Ellesmere 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	9	11	9
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	7	9	10
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	16	15	11
Female	Total	32	36	31
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	7	5
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	20	14	12
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	3	0	1
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	17	23	14
Male	Total	50	44	32
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	0
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	3	3
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	3	3
Māori	Total	12	6	7
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
Pacific	Total	x	x	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	2	0
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	1	2
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	x	1	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	1	3
Asian	Total	x	5	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	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	17	15	14
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	25	22	18
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	3	0	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	35	21
European/Pākehā	Total	76	72	55
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	19	18	14
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	27	23	22
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	3	1	2
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	33	38	25
Total	Total	82	80	63

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	16	10	12
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	6	5
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	13	16	18
Female	Total	38	32	36
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	9	5
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	17	13	14
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	0
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	14	27	25
Male	Total	34	50	44
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	0
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	1	1
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	3	10	4
Māori	Total	7	12	6
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
Pacific	Total	x	x	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	2
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	0
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	3
Asian	Total	x	x	5
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	x	x
MELAA	Total	0	x	x
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	15	17	14
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	25	17	18
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	1
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	26	41	39
European/Pākehā	Total	67	76	72
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	19	19	17
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	25	19	19
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	1
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	27	43	43
Total	Total	72	82	80

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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