Hamilton City

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 571 533 556
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 277 289 322
Female Enrolled L1-L2 37 54 75
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 536 599 550
Female Total 1,421 1,475 1,503
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 406 406 423
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 454 403 434
Male Enrolled L1-L2 58 58 57
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 567 632 652
Male Total 1,485 1,499 1,566
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 155 127 139
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 217 207 253
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 53 59 82
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 471 553 484
Māori Total 896 946 958
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 43 44 42
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 70 74 64
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 10 10
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 132 140 138
Pacific Total 252 268 254
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 216 246 241
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 64 60 80
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 97 88 121
Asian Total 381 398 444
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 27 35 43
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 24 30
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 6 7
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 32 30 31
MELAA Total 79 95 111
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 7 7
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 11 9
Other Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 4
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 16 22
Other Total 26 37 42
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 685 627 671
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 510 463 482
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 53 54 69
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 607 689 702
European/Pākehā Total 1,855 1,833 1,924
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 977 939 979
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 731 692 756
Total Enrolled L1-L2 95 112 132
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,103 1,231 1,202
Total Total 2,906 2,974 3,069

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 572 589 594
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 178 204 224
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 28 30
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 507 600 627
Female Total 1,270 1,421 1,475
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 392 385 426
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 363 389 346
Male Enrolled L1-L2 13 18 26
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 626 693 701
Male Total 1,394 1,485 1,499
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 134 137 134
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 163 166 181
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 14 32 29
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 509 561 602
Māori Total 820 896 946
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 50 40 54
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 47 49
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 6 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 131 159 160
Pacific Total 221 252 268
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 229 224 255
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 50 58 44
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 70 98 97
Asian Total 352 381 398
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 28 37 44
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 10 14
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 6
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 26 31 31
MELAA Total 67 79 95
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 6 7
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 7 7
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 13 22
Other Total 15 26 37
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 641 668 675
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 373 427 401
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 12 18 19
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 605 742 738
European/Pākehā Total 1,631 1,855 1,833
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 964 974 1,020
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 541 593 570
Total Enrolled L1-L2 26 46 56
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,133 1,293 1,328
Total Total 2,664 2,906 2,974

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.