Western Bay of Plenty 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
Total Enrolled L1-L2 16 17 21
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 45 34 35
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 28 32 29
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 12 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 69 63 76
Female Total 151 141 146
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 29 23
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 50 56 48
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 5 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 64 71 95
Male Total 137 161 181
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 6 12
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 23 22
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 12 8 16
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 58 60 65
Māori Total 104 97 115
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 6 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 14 15
Pacific Total x 21 27
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 10 14
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 4 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 5 9
Asian Total 18 20 30
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 48 50 40
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 62 69 58
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 8 9 12
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 93 87 122
European/Pākehā Total 211 215 232
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 61 63 58
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 78 88 77
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 133 134 171
Total Total 288 302 327

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 41 43 39
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 25 25 24
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 99 80 75
Female Total 166 151 141
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 18 29
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 44 42
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 108 70 88
Male Total 180 137 161
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 15 7
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 18 18
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 76 67 69
Māori Total 101 104 97
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x 1
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 x 7
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 x 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 x 13
Pacific Total 26 x 21
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 5 10
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 3 5
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 10 5
Asian Total 22 18 20
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
MELAA Total 0 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 x
Other Total 0 0 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 49 53
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 64 57 46
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 1 6 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 142 99 113
European/Pākehā Total 247 211 215
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 53 61 68
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 81 69 66
Total Enrolled L1-L2 5 8 5
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 207 150 163
Total Total 346 288 302

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.