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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 813 729 724
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 139 156 159
Female Enrolled L1-L2 15 12 16
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 294 338 362
Female Total 1,261 1,235 1,261
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 675 614 588
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 286 237 247
Male Enrolled L1-L2 19 20 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 405 388 372
Male Total 1,385 1,259 1,218
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 131 106 106
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 68 66 89
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 13 8 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 142 132 150
Māori Total 354 312 350
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 93 81 91
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 62 67 80
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 9 4 7
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 122 146 122
Pacific Total 286 298 300
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 320 300 296
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 43 46 46
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 83 95 111
Asian Total 450 443 456
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 35 46 42
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 17 15
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 5 2 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 43 27 38
MELAA Total 99 92 95
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 15 20
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 6 6
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 10 18
Other Total 45 31 45
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,094 985 982
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 314 269 285
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 13 25 18
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 468 484 482
European/Pākehā Total 1,889 1,763 1,767
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,488 1,343 1,312
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 425 393 406
Total Enrolled L1-L2 34 32 27
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 699 726 734
Total Total 2,646 2,494 2,479

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 748 814 770
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 115 105 124
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 4 10
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 319 338 331
Female Total 1,191 1,261 1,235
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 673 648 632
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 218 239 185
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 11 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 408 487 435
Male Total 1,306 1,385 1,259
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 108 127 105
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 59 52
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 7 6 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 157 162 149
Māori Total 327 354 312
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 111 90 80
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 54 51 55
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 142 142 161
Pacific Total 310 286 298
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 332 319 308
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 40 36 34
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 90 94 100
Asian Total 463 450 443
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 35 39 45
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 9 13
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 3 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 38 51 34
MELAA Total 92 99 92
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 19 14
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 4 5
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 22 12
Other Total 23 45 31
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,024 1,075 1,053
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 235 248 207
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 6 12
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 473 560 491
European/Pākehā Total 1,737 1,889 1,763
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,421 1,462 1,402
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 333 344 309
Total Enrolled L1-L2 16 15 17
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 727 825 766
Total Total 2,497 2,646 2,494

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.