Progression to tertiary education one year after leaving school in the Wellington Region, New Zealand

By gender and qualification level, number of students leaving school in 2023

The following information applies to all values in the table. Year left school: 2023, Region: Wellington Region, Ethnic group: Total
Gender	Highest qualification level one year after school	Number of students leaving school
Female	Enrolled in degree studies at Level 7 or above	1,301
Female	Enrolled in non-degree studies at Level 3-7	521
Female	Enrolled in Level 1-2 studies	59
Female	Not enrolled in tertiary studies	1,054
Male	Enrolled in degree studies at Level 7 or above	1,030
Male	Enrolled in non-degree studies at Level 3-7	762
Male	Enrolled in Level 1-2 studies	68
Male	Not enrolled in tertiary studies	1,122

Data calculation/treatment

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.
The year indicates the year when the student left school.
The region refers to the area where the student attended school.

Exclusions

International fee-paying students are excluded. Alternative education students are included in National totals, but, not in the school they are funded from.

Data provided by

Ministry of Education

Dataset name

Know Your Region: Progression to Tertiary - School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school, by qualification level, by Region 2021–2023

Webpage:

http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/know-your-region

How to find the data

To find specific regional data, select the region of your choice, then select Progression to Tertiary > Qualification Level > Table 1.
The Ministry provided Figure.NZ with a raw extract of all regions in June 2026.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Know Your Region: Progression to Tertiary - School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school, by qualification level, by Region 2021–2023

From the dataset Know Your Region: Progression to Tertiary - School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school, by qualification level, by Region 2021–2023, this data was extracted:

Rows: 2-766
Columns: 4-6
Provided: 2,295 data points

This data forms the table Education - School leavers in tertiary education one year after leaving school, by qualification, by region 2021–2023.

Dataset originally released on:

June 2026

About this dataset

This data shows the progression to tertiary education, which is a measure of the level of tertiary education a student is enrolled in one year after leaving school.

Method of collection/Data provider

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.

Progression to tertiary education one year after leaving school in the Wellington Region, New Zealand

By gender and qualification level, number of students leaving school in 2023

About this data

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