West Coast 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 27 33 33
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 37 24 41
Female Enrolled L1-L2 6 1 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 73 68 58
Female Total 143 126 138
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 18 19
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 56 59
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 5 14
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 101 97 75
Male Total 180 176 167
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 4 13
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 12 31
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 45 41 28
Māori Total 68 61 77
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 0 x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 4 x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 6 x
Pacific Total 12 10 x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 6 5
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 10 4
Asian Total x 17 12
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 x x
MELAA Total 6 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 42 45
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 84 75 90
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 11 2 15
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 152 134 116
European/Pākehā Total 283 253 266
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 51 52
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 80 100
Total Enrolled L1-L2 12 6 20
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 174 165 133
Total Total 323 302 305

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 32 31 30
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 32 34 31
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 5 5
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 64 73 60
Female Total 135 143 126
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 11 18
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 70 49 49
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 5
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 92 116 104
Male Total 185 180 176
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 4 4
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 14 13
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 47 47 40
Māori Total 74 68 61
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 1 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 2 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 9 5
Pacific Total 9 12 10
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 7
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 x 8
Asian Total 5 x 17
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 x
MELAA Total x 6 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 50 37 39
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 86 72 71
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 8 9 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 131 165 135
European/Pākehā Total 275 283 253
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 53 42 48
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 102 83 80
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 9 10
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 156 189 164
Total Total 320 323 302

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.