Far North District

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 other territorial authorities in this region by using the drop down menu above. For territorial authorities in other regions first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

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 71 72 90
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 67 97 67
Female Enrolled L1-L2 22 29 34
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 224 224 217
Female Total 384 422 408
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 30 38 41
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 88 112 102
Male Enrolled L1-L2 30 35 47
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 218 267 260
Male Total 366 452 450
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 51 49
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 98 133 116
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 50 53 78
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 332 383 367
Māori Total 516 620 610
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 5 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 7 7
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 31 26 34
Pacific Total 48 43 48
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 6 3
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 3 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 5 6
Asian Total 16 14 12
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 0 2
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 1 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 4 6
MELAA Total 5 6 8
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 1 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 1 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 4 3
Other Total 9 6 6
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 75 66 94
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 76 107 77
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 19 11
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 152 183 163
European/Pākehā Total 309 375 345
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 101 110 131
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 155 209 169
Total Enrolled L1-L2 52 64 81
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 442 491 477
Total Total 750 874 858

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 89 77 76
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 51 79
Female Enrolled L1-L2 15 19 15
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 234 237 252
Female Total 401 384 422
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 39 31 45
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 93 100 105
Male Enrolled L1-L2 17 18 17
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 248 217 285
Male Total 397 366 452
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 38 41 58
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 88 94 117
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 26 35 31
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 376 346 414
Māori Total 528 516 620
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 4 3
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 7 8
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 35 29
Pacific Total 41 48 43
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 4 4
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 5 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 7 7
Asian Total 13 16 14
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 0
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 4 4
MELAA Total x 5 6
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 3 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 4 5
Other Total x 9 6
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 98 77 77
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 72 93
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 8 6
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 158 152 199
European/Pākehā Total 357 309 375
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 128 108 121
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 156 151 184
Total Enrolled L1-L2 32 37 32
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 482 454 537
Total Total 798 750 874

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.