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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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2022	2023	2024
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	18	11	12
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	22	20	26
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	6	3	4
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	42	40	53
Female	Total	88	74	95
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	4	9
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	10	23
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	5	2
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	63	58	58
Male	Total	76	77	92
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	1	0
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	4	7
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	2	2	4
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	12	18	20
Māori	Total	22	25	31
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	23	11	18
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	25	28	40
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	5	8	4
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	95	88	97
Pacific	Total	148	135	159
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	4	2
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	1	6
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	2	6
Asian	Total	x	7	14
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	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	0	x	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	x	2
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	0
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	x	5
European/Pākehā	Total	0	x	7
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	24	15	21
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	27	30	49
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	8	8	6
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	105	98	111
Total	Total	164	151	187

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	17	11	11
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	16	18	16
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	2
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	47	58	45
Female	Total	82	88	74
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	4	5
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	10	8	8
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	2
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	72	63	62
Male	Total	88	76	77
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	2	0
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	3	4
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	2	0	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	14	17	20
Māori	Total	18	22	25
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	20	14	12
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	24	24	23
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	4
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	107	108	96
Pacific	Total	152	148	135
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	x	4
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	x	1
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	3	x	2
Asian	Total	6	x	7
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	0	0	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	0	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	x
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	0	x
European/Pākehā	Total	0	0	x
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	23	15	16
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	26	26	24
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	2	2	4
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	119	121	107
Total	Total	170	164	151

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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