Rotorua 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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 128 112 113
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 87 89
Female Enrolled L1-L2 22 24 32
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 228 268 221
Female Total 474 491 455
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 96 96 86
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 176 165 149
Male Enrolled L1-L2 10 26 22
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 239 338 259
Male Total 521 625 516
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 74 68 61
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 145 118 134
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 27 39 49
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 338 428 322
Māori Total 584 653 566
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 11 9
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 11 13
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 6 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 49 55 52
Pacific Total 89 83 78
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 38 32
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 12 11
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 16 27
Asian Total 72 66 70
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 5 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 4 0
MELAA Total x 10 5
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 7
Other Total x 5 9
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 139 121 128
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 157 161 138
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 13 21 20
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 181 261 205
European/Pākehā Total 490 564 491
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 224 208 199
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 272 252 238
Total Enrolled L1-L2 32 50 54
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 467 606 480
Total Total 995 1,116 971

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 139 134 125
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 74 56 75
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 12 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 236 272 280
Female Total 458 474 491
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 93 94 96
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 131 141 151
Male Enrolled L1-L2 11 6 10
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 262 280 368
Male Total 497 521 625
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 78 64 71
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 115 117
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 17 15 18
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 336 390 447
Māori Total 518 584 653
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 10 12
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 15 17
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 50 63 53
Pacific Total 83 89 83
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 43 48 39
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 8 9
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 15 17
Asian Total 82 72 66
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 x 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 x 5
MELAA Total 9 x 10
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 x 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 x 1
Other Total 5 x 5
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 137 143 135
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 131 112 132
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 4 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 238 231 292
European/Pākehā Total 513 490 564
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 232 228 221
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 205 197 226
Total Enrolled L1-L2 20 18 21
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 498 552 648
Total Total 955 995 1,116

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.