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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	305	255	253
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	512	602	625
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	132	132	171
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1,550	1,409	1,513
Female	Total	2,499	2,398	2,562
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	158	166	141
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	288	347	346
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	59	66	116
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	949	838	941
Male	Total	1,454	1,417	1,544
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	61	39	43
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	199	240	274
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	102	114	138
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	849	777	885
Māori	Total	1,211	1,170	1,340
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	24	26	22
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	47	66	81
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	11	15	18
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	193	168	197
Pacific	Total	275	275	318
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	80	72	93
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	47	88	97
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	4	7	3
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	98	114	136
Asian	Total	229	281	329
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	29	16	25
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	17	27	29
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	5
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	57	47	58
MELAA	Total	103	90	117
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	11	12	7
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	17	23	20
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	6
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	50	45	39
Other	Total	78	81	72
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	317	288	269
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	584	660	712
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	97	97	184
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1,640	1,466	1,732
European/Pākehā	Total	2,638	2,511	2,897
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	463	421	394
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	800	949	971
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	191	198	287
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2,499	2,247	2,454
Total	Total	3,953	3,815	4,106

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	210	408	406
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	287	438	474
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	40	61	80
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1,121	1,592	1,438
Female	Total	1,658	2,499	2,398
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	82	198	214
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	170	262	276
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	13	39	43
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	666	955	884
Male	Total	931	1,454	1,417
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	41	94	79
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	128	193	194
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	27	59	73
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	623	865	824
Māori	Total	819	1,211	1,170
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	15	42	36
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	34	43	67
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	3	5	12
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	157	185	160
Pacific	Total	209	275	275
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	35	86	106
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	16	36	55
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	2	2	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	64	105	119
Asian	Total	117	229	281
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	33	34
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	13	9
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	57	47
MELAA	Total	49	103	90
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	18	13
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	6	8	21
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	21	52	46
Other	Total	34	78	81
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	220	422	415
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	327	510	533
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	28	47	61
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1,153	1,659	1,502
European/Pākehā	Total	1,728	2,638	2,511
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	292	606	620
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	457	700	750
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	53	100	123
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1,787	2,547	2,322
Total	Total	2,589	3,953	3,815

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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