Waikato 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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 980 947 1,026
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 651 666 543
Female Enrolled L1-L2 107 131 149
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,411 1,246 1,220
Female Total 3,149 2,990 2,938
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 620 625 637
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 885 900 822
Male Enrolled L1-L2 118 117 144
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,479 1,531 1,556
Male Total 3,102 3,173 3,159
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 250 230 236
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 453 521 454
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 119 145 180
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,352 1,234 1,233
Māori Total 2,174 2,130 2,103
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 61 58 61
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 120 117 113
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 21 18 19
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 255 234 263
Pacific Total 457 427 456
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 304 300 329
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 98 126 110
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 6 5 6
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 129 181 202
Asian Total 537 612 647
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 52 50
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 38 23
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 5
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 51 41 55
MELAA Total 129 138 133
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 10 11
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 14 14
Other Enrolled L1-L2 7 4 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 21 31 36
Other Total 54 59 62
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,155 1,160 1,199
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,103 1,059 964
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 119 130 166
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,649 1,672 1,664
European/Pākehā Total 4,026 4,021 3,993
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,600 1,572 1,663
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,536 1,566 1,365
Total Enrolled L1-L2 225 248 293
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,890 2,777 2,776
Total Total 6,251 6,163 6,097

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 1,009 1,057 1,075
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 468 517 533
Female Enrolled L1-L2 60 78 69
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,465 1,497 1,313
Female Total 3,002 3,149 2,990
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 620 643 667
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 945 805 764
Male Enrolled L1-L2 49 54 70
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,640 1,600 1,672
Male Total 3,254 3,102 3,173
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 251 251 259
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 423 403 404
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 73 80 99
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,495 1,440 1,368
Māori Total 2,242 2,174 2,130
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 61 69 78
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 97 90
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 10 9 9
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 282 282 250
Pacific Total 440 457 427
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 287 325 326
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 81 68 86
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 130 140 196
Asian Total 500 537 612
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 43 50 56
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 25 30
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 6 5
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 49 48 47
MELAA Total 107 129 138
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 11 10
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 11 15
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 2
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 31 32
Other Total 49 54 59
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,200 1,213 1,281
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,052 975 914
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 49 60 66
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,793 1,778 1,760
European/Pākehā Total 4,094 4,026 4,021
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,629 1,700 1,742
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,413 1,322 1,297
Total Enrolled L1-L2 109 132 139
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3,105 3,097 2,985
Total Total 6,256 6,251 6,163

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.