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.

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 112 113 136
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 87 81
Female Enrolled L1-L2 24 31 37
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 264 218 245
Female Total 487 449 499
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 96 85 97
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 165 149 121
Male Enrolled L1-L2 25 20 26
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 337 259 312
Male Total 623 513 556
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 68 60 74
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 118 132 120
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 38 46 53
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 423 321 372
Māori Total 647 559 619
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 9 10
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 13 13
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 54 52 57
Pacific Total 82 78 86
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 38 32 49
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 11 17
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 26 30
Asian Total 66 69 98
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 4 3
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 1 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 0 6
MELAA Total 10 5 9
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 1 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 1 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 7 4
Other Total 5 9 5
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 121 128 139
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 161 137 111
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 21 19 29
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 260 203 271
European/Pākehā Total 563 487 550
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 208 198 233
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 252 236 202
Total Enrolled L1-L2 49 51 63
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 601 477 557
Total Total 1,110 962 1,055

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 134 125 122
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 75 61
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 10 15
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 271 277 251
Female Total 473 487 449
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 94 96 92
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 141 150 132
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 10 9
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 280 367 280
Male Total 521 623 513
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 64 71 73
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 114 116 98
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 16 17 21
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 389 443 367
Māori Total 583 647 559
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 12 11
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 17 8
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 63 52 58
Pacific Total 89 82 78
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 48 39 38
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 9 16
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 17 15
Asian Total 72 66 69
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 4 3
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 2
MELAA Total x 10 5
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 3 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 1 6
Other Total x 5 9
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 143 135 133
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 112 131 117
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 6 9
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 231 291 228
European/Pākehā Total 490 563 487
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 228 221 214
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 196 225 193
Total Enrolled L1-L2 19 20 24
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 551 644 531
Total Total 994 1,110 962

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.