Progression to tertiary education two years after leaving school in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand

By gender and qualification level, number of students leaving school in 2022

The following information applies to all values in the table. Year left school: 2022, Region: Manawatu-Wanganui Region, Ethnic group: Total
Gender	Highest qualification level two years after school	Number of students leaving school
Female	Enrolled in degree studies at Level 7 or above	431
Female	Enrolled in non-degree studies at Level 3-7	220
Female	Enrolled in Level 1-2 studies	21
Female	Not enrolled in tertiary studies	695
Male	Enrolled in degree studies at Level 7 or above	291
Male	Enrolled in non-degree studies at Level 3-7	376
Male	Enrolled in Level 1-2 studies	25
Male	Not enrolled in tertiary studies	845

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 two years after leaving school, by qualification level, by Region 2020–2022

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 2.
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 two years after leaving school, by qualification level, by Region 2020–2022

From the dataset Know Your Region: Progression to Tertiary - School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school, by qualification level, by Region 2020–2022, 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 two years after leaving school, by qualification, by region 2020–2022.

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 two years 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 two years after leaving school in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand

By gender and qualification level, number of students leaving school in 2022

About this data

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