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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 20 10
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 14 13
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 14 19
Female Total 36 49 43
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 9 1
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 15 14
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 33 38 32
Male Total 79 62 47
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 4 2
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 4 2
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 8 14
Māori Total 18 16 18
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Pacific Total x x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Asian Total x x x
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 0
MELAA Total 0 x 0
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 16 26 10
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 28 23
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 41 47 40
European/Pākehā Total 95 102 74
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 29 11
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 29 27
Total Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 1
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 49 52 51
Total Total 115 111 90

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 12 9 22
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 11 7
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 15 20
Female Total 47 36 49
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 10 9
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 31 19
Male Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 26 36 34
Male Total 47 79 62
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 1 3
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 8 5
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 9 8
Māori Total 17 18 16
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Pacific Total x x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Asian Total x x x
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 x
MELAA Total 0 0 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 17 16 28
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 25 34 25
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 0 3 0
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 34 42 49
European/Pākehā Total 76 95 102
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 19 31
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 29 42 26
Total Enrolled L1-L2 0 3 0
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 48 51 54
Total Total 94 115 111

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.

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