Aotea College

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 by regional council and territorial local authority through the Know Your Region pages.

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2022	2023	2024
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	25	43	45
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	16	28	22
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	4	0	5
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	40	43	28
Female	Total	85	114	100
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	33	16	29
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	37	37	31
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	3	3	4
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	43	41	42
Male	Total	116	97	106
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	12	13
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	11	13	15
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	2	0	4
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	36	21
Māori	Total	53	61	53
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	10	15
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	16	15	15
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	4
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	26	23	18
Pacific	Total	53	48	52
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	8	13
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	4	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	7	7	7
Asian	Total	21	19	24
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	4	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	2	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1	1	x
MELAA	Total	6	7	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	0	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	0	x
Other	Total	0	0	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	44	35	55
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	35	45	31
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	5	3	4
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	49	44	42
European/Pākehā	Total	133	127	132
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	58	59	74
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	53	65	53
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	7	3	9
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	83	84	70
Total	Total	201	211	206

Notes:

‘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.
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 and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years 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	33	27	41
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	18	20	21
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	2
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	68	36	50
Female	Total	120	85	114
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	20	33	21
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	38	33	28
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	1
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	65	49	47
Male	Total	124	116	97
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	6	13
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	19	11	10
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	52	35	37
Māori	Total	78	53	61
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	10	11
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	14	15	10
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	46	27	27
Pacific	Total	69	53	48
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	13	9
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	2	1
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	9	6	9
Asian	Total	19	21	19
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	2	4
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	1	1
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	5	3	2
MELAA	Total	7	6	7
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	0	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	0	0
Other	Total	0	0	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	40	48	38
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	40	34	38
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	86	49	49
European/Pākehā	Total	167	133	127
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	53	60	62
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	56	53	49
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	2	3	3
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	133	85	97
Total	Total	244	201	211

Notes:

‘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.
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 and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

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