Manawatu 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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 55 53 56
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 34 48
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 48 40 54
Female Total 135 130 164
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 33 25
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 81 60 58
Male Enrolled L1-L2 8 3 5
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 106 86 95
Male Total 210 182 183
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 18 22
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 35 41 28
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 56 52 50
Māori Total 106 115 105
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 2 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 6 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 11 12
Pacific Total 13 20 22
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 x x
Asian Total 6 x x
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 x x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 60 78 70
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 92 70 91
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 9 3 7
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 113 92 125
European/Pākehā Total 274 243 293
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 86 81
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 111 94 106
Total Enrolled L1-L2 10 6 11
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 154 126 149
Total Total 345 312 347

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 66 54 53
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 29 22 20
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 64 58 56
Female Total 159 135 130
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 23 20 29
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 66 70 60
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 91 117 91
Male Total 182 210 182
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 15 19
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 24 37
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 63 67 57
Māori Total 103 106 115
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 3 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 3
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 8 15
Pacific Total 11 13 20
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 x
Asian Total x 6 x
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 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 84 65 74
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 73 75 60
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 107 130 108
European/Pākehā Total 266 274 243
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 89 74 82
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 95 92 80
Total Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 3
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 155 175 147
Total Total 341 345 312

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.