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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 53 56 41
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 46 37
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 5 9
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 54 54
Female Total 129 161 141
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 25 22
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 60 58 57
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 5 12
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 86 95 92
Male Total 182 183 183
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 22 11
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 28 32
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 52 51 56
Māori Total 115 105 105
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 5 3
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 4 1
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 12 8
Pacific Total 20 22 13
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 1
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 1
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x x 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 3
Asian Total x x 6
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 0 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 78 70 57
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 69 89 81
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 6 16
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 92 125 105
European/Pākehā Total 242 290 259
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 86 81 63
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 93 104 94
Total Enrolled L1-L2 6 10 21
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 126 149 146
Total Total 311 344 324

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 54 53 57
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 20 45
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 58 55 56
Female Total 135 129 161
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 29 23
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 70 60 43
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 117 91 117
Male Total 210 182 183
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 19 15
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 37 21
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 67 57 67
Māori Total 106 115 105
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 2 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 3 1
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 15 17
Pacific Total 13 20 22
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 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 65 74 73
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 60 82
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 130 107 133
European/Pākehā Total 274 242 290
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 74 82 80
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 92 80 88
Total Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 3
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 175 146 173
Total Total 345 311 344

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.