Waitaki 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 60 35 36
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 29 32 25
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 52 59 55
Female Total 144 129 117
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 32 18
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 36 40
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 5 9
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 78 74 64
Male Total 159 147 131
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 5 4
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 9 8
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 25 27
Māori Total 47 43 39
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 1 1
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 7 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 25 11
Pacific Total 23 33 17
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 11 10
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 1 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 5 10
Asian Total 29 17 22
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
MELAA Total x x 0
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 52 43
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 57 55
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 5 9
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 97 93 88
European/Pākehā Total 229 207 195
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 89 67 54
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 76 68 65
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 8 10
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 130 133 119
Total Total 303 276 248

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 63 59 36
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 24 20
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 56 58 71
Female Total 142 144 129
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 31 29
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 54 55 35
Male Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 62 72 80
Male Total 145 159 147
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 6 4
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 12 8
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 28 28
Māori Total 41 47 43
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 6 1
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 3 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 14 27
Pacific Total 16 23 33
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 19 9
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 5 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 4 5
Asian Total 20 29 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 72 65 50
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 63 45
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 88 98 109
European/Pākehā Total 220 229 207
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 92 90 65
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 74 79 55
Total Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 5
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 118 130 151
Total Total 287 303 276

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.