South Waikato 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.

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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 23 20 26
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 32 27
Female Enrolled L1-L2 8 6 10
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 89 64 76
Female Total 144 122 139
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 7 12
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 50 40 34
Male Enrolled L1-L2 8 9 8
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 80 91 106
Male Total 149 147 160
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 13 15
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 40 42 39
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 12 14
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 113 96 125
Māori Total 181 163 193
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 4 1
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 22 7
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 36 31 44
Pacific Total 62 61 54
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 2 x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 4 x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 12 x
Asian Total 16 18 x
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
MELAA Total x x 0
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 17 18
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 30 29
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 8 4 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 66 70 82
European/Pākehā Total 131 121 137
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 27 38
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 74 72 61
Total Enrolled L1-L2 16 15 18
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 169 155 182
Total Total 293 269 299

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 20 18 23
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 23 19
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 8 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 98 95 77
Female Total 140 144 122
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 8 8
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 44 33
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 103 93 103
Male Total 173 149 147
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 10 14
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 42 37 29
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 9 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 128 125 115
Māori Total 187 181 163
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 4 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 20 16
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 46 37 40
Pacific Total 71 62 61
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 5 3
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 5 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 9
Asian Total x 16 18
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
Other Total 0 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 14 19
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 44 33 20
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 7 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 85 77 79
European/Pākehā Total 145 131 121
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 26 31
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 74 67 52
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 12 6
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 201 188 180
Total Total 313 293 269

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.