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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 533 556 544
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 288 321 258
Female Enrolled L1-L2 53 72 68
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 597 548 488
Female Total 1,471 1,497 1,358
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 406 423 416
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 403 431 410
Male Enrolled L1-L2 59 58 73
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 631 648 628
Male Total 1,499 1,560 1,527
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 127 139 137
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 207 251 208
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 59 79 84
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 549 482 489
Māori Total 942 951 918
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 42 48
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 74 64 72
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 10 9 11
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 140 138 145
Pacific Total 268 253 276
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 246 241 242
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 80 77
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 88 121 134
Asian Total 397 444 456
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 35 43 40
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 30 18
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 5
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 30 30 39
MELAA Total 95 110 102
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 7 8
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 9 9
Other Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 22 27
Other Total 37 42 45
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 627 671 639
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 462 480 440
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 54 69 77
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 689 698 603
European/Pākehā Total 1,832 1,918 1,759
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 939 979 960
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 691 752 668
Total Enrolled L1-L2 112 130 141
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,228 1,196 1,116
Total Total 2,970 3,057 2,885

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 588 594 639
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 204 219 255
Female Enrolled L1-L2 28 28 31
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 599 630 572
Female Total 1,419 1,471 1,497
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 386 426 441
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 387 344 337
Male Enrolled L1-L2 20 27 39
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 694 702 743
Male Total 1,487 1,499 1,560
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 137 134 159
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 164 177 195
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 34 29 49
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 561 602 548
Māori Total 896 942 951
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 54 55
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 48 49
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 159 162 143
Pacific Total 252 268 253
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 224 255 255
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 58 43 57
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 98 97 129
Asian Total 381 397 444
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 44 45
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 14 23
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 6 5
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 31 31 37
MELAA Total 79 95 110
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 7 7
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 7 9
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 2
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 22 24
Other Total 26 37 42
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 668 675 744
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 426 398 387
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 19 19 29
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 742 740 758
European/Pākehā Total 1,855 1,832 1,918
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 974 1,020 1,080
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 591 563 592
Total Enrolled L1-L2 48 55 70
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,293 1,332 1,315
Total Total 2,906 2,970 3,057

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.