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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	23	11	13
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	40	38	29
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	6	11	15
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	106	82	76
Female	Total	175	142	133
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	11	4
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	25	34	48
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	5	6	9
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	130	97	114
Male	Total	166	148	175
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	6	3
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	26	17	25
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	4	12	19
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	114	65	76
Māori	Total	149	100	123
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	16	9
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	33	46	40
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	6	7	6
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	116	107	119
Pacific	Total	167	176	174
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	4	6
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	6	13
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	5	13	16
Asian	Total	21	23	35
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	4	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	1	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	5	x
MELAA	Total	x	10	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	0	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	x
Other	Total	x	0	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	1	1
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	8	7
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	3	0	5
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	11	14	11
European/Pākehā	Total	18	23	24
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	29	22	17
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	65	72	77
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	11	17	24
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	236	179	190
Total	Total	341	290	308

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	14	21	11
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	43	39	31
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	3	3	8
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	102	112	92
Female	Total	162	175	142
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	7	10
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	16	26	32
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	5	1
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	104	128	105
Male	Total	126	166	148
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	4	3
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	21	24	25
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	2	4	7
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	84	117	65
Māori	Total	111	149	100
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	12	12
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	28	31	38
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	2	3	4
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	115	121	122
Pacific	Total	157	167	176
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	8	4
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	6	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	7	7	15
Asian	Total	17	21	23
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	3
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	3
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	4
MELAA	Total	x	x	10
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	0
Other	Total	x	x	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	2	1
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	4	4
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	0	2	1
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	10	17
European/Pākehā	Total	12	18	23
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	18	28	21
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	59	65	63
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	5	8	9
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	206	240	197
Total	Total	288	341	290

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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