Palmerston North 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 193 206 183
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 132 128 108
Female Enrolled L1-L2 19 28 32
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 259 209 236
Female Total 603 571 559
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 160 143 134
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 191 183 151
Male Enrolled L1-L2 27 46 47
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 333 318 347
Male Total 711 690 679
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 56 61 55
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 81 90 67
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 19 41 41
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 246 235 221
Māori Total 402 427 384
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 17 15
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 30 25
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 10
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 62 64 71
Pacific Total 104 114 121
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 68 72
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 28 35
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 7
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 28 59
Asian Total 144 128 173
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 8 12
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 4 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 4 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 7 17
MELAA Total 27 23 36
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 22 9 7
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 9 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 5 6
Other Total 46 23 17
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 240 235 221
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 246 224 179
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 29 46 50
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 366 328 369
European/Pākehā Total 881 833 819
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 353 349 317
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 323 311 259
Total Enrolled L1-L2 46 74 79
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 592 527 583
Total Total 1,314 1,261 1,238

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 233 206 229
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 82 108 84
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 6 16
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 253 283 242
Female Total 573 603 571
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 171 174 161
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 187 153 135
Male Enrolled L1-L2 9 9 16
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 371 375 378
Male Total 738 711 690
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 64 66 63
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 60 71
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 9 6 17
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 254 270 276
Māori Total 404 402 427
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 20 19
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 14 23
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 51 70 68
Pacific Total 92 104 114
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 77 74 78
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 25 11
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 49 45 38
Asian Total 139 144 128
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 14 11
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 5 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 8 9
MELAA Total 21 27 23
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 22 10
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 8 8
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 15 5
Other Total 33 46 23
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 285 259 268
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 213 204 162
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 8 8 16
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 375 410 387
European/Pākehā Total 881 881 833
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 404 380 390
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 269 261 219
Total Enrolled L1-L2 14 15 32
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 624 658 620
Total Total 1,311 1,314 1,261

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.