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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Male Total 498 470 480
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 259 234 212
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 119 105 103
Female Enrolled L1-L2 17 12 17
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 224 288 225
Female Total 619 639 557
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 105 112 126
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 151 134 154
Male Enrolled L1-L2 16 22 20
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 226 202 180
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 39 27 51
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 71 77
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 11 16 18
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 171 176 145
Māori Total 298 290 291
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 36 28
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 47 59
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 5 6 7
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 100 128 86
Pacific Total 192 217 180
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 97 85 86
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 29 21 21
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 32 40 29
Asian Total 162 147 136
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 11 12
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 9 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 4
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 13 10
MELAA Total 28 34 31
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 1 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 1 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 6 7
Other Total 7 8 13
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 249 250 232
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 167 154 168
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 19 20 23
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 277 269 251
European/Pākehā Total 712 693 674
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 364 346 338
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 270 239 257
Total Enrolled L1-L2 33 34 37
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 450 490 405
Total Total 1,117 1,109 1,037

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 259 246 260
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 83 99 98
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 5 14
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 251 269 267
Female Total 600 619 639
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 121 107 104
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 137 135 125
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 9 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 252 247 234
Male Total 516 498 470
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 32 28
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 64 62
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 7 5 14
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 185 197 186
Māori Total 292 298 290
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 39 31 37
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 43 45
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 121 116 133
Pacific Total 195 192 217
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 90 93 85
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 30 23
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 35 37 38
Asian Total 145 162 147
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 9 11
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 4 8
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 14 14
MELAA Total 37 28 34
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 3 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 2 5
Other Total 5 7 8
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 264 232 264
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 158 153 143
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 8 10
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 285 319 276
European/Pākehā Total 712 712 693
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 380 353 364
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 220 234 223
Total Enrolled L1-L2 13 14 21
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 503 516 501
Total Total 1,116 1,117 1,109

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.