Bay of Plenty 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 607 524 560
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 404 371 391
Female Enrolled L1-L2 88 90 108
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 840 969 859
Female Total 1,939 1,954 1,918
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 388 423 426
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 677 569 607
Male Enrolled L1-L2 93 96 93
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,010 1,070 941
Male Total 2,168 2,158 2,067
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 209 191 192
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 416 364 412
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 112 118 142
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,023 1,146 975
Māori Total 1,760 1,819 1,721
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 28 29 28
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 48 32 55
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 15 15 14
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 121 122 128
Pacific Total 212 198 225
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 125 140 134
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 48 48
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 5 5 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 68 66 97
Asian Total 244 259 282
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 16 14
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 14 16
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 27 11
MELAA Total 37 61 41
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 45 78
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 50 50 46
Other Enrolled L1-L2 18 10 7
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 55 80 76
Other Total 163 185 207
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 740 677 703
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 732 618 620
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 84 94 87
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 927 1,070 907
European/Pākehā Total 2,483 2,459 2,317
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 995 947 986
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,081 940 998
Total Enrolled L1-L2 181 186 201
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,850 2,039 1,800
Total Total 4,107 4,112 3,985

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 696 637 581
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 272 279 327
Female Enrolled L1-L2 32 41 40
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 813 982 1,006
Female Total 1,813 1,939 1,954
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 429 397 431
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 543 562 542
Male Enrolled L1-L2 44 34 37
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 940 1,175 1,148
Male Total 1,956 2,168 2,158
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 241 196 214
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 272 332 367
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 60 56 52
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 953 1,176 1,186
Māori Total 1,526 1,760 1,819
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 26 28
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 34 38 39
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 128 144 129
Pacific Total 202 212 198
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 157 138 142
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 37 36
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 74 67 79
Asian Total 286 244 259
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 16 21
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 7 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 14 33
MELAA Total 39 37 61
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 42 45
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 46 54
Other Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 3
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 74 83
Other Total 99 163 185
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 813 773 734
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 569 562 553
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 27 28 29
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 920 1,120 1,143
European/Pākehā Total 2,329 2,483 2,459
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,125 1,034 1,012
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 815 841 869
Total Enrolled L1-L2 76 75 77
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,753 2,157 2,154
Total Total 3,769 4,107 4,112

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.