Waimakariri District

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 92 81 80
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 74 106 82
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 10 17
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 139 132 137
Female Total 314 329 316
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 52 45 34
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 113 91 100
Male Enrolled L1-L2 9 11 16
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 141 153 133
Male Total 315 300 283
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 16 16
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 23 29
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 11
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 51 59 47
Māori Total 108 101 103
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 4 3
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 3 8
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 9 2
Pacific Total 21 16 13
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 8 10
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 2 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 7 13
Asian Total 20 18 30
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 132 112 98
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 171 181 164
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 17 19 26
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 243 255 239
European/Pākehā Total 563 567 527
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 144 126 114
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 187 197 182
Total Enrolled L1-L2 18 21 33
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 280 285 270
Total Total 629 629 599

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 93 103 90
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 52 80
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 147 156 159
Female Total 294 314 329
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 43 46 48
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 112 117 71
Male Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 6
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 161 151 175
Male Total 317 315 300
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 20 12
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 24 17
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 51 63 71
Māori Total 80 108 101
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 2 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 7 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 12 9
Pacific Total 14 21 16
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 10 8
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 5 1
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 5 9
Asian Total 20 20 18
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 128 140 123
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 149 153 140
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 6
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 273 266 298
European/Pākehā Total 553 563 567
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 136 149 138
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 163 169 151
Total Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 6
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 308 307 334
Total Total 611 629 629

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.