Lower 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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 234 209 223
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 105 101 123
Female Enrolled L1-L2 12 17 24
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 286 222 205
Female Total 637 549 575
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 112 128 145
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 134 152 133
Male Enrolled L1-L2 22 20 26
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 201 181 251
Male Total 469 481 555
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 27 51 38
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 71 77 77
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 16 18 31
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 175 144 155
Māori Total 289 290 301
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 28 43
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 58 53
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 7
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 128 86 115
Pacific Total 217 179 218
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 85 86 97
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 21 35
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 30 48
Asian Total 147 137 184
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 12 8
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 5 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 10 19
MELAA Total 34 31 33
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 2 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 3 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 8 3
Other Total 8 14 8
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 250 231 245
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 154 165 157
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 20 23 23
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 267 248 266
European/Pākehā Total 691 667 691
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 346 337 368
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 239 253 256
Total Enrolled L1-L2 34 37 50
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 487 403 456
Total Total 1,106 1,030 1,130

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 246 260 227
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 99 98 92
Female Enrolled L1-L2 4 14 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 269 265 219
Female Total 618 637 549
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 107 104 128
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 135 124 98
Male Enrolled L1-L2 9 7 13
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 247 234 242
Male Total 498 469 481
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 28 54
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 64 62 49
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 5 14 13
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 197 185 174
Māori Total 298 289 290
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 37 29
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 43 44 40
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 116 134 108
Pacific Total 191 217 179
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 93 85 88
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 23 14
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 37 38 35
Asian Total 162 147 137
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 11 12
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 8 9
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 14 9
MELAA Total 28 34 31
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 2 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 1 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 5 8
Other Total 7 8 14
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 232 264 246
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 153 143 126
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 8 10 15
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 319 274 280
European/Pākehā Total 712 691 667
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 353 364 355
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 234 222 190
Total Enrolled L1-L2 13 21 24
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 516 499 461
Total Total 1,116 1,106 1,030

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.