 13 20 18
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 368 296 281
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 433 350 386
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 61 53 101
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 512 533 551
European/Pākehā Total 1,374 1,232 1,319
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 451 369 378
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 595 496 580
Total Enrolled L1-L2 162 135 229
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,044 1,063 1,091
Total Total 2,252 2,063 2,278

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 265 278 254
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 169 199 180
Female Enrolled L1-L2 46 42 43
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 537 608 579
Female Total 1,017 1,127 1,056
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 144 154 145
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 321 317 282
Male Enrolled L1-L2 27 44 40
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 521 610 540
Male Total 1,013 1,125 1,007
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 100 92 93
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 227 235 206
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 57 64 63
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 677 758 716
Māori Total 1,061 1,149 1,078
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 16 13
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 23 21
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 7 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 66 69 81
Pacific Total 113 115 121
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 32 36
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 13 11
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 23 22
Asian Total 68 68 69
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 8 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 5 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 4 9
MELAA Total 20 17 16
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 2 5
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 1 6
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 10 9
Other Total 17 13 20
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 327 358 312
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 332 370 321
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 27 33 35
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 530 613 564
European/Pākehā Total 1,216 1,374 1,232
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 409 432 399
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 490 516 462
Total Enrolled L1-L2 73 86 83
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,058 1,218 1,119
Total Total 2,030 2,252 2,063

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.