Wellington 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 728 724 765
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 156 154 150
Female Enrolled L1-L2 11 16 25
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 338 356 355
Female Total 1,233 1,250 1,295
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 615 586 622
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 236 248 225
Male Enrolled L1-L2 21 11 31
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 388 375 403
Male Total 1,260 1,220 1,281
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 106 106 118
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 66 89 77
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 8 5 25
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 132 148 163
Māori Total 312 348 383
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 81 91 80
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 66 79 69
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 5 7 8
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 146 121 121
Pacific Total 298 298 278
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 300 295 295
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 45 65
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 6
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 95 113 133
Asian Total 443 456 499
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 46 42 53
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 15 18
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 4
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 27 37 34
MELAA Total 92 94 109
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 20 26
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 6 7
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 18 18
Other Total 31 45 52
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 985 981 1,053
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 269 281 251
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 24 18 27
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 484 479 496
European/Pākehā Total 1,762 1,759 1,827
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,343 1,310 1,387
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 392 402 375
Total Enrolled L1-L2 32 27 56
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 726 731 758
Total Total 2,493 2,470 2,576

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 813 770 795
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 105 122 122
Female Enrolled L1-L2 4 10 4
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 337 331 329
Female Total 1,259 1,233 1,250
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 649 632 602
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 239 184 177
Male Enrolled L1-L2 11 7 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 487 437 434
Male Total 1,386 1,260 1,220
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 127 105 118
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 51 56
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 6 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 161 150 169
Māori Total 353 312 348
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 90 80 98
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 53 34
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 141 163 163
Pacific Total 285 298 298
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 319 308 299
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 34 39
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 94 100 117
Asian Total 450 443 456
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 39 45 47
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 12 8
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 51 35 39
MELAA Total 99 92 94
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 14 26
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 5 5
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 12 14
Other Total 45 31 45
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,075 1,053 1,045
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 248 207 221
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 12 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 559 490 488
European/Pākehā Total 1,888 1,762 1,759
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,462 1,402 1,397
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 344 306 299
Total Enrolled L1-L2 15 17 11
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 824 768 763
Total Total 2,645 2,493 2,470

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.