Waimakariri 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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 82 92 81
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 73 74 108
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 9 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 130 142 134
Female Total 294 317 334
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 43 52 45
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 112 113 91
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 9 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 158 141 152
Male Total 317 315 299
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 17 16
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 38 23
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 52 53 59
Māori Total 80 110 102
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 3 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 3 3
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 15 9
Pacific Total 14 22 16
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 11 8
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 5 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 4 6
Asian Total 20 20 17
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 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 116 132 112
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 175 171 183
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 11 17 19
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 251 246 257
European/Pākehā Total 553 566 571
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 125 144 126
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 185 187 199
Total Enrolled L1-L2 13 18 22
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 288 283 286
Total Total 611 632 633

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 101 93 103
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 68 52 53
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 136 146 158
Female Total 308 294 317
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 51 43 46
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 119 112 117
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 1 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 137 161 151
Male Total 312 317 315
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 11 20
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 17 25
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 51 64
Māori Total 82 80 110
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 4 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 3 7
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 7 13
Pacific Total 13 14 22
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 6 10
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 3 5
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 10 5
Asian Total 12 20 20
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 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 148 128 140
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 175 150 154
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 8 3 4
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 250 272 268
European/Pākehā Total 581 553 566
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 152 136 149
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 187 164 170
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 4 4
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 273 307 309
Total Total 620 611 632

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.