Porirua 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.

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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 53 71 91
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 71 55
Female Enrolled L1-L2 11 4 21
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 133 110 125
Female Total 243 256 292
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 46 34 46
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 73 79 73
Male Enrolled L1-L2 10 12 17
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 148 141 142
Male Total 277 266 278
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 26 24
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 37 47 39
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 10 23
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 124 110 102
Māori Total 190 193 188
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 20 34
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 48 66 58
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 6 13
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 126 111 115
Pacific Total 215 203 220
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 14 25
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 7 10
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 17 23
Asian Total 37 38 59
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 4 7
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 3 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 3 10
MELAA Total 20 10 23
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 3 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 3 3
Other Total 0 6 5
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 57 61 82
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 52 63 55
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 8 12
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 91 79 92
European/Pākehā Total 207 211 241
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 99 105 137
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 119 150 128
Total Enrolled L1-L2 21 16 38
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 281 251 267
Total Total 520 522 570

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 65 51 71
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 44 54
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 6 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 144 142 124
Female Total 255 243 256
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 35 44 36
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 69 50 65
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 1 6
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 186 182 159
Male Total 295 277 266
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 17 29
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 26 30
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 3 8
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 151 144 126
Māori Total 206 190 193
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 26 21
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 35 54
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 158 151 123
Pacific Total 226 215 203
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 14 13
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 4 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 19 19
Asian Total 38 37 38
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 5 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 4 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 11 5
MELAA Total 14 20 10
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 3
Other Total 0 0 6
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 58 63 61
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 52 45 56
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 124 97 92
European/Pākehā Total 236 207 211
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 100 95 107
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 110 94 119
Total Enrolled L1-L2 10 7 13
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 330 324 283
Total Total 550 520 522

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.