Tauranga 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 374 326 369
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 213 185 208
Female Enrolled L1-L2 48 47 49
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 346 431 394
Female Total 981 989 1,020
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 242 280 274
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 319 276 321
Male Enrolled L1-L2 56 57 55
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 449 471 437
Male Total 1,066 1,084 1,087
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 96 84 100
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 141 121 164
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 55 55 59
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 294 352 324
Māori Total 586 612 647
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 16 17
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 16 33
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 9
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 48 52 54
Pacific Total 83 91 113
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 67 92 84
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 28 27 33
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 5 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 41 59
Asian Total 138 165 178
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 10 8
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 11 14
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 17 10
MELAA Total 27 40 32
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 39 44 75
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 48 48 45
Other Enrolled L1-L2 18 10 7
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 55 76 69
Other Total 160 178 196
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 489 453 468
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 398 340 346
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 55 61 53
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 514 594 497
European/Pākehā Total 1,456 1,448 1,364
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 616 606 643
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 532 461 529
Total Enrolled L1-L2 104 104 104
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 795 902 831
Total Total 2,047 2,073 2,107

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 427 403 366
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 128 156 157
Female Enrolled L1-L2 12 18 17
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 360 404 449
Female Total 927 981 989
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 264 260 286
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 282 268 263
Male Enrolled L1-L2 25 15 14
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 430 523 521
Male Total 1,001 1,066 1,084
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 107 101 101
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 100 110 117
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 27 24 15
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 299 351 379
Māori Total 533 586 612
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 12 13
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 17 18
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 54 53 60
Pacific Total 83 83 91
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 92 73 95
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 22 20
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 38 42 49
Asian Total 154 138 165
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 10 14
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 5 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 12 21
MELAA Total 24 27 40
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 27 41 44
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 44 49
Other Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 3
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 74 82
Other Total 94 160 178
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 538 524 492
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 321 313 311
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 16 15 18
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 517 604 627
European/Pākehā Total 1,392 1,456 1,448
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 691 663 652
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 410 424 420
Total Enrolled L1-L2 37 33 31
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 790 927 970
Total Total 1,928 2,047 2,073

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.