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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 131 135 97
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 143 113 112
Female Enrolled L1-L2 26 33 19
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 205 248 193
Female Total 505 529 421
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 115 94 67
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 153 166 143
Male Enrolled L1-L2 31 27 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 253 278 251
Male Total 552 565 476
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 89 64 51
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 164 160 138
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 49 50 27
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 263 325 291
Māori Total 565 599 507
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 11 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 16 17
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 8 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 43 36
Pacific Total 73 78 63
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 23 44 32
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 9 12
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 21 24 17
Asian Total 56 77 62
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 x 3
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 x 2
MELAA Total 7 x 6
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 x 3
Other Total 6 x 5
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 159 151 97
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 168 148 136
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 17 16 13
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 214 247 211
European/Pākehā Total 558 562 457
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 246 229 164
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 296 279 255
Total Enrolled L1-L2 57 60 34
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 458 526 444
Total Total 1,057 1,094 897

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 (2016-2018 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 138 145 141
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 114 98
Female Enrolled L1-L2 10 13 17
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 214 233 273
Female Total 458 505 529
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 97 117 102
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 128 147 163
Male Enrolled L1-L2 15 9 5
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 279 279 295
Male Total 519 552 565
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 80 93 72
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 112 140 129
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 23 20 18
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 342 312 380
Māori Total 557 565 599
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 9 10
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 14 13
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 38 49 51
Pacific Total 61 73 78
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 25 44
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 14 13
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 17 20
Asian Total 55 56 77
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 5 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 2 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 x
MELAA Total x 7 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 4 x
Other Total x 6 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 150 174 157
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 120 149 156
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 6 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 223 229 244
European/Pākehā Total 499 558 562
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 235 262 243
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 224 261 261
Total Enrolled L1-L2 25 22 22
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 493 512 568
Total Total 977 1,057 1,094

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.