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Progression to Tertiary

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 55 48 44
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 13 19
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 29 30
Female Total 97 91 93
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 27 26 23
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 35 30 24
Male Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 36 29
Male Total 87 92 76
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 4 4
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 5 4
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 7 12
Māori Total 9 16 20
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Pacific Total x x 0
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 0 x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 5 x
Asian Total 10 5 x
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 0
Other Total x 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 79 72 64
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 38 41
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 54 52
European/Pākehā Total 170 165 157
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 82 74 67
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 54 43 43
Total Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 48 65 59
Total Total 184 183 169

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 54 55 49
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 19 16
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 21 23 26
Female Total 83 97 91
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 25 28
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 34 34
Male Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 27 27 30
Male Total 85 87 92
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 3 2
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 4 8
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 2 6
Māori Total 10 9 16
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
Pacific Total 0 x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 4 0
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 6 3
Asian Total x 10 5
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 0
Other Total 0 x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 85 77 76
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 50 41
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 41 42 48
European/Pākehā Total 153 170 165
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 90 80 77
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 53 50
Total Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 48 50 56
Total Total 168 184 183

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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