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.
Technical Notes and Definitions Identical information is available by regional council and territorial local authority through the Know Your Region pages.
Alternatively a large amount of progression to tertiary data is available from our statistical pages. See Transition from School to Tertiary.
2017 data have not been updated in these tables but National and school level data is available in Senior Student Attainment statistics.
Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2013-2015 leaver cohorts)
Ethnic Group
Highest tertiary qualification study level
Year left school
2013
2014
2015
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Māori
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
x
x
0
0
0
0
Māori
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
x
x
0
3
1
0
Māori
Enrolled L1-L3
x
x
2
4
2
0
Māori
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
x
x
9
9
14
6
Māori
Total
15
11
11
16
17
6
Pacific
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
0
0
x
x
x
x
Pacific
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
0
0
x
x
x
x
Pacific
Enrolled L1-L3
0
0
x
x
x
x
Pacific
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
0
0
x
x
x
x
Pacific
Total
0
0
0
1
1
0
Asian
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
0
0
0
0
0
0
Asian
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
0
0
0
0
0
0
Asian
Enrolled L1-L3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Asian
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
0
0
0
0
0
0
Asian
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
MELAA
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
0
0
0
0
0
0
MELAA
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
0
0
0
0
0
0
MELAA
Enrolled L1-L3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MELAA
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
0
0
0
0
0
0
MELAA
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
Enrolled L1-L3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
European\Pākehā
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
x
x
x
x
x
x
European\Pākehā
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
x
x
x
x
x
x
European\Pākehā
Enrolled L1-L3
x
x
x
x
x
x
European\Pākehā
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
x
x
x
x
x
x
European\Pākehā
Total
2
2
0
3
1
3
Total
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
1
1
0
3
1
0
Total
Enrolled L1-L3
4
5
2
5
2
2
Total
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
11
7
9
11
14
7
Total
Total
16
13
11
19
17
9
Notes:
‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian Females
Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
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.
International fee-paying students are excluded. Alternative education students are included in National totals, but, not in the school they are funded from.
Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2012-2014 cohorts) Year left school
Ethnic Group
Highest tertiary qualification study level
Year left school
2012
2013
2014
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Māori
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
1
0
x
x
0
0
Māori
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
1
0
x
x
0
2
Māori
Enrolled L1-L3
3
3
x
x
5
3
Māori
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
9
6
x
x
6
11
Māori
Total
14
9
15
11
11
16
Pacific
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
x
x
0
0
x
x
Pacific
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
x
x
0
0
x
x
Pacific
Enrolled L1-L3
x
x
0
0
x
x
Pacific
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
x
x
0
0
x
x
Pacific
Total
0
2
0
0
0
1
Asian
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
0
0
0
0
0
0
Asian
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
0
0
0
0
0
0
Asian
Enrolled L1-L3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Asian
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
0
0
0
0
0
0
Asian
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
MELAA
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
0
0
0
0
0
0
MELAA
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
0
0
0
0
0
0
MELAA
Enrolled L1-L3
0
0
0
0
0
0
MELAA
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
0
0
0
0
0
0
MELAA
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
Enrolled L1-L3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
European\Pākehā
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
x
x
x
x
x
x
European\Pākehā
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
x
x
x
x
x
x
European\Pākehā
Enrolled L1-L3
x
x
x
x
x
x
European\Pākehā
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
x
x
x
x
x
x
European\Pākehā
Total
3
2
2
2
0
3
Total
Enrolled Degree L7 or above
1
0
0
0
0
0
Total
Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7
1
0
1
2
0
2
Total
Enrolled L1-L3
3
5
3
5
5
3
Total
Not Enrolled in Tertiary
11
7
12
6
6
14
Total
Total
16
12
16
13
11
19
Notes:
‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian Females
Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
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.
International fee-paying students are excluded. Alternative education students are included in National totals, but, not in the school they are funded from.
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.
Technical Notes and Definitions Identical information is available by regional council and territorial local authority through the Know Your Region pages.
Alternatively a large amount of progression to tertiary data is available from our statistical pages. See Transition from School to Tertiary.
2017 data have not been updated in these tables but National and school level data is available in Senior Student Attainment statistics.