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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 98 71 72
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 67 98
Female Enrolled L1-L2 23 22 30
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 205 225 226
Female Total 403 385 426
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 30 38
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 110 88 112
Male Enrolled L1-L2 24 30 38
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 219 218 267
Male Total 397 366 455
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 48 36 51
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 98 134
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 43 50 57
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 343 333 383
Māori Total 530 517 625
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 2 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 11 8
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 31 26
Pacific Total 41 48 44
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 6 6
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 0 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 9 5
Asian Total 13 16 14
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 0
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 4
MELAA Total x 5 6
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 5 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 1 4
Other Total x 9 6
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 103 75 66
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 117 76 108
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 6 20
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 131 152 185
European/Pākehā Total 357 309 379
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 142 101 110
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 187 155 210
Total Enrolled L1-L2 47 52 68
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 424 443 493
Total Total 800 751 881

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 73 89 77
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 53 63 51
Female Enrolled L1-L2 20 15 19
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 215 236 238
Female Total 361 403 385
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 38 39 31
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 91 93 101
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 17 17
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 227 248 217
Male Total 363 397 366
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 46 38 41
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 89 88 95
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 23 26 34
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 322 378 347
Māori Total 480 530 517
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 7 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 7 7
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 23 35
Pacific Total 39 41 48
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 4 4
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 1 5
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 8 7
Asian Total 20 13 16
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x 1
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 x 4
MELAA Total 6 x 5
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 x 4
Other Total 9 x 9
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 79 98 77
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 68 96 72
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 173 158 152
European/Pākehā Total 324 357 309
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 111 128 108
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 144 156 152
Total Enrolled L1-L2 27 32 36
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 442 484 455
Total Total 724 800 751

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.