Waitaki 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.

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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 35 36 40
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 24 20
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 61 54 62
Female Total 130 115 128
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 18 19
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 40 55
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 8 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 74 64 42
Male Total 147 130 119
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 4 6
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 8 11
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 0 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 27 24
Māori Total 43 39 43
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 1 3
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 4 9
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 26 11 11
Pacific Total 33 17 24
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 10 7
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 2 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 10 9
Asian Total 17 22 22
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 x
MELAA Total x 0 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 52 43 49
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 54 57
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 8 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 94 87 75
European/Pākehā Total 208 192 189
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 67 54 59
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 67 64 75
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 9 9
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 135 118 104
Total Total 277 245 247

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 59 36 33
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 20 18
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 57 72 62
Female Total 143 130 115
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 29 16
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 35 44
Male Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 73 80 69
Male Total 160 147 130
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 4 3
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 8 8
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 28 28 28
Māori Total 47 43 39
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 1 1
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 5 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 27 11
Pacific Total 23 33 17
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 9 9
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 3 5
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 5 8
Asian Total 29 17 22
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
MELAA Total x x 0
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 65 50 40
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 45 50
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 98 110 99
European/Pākehā Total 229 208 192
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 90 65 49
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 79 55 62
Total Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 3
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 130 152 131
Total Total 303 277 245

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.