Tararua 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 18 26 19
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 17 13
Female Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 41 35 58
Female Total 81 83 93
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 11 12
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 29 25
Male Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 53 49 61
Male Total 105 93 100
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 10 8
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 19 5
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 6 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 38 42 51
Māori Total 72 77 69
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 2 1
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 8
Pacific Total x 7 9
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Asian Total x x x
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 22 33 27
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 53 37 34
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 70 54 90
European/Pākehā Total 148 128 154
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 30 37 31
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 46 38
Total Enrolled L1-L2 5 9 5
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 94 84 119
Total Total 186 176 193

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 14 17 26
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 19 16
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 0 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 35 45 39
Female Total 70 81 83
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 9 9
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 36 25
Male Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 60 57 55
Male Total 85 105 93
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 10 10
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 20 15
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 35 40 48
Māori Total 53 72 77
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 5
Pacific Total x x 7
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Asian Total x x x
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
MELAA Total 0 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 0
Other Total 0 x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 19 31
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 48 34
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 68 79 60
European/Pākehā Total 119 148 128
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 26 35
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 37 55 41
Total Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 6
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 95 102 94
Total Total 155 186 176

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.