Aotea College

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	37	25	43
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	27	16	28
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	1	4	0
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	55	40	44
Female	Total	120	85	115
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	20	33	16
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	52	37	37
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	3	3
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	50	43	41
Male	Total	124	116	97
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	9	12
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	22	11	13
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	3	2	0
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	45	31	37
Māori	Total	78	53	62
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	10	10
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	18	16	15
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	39	26	24
Pacific	Total	69	53	49
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	12	8
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	1	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	7	7
Asian	Total	19	21	19
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	2	4
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	3	2
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	1	1
MELAA	Total	7	6	7
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	0	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	0	0
Other	Total	0	0	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	42	44	35
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	55	35	45
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	2	5	3
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	68	49	44
European/Pākehā	Total	167	133	127
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	57	58	59
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	79	53	65
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	3	7	3
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	105	83	85
Total	Total	244	201	212

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 (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2020	2021	2022
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	29	33	27
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	13	18	20
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	2
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	55	68	36
Female	Total	98	120	85
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	20	33
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	39	38	33
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	1
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	49	65	49
Male	Total	103	124	116
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	5	6
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	16	19	11
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	0	2	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	45	52	35
Māori	Total	69	78	53
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	9	10
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	13	14	15
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	1
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	32	46	27
Pacific	Total	54	69	53
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	5	13
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	5	2
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	6	9	6
Asian	Total	14	19	21
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	0	2
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	2	1
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1	5	3
MELAA	Total	5	7	6
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	0	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	0	0
Other	Total	0	0	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	29	40	48
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	38	40	34
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	63	86	49
European/Pākehā	Total	132	167	133
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	42	53	60
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	52	56	53
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	3	2	3
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	104	133	85
Total	Total	201	244	201

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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