Upper Hutt 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 37 50 49
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 52 57 40
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 9 18
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 81 90 70
Female Total 183 206 177
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 136 150 140
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 131 112 119
Male Enrolled L1-L2 11 6 20
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 172 145 165
Male Total 450 413 444
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 22 24
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 43 39
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 14 12 12
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 68 69 63
Māori Total 139 146 138
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 12 10
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 18 23
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 28 27 34
Pacific Total 58 59 72
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 27 31 35
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 11 9
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 17 16
Asian Total 46 59 60
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 8 6
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 2 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 4 5
MELAA Total 18 14 16
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 2 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 1 5
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 7 5
Other Total 7 11 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 143 156 150
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 152 142 121
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 17 9 35
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 212 183 175
European/Pākehā Total 524 490 481
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 173 200 189
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 183 169 159
Total Enrolled L1-L2 24 15 38
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 253 235 235
Total Total 633 619 621

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 62 39 59
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 37 46 39
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 106 97 102
Female Total 208 183 206
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 132 142 151
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 107 106 96
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 189 198 165
Male Total 431 450 413
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 23 21
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 35 41
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 94 78 79
Māori Total 161 139 146
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 14 13
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 12 16
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 45 32 28
Pacific Total 77 58 59
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 25 31
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 5 12
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 18 15 16
Asian Total 58 46 59
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 5 7
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 3 2
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 10 5
MELAA Total 18 18 14
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 1 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 4 7
Other Total 8 7 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 145 152 165
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 111 127 108
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 230 241 214
European/Pākehā Total 488 524 490
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 194 181 210
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 144 152 135
Total Enrolled L1-L2 6 5 7
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 295 295 267
Total Total 639 633 619

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.