Taranaki 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 223 193 205
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 162 179 177
Female Enrolled L1-L2 20 35 34
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 306 319 317
Female Total 711 726 733
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 132 154 152
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 296 290 279
Male Enrolled L1-L2 32 36 36
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 307 371 325
Male Total 767 851 792
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 51 64
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 129 115
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 30 27 34
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 280 288 241
Māori Total 448 495 454
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 6 9
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 12 11
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 35 25
Pacific Total 43 55 46
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 39 23
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 9 8
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 15 18
Asian Total 67 64 49
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 10 8
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 11 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 7 14
MELAA Total 22 28 27
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 2 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 4 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 4 7
Other Total 10 10 15
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 288 283 307
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 385 371 385
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 27 54 58
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 409 494 478
European/Pākehā Total 1,109 1,202 1,228
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 355 347 357
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 458 469 456
Total Enrolled L1-L2 52 71 70
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 613 690 642
Total Total 1,478 1,577 1,525

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
Total Enrolled L1-L2 28 26 38
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 236 214 222
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 144 124 128
Female Enrolled L1-L2 16 13 22
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 327 360 354
Female Total 723 711 726
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 146 124 154
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 290 248 251
Male Enrolled L1-L2 12 13 16
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 331 382 430
Male Total 779 767 851
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 51 38 59
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 110 85 93
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 13 17 17
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 252 308 326
Māori Total 426 448 495
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 7 9
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 8 10
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 28 36
Pacific Total 43 43 55
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 41 41
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 8 8
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 18 13
Asian Total 53 67 64
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 11 10
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 7 6
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 4 11
MELAA Total 19 22 28
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 4 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 2 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 4 5
Other Total 9 10 10
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 326 275 305
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 355 310 315
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 16 13 25
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 472 511 557
European/Pākehā Total 1,169 1,109 1,202
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 382 338 376
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 434 372 379
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 658 742 784
Total Total 1,502 1,478 1,577

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.