Upper Hutt 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.

Identical information is available for other territorial authorities in this region by using the drop down menu above. For territorial authorities in other regions first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

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 50 37 50
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 66 53 57
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 13 10
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 85 79 89
Female Total 208 182 206
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 148 136 150
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 134 132 113
Male Enrolled L1-L2 11 11 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 138 172 145
Male Total 431 451 415
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 27 18 22
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 49 39 43
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 9 14 12
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 76 67 68
Māori Total 161 138 145
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 13 12
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 25 14 18
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 38 28 27
Pacific Total 77 58 60
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 27 31
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 8 11
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 9 17
Asian Total 58 46 60
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 4 8
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 8 2
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 5 4
MELAA Total 18 18 14
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 1 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 3 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 3 7
Other Total 8 7 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 149 143 156
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 155 154 143
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 15 17 10
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 169 211 182
European/Pākehā Total 488 525 491
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 198 173 200
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 200 185 170
Total Enrolled L1-L2 18 24 17
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 223 251 234
Total Total 639 633 621

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 50 62 39
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 28 37 48
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 90 106 94
Female Total 170 208 182
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 121 132 142
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 138 107 106
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 142 189 199
Male Total 403 431 451
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 26 23
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 45 38 36
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 58 94 76
Māori Total 122 161 138
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 14 14
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 17 12
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 45 32
Pacific Total 47 77 58
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 32 25
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 8 5
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 18 15
Asian Total 43 58 46
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 6 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 5 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 7 10
MELAA Total 13 18 18
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 5 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 2 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 1 4
Other Total 5 8 7
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 144 145 152
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 131 111 128
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 4
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 184 230 241
European/Pākehā Total 462 488 525
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 171 194 181
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 166 144 154
Total Enrolled L1-L2 4 6 5
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 232 295 293
Total Total 573 639 633

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.