Waikato 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 47 32 54
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 49 60 43
Female Enrolled L1-L2 10 6 12
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 156 121 99
Female Total 262 219 208
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 16 20
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 82 69
Male Enrolled L1-L2 8 7 19
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 153 143 150
Male Total 240 248 258
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 28 9 17
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 34 62 52
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 13 9 24
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 201 160 159
Māori Total 276 240 252
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 1 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 10 12
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 33 17 25
Pacific Total 48 29 44
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 8 14
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 13 9
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 8 11
Asian Total 23 31 35
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 2
MELAA Total x x 9
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 3
Other Total x x 5
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 32 46
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 71 84 74
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 2 13
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 120 134 112
European/Pākehā Total 235 252 245
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 63 48 74
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 112 142 112
Total Enrolled L1-L2 18 13 31
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 309 264 249
Total Total 502 467 466

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 33 55 38
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 43 42
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 11 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 143 153 128
Female Total 216 262 219
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 22 28
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 54 60 63
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 5 8
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 154 153 149
Male Total 230 240 248
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 29 14
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 37 44 41
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 7 15 16
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 203 188 169
Māori Total 263 276 240
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 3 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 11 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 29 32 19
Pacific Total 40 48 29
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 10 12
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 6 8
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 7 10
Asian Total 13 23 31
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 x x
MELAA Total 10 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
Other Total 0 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 47 43
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 65 70
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 121 121 131
European/Pākehā Total 200 235 252
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 53 77 66
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 103 105
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 16 19
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 297 306 277
Total Total 446 502 467

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.