New Plymouth 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 176 164 169
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 119 131 129
Female Enrolled L1-L2 18 25 22
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 214 236 199
Female Total 527 556 519
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 121 133 137
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 221 225 216
Male Enrolled L1-L2 22 23 23
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 207 248 228
Male Total 571 629 604
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 44 51
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 67 95 84
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 24 19 20
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 185 183 145
Māori Total 310 341 300
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 5 9
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 12 10
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 21 24 14
Pacific Total 33 43 33
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 31 20
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 7 4
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 14 12
Asian Total 56 53 36
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 7 6
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 10 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 5 8
MELAA Total 15 22 18
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 2 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 3 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 2 7
Other Total 10 7 12
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 244 245 264
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 293 281 295
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 21 38 37
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 293 365 330
European/Pākehā Total 851 929 926
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 297 297 306
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 340 356 345
Total Enrolled L1-L2 40 48 45
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 421 484 427
Total Total 1,098 1,185 1,123

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 191 165 190
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 109 92 93
Female Enrolled L1-L2 14 11 15
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 213 259 258
Female Total 527 527 556
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 131 109 132
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 222 184 184
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 10 12
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 218 268 301
Male Total 578 571 629
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 45 28 51
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 82 58 69
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 8 14 13
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 146 210 208
Māori Total 281 310 341
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 3 8
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 8 9
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 22 26
Pacific Total 34 33 43
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 36 32
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 6 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 14 12
Asian Total 44 56 53
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 9 7
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 5 6
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 1 8
MELAA Total 17 15 22
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 4 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 4 3
Other Total 7 10 7
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 279 227 265
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 275 237 229
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 13 11 17
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 331 376 418
European/Pākehā Total 898 851 929
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 322 274 322
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 331 276 277
Total Enrolled L1-L2 21 21 27
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 431 527 559
Total Total 1,105 1,098 1,185

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.