Porirua 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 72 53 71
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 53 46 72
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 11 4
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 120 134 114
Female Total 254 244 261
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 46 34
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 81 73 79
Male Enrolled L1-L2 8 10 12
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 169 148 141
Male Total 295 277 266
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 19 26
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 42 37 48
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 10 10
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 138 123 114
Māori Total 205 189 198
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 34 20
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 48 66
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 5 7 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 146 127 113
Pacific Total 226 216 205
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 13 14
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 3 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 19 17
Asian Total 38 37 38
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 5 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 8 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 8 3
MELAA Total 14 21 10
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 3
Other Total 0 0 6
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 63 57 61
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 69 52 64
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 7 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 98 91 79
European/Pākehā Total 235 207 212
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 109 99 105
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 134 119 151
Total Enrolled L1-L2 17 21 16
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 289 282 255
Total Total 549 521 527

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 60 65 51
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 34 41 44
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 5 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 139 143 143
Female Total 235 254 244
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 35 44
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 67 69 51
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 5 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 147 186 181
Male Total 245 295 277
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 10 17
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 39 26
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 6 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 125 150 143
Māori Total 176 205 189
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 23 29 26
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 43 36 36
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 130 158 151
Pacific Total 198 226 216
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 14 14
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 10 4
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 13 19
Asian Total 30 38 37
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 2 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 7 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 5 12
MELAA Total 19 14 21
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 0 0
Other Total 5 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 48 58 63
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 52 45
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 106 123 97
European/Pākehā Total 209 235 207
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 86 100 95
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 101 110 95
Total Enrolled L1-L2 7 10 7
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 286 329 324
Total Total 480 549 521

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.