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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 54 43 40
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 74 76 57
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 13 10
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 85 94 98
Female Total 226 226 205
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 37 34
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 79 78 61
Male Enrolled L1-L2 23 16 13
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 130 114 113
Male Total 266 245 221
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 14 17
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 45 39 33
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 18 19 13
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 76 83 92
Māori Total 155 155 155
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 26 21
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 72 74 56
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 16 14 10
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 110 101 90
Pacific Total 224 215 177
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 12 15
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 13 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 11 10
Asian Total 33 36 32
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 x x
MELAA Total 19 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
Other Total 0 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 47 44 37
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 60 48 43
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 11 6 7
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 67 61 80
European/Pākehā Total 185 159 167
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 88 80 74
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 153 154 118
Total Enrolled L1-L2 36 29 23
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 215 208 211
Total Total 492 471 426

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 (2016-2018 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 62 62 54
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 44 50 43
Female Enrolled L1-L2 10 6 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 114 108 123
Female Total 230 226 226
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 37 38
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 53 54 51
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 15 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 165 160 153
Male Total 253 266 245
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 18 13
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 26 31
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 12 7
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 108 99 104
Māori Total 156 155 155
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 33 35
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 52 43 47
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 9 9 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 141 139 129
Pacific Total 238 224 215
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 14 14
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 6 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 13 15
Asian Total 32 33 36
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 5 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 10 x
MELAA Total x 19 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 33 54 45
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 52 27
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 6 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 86 73 86
European/Pākehā Total 155 185 159
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 93 99 92
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 97 104 94
Total Enrolled L1-L2 14 21 9
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 279 268 276
Total Total 483 492 471

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.