Palmerston North City

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 236 194 206
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 104 133 129
Female Enrolled L1-L2 15 19 31
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 216 261 213
Female Total 571 607 579
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 149 159 143
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 245 191 184
Male Enrolled L1-L2 18 26 49
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 325 331 320
Male Total 737 707 696
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 73 56 61
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 88 81 90
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 14 19 44
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 227 246 240
Māori Total 402 402 435
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 17 17
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 23 29
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 41 63 64
Pacific Total 92 105 113
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 71 70 68
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 26 27 28
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 44 28
Asian Total 139 144 128
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 14 8
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 4 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 4
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 9 7
MELAA Total 21 27 24
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 22 9
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 5 9
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 19 5
Other Total 33 46 23
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 265 240 235
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 258 247 226
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 21 28 49
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 336 366 330
European/Pākehā Total 880 881 840
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 385 353 349
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 349 324 313
Total Enrolled L1-L2 33 45 80
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 541 592 533
Total Total 1,308 1,314 1,275

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 215 233 206
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 94 83 109
Female Enrolled L1-L2 10 5 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 254 250 286
Female Total 573 571 607
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 149 171 174
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 175 187 153
Male Enrolled L1-L2 8 9 9
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 327 370 371
Male Total 659 737 707
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 55 64 66
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 68 77 60
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 9 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 233 252 270
Māori Total 366 402 402
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 28 26 20
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 13 14
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 59 51 71
Pacific Total 101 92 105
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 68 77 74
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 14 25
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 48 45
Asian Total 108 139 144
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 14 14
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 1 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 6 8
MELAA Total 29 21 27
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 13 22
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 4 8
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 16 15
Other Total 33 33 46
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 246 285 259
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 214 213 205
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 11 8 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 359 374 409
European/Pākehā Total 830 880 881
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 364 404 380
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 269 270 262
Total Enrolled L1-L2 18 14 15
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 581 620 657
Total Total 1,232 1,308 1,314

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.