New Plymouth 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 164 169 182
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 130 128 132
Female Enrolled L1-L2 24 22 32
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 236 194 205
Female Total 554 513 551
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 133 137 153
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 225 216 168
Male Enrolled L1-L2 23 23 29
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 248 226 268
Male Total 629 602 618
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 51 55
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 95 84 77
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 18 20 29
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 182 143 179
Māori Total 339 298 340
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 9 7
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 10 8
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 14 12
Pacific Total 43 33 28
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 20 46
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 4 8
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 12 17
Asian Total 53 36 72
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 6 8
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 4 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 8 6
MELAA Total 22 18 18
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 2 5
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 2 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 7 3
Other Total 7 12 10
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 245 264 264
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 280 294 270
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 37 37 45
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 365 324 376
European/Pākehā Total 927 919 955
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 297 306 335
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 355 344 300
Total Enrolled L1-L2 47 45 61
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 484 420 473
Total Total 1,183 1,115 1,169

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 165 190 182
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 92 93 93
Female Enrolled L1-L2 11 14 5
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 258 257 233
Female Total 526 554 513
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 109 131 134
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 184 184 172
Male Enrolled L1-L2 10 12 8
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 269 302 288
Male Total 572 629 602
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 28 51 49
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 58 69 60
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 14 12 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 210 207 183
Māori Total 310 339 298
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 8 8
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 9 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 26 21
Pacific Total 33 43 33
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 32 20
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 7 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 12 10
Asian Total 56 53 36
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 7 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 6 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 8 12
MELAA Total 15 22 18
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 2 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 3 7
Other Total 10 7 12
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 227 264 276
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 237 229 229
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 11 16 10
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 376 418 404
European/Pākehā Total 851 927 919
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 274 321 316
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 276 277 265
Total Enrolled L1-L2 21 26 13
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 527 559 521
Total Total 1,098 1,183 1,115

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.