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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 327 370 370
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 186 207 163
Female Enrolled L1-L2 45 46 67
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 432 386 399
Female Total 990 1,009 999
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 280 275 325
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 275 323 297
Male Enrolled L1-L2 56 54 88
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 470 440 414
Male Total 1,081 1,092 1,124
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 84 101 99
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 121 164 152
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 54 56 83
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 352 320 306
Māori Total 611 641 640
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 17 12
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 33 28
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 8 13
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 52 55 53
Pacific Total 91 113 106
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 92 85 106
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 34 29
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 5 2 5
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 58 62
Asian Total 164 179 202
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 8 22
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 14 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 10 21
MELAA Total 40 32 48
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 75 64
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 48 45 33
Other Enrolled L1-L2 10 7 4
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 76 68 44
Other Total 178 195 145
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 455 469 486
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 340 347 321
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 58 52 110
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 595 495 520
European/Pākehā Total 1,448 1,363 1,437
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 607 645 695
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 461 530 460
Total Enrolled L1-L2 101 100 155
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 902 826 813
Total Total 2,071 2,101 2,123

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 404 368 422
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 156 156 167
Female Enrolled L1-L2 18 16 14
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 406 450 406
Female Total 984 990 1,009
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 260 286 291
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 268 262 266
Male Enrolled L1-L2 15 15 23
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 522 518 512
Male Total 1,065 1,081 1,092
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 102 102 110
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 110 115 118
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 24 15 24
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 352 379 389
Māori Total 588 611 641
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 13 19
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 18 20
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 53 60 70
Pacific Total 83 91 113
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 73 95 94
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 20 30
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 48 54
Asian Total 138 164 179
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 14 10
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 5 10
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 21 12
MELAA Total 27 40 32
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 44 83
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 44 49 39
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 2
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 74 82 71
Other Total 160 178 195
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 524 494 519
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 313 310 306
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 15 18 18
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 604 626 520
European/Pākehā Total 1,456 1,448 1,363
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 664 654 713
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 424 418 433
Total Enrolled L1-L2 33 31 37
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 928 968 918
Total Total 2,049 2,071 2,101

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.