Ashburton College

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	28	35	46
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	35	35	36
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	4	7	6
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	51	47	64
Female	Total	118	124	152
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	19	13	14
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	49	45	29
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	8	7	13
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	71	69	64
Male	Total	147	134	120
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	6	4
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	12	9
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	x	6	6
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	29	21
Māori	Total	x	53	40
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	2	x	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	20	x	x
Pacific	Total	37	x	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	8	15
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	15	13	10
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	14	14	14
Asian	Total	39	35	40
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	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	30	36	42
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	58	59	46
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	9	10	14
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	90	80	89
European/Pākehā	Total	187	185	191
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	47	48	60
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	84	80	65
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	12	14	19
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	122	116	128
Total	Total	265	258	272

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	26	31	35
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	29	31	30
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	6	3	3
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	60	53	56
Female	Total	121	118	124
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	16	21	16
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	51	47	38
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	4	7	6
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	59	72	74
Male	Total	130	147	134
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	x	7
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	7	x	9
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	4	x	4
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	24	x	33
Māori	Total	37	x	53
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	7	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	12	4	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	16	25	x
Pacific	Total	33	37	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	8	11
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	14	13
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	x	1	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	16	10
Asian	Total	x	39	35
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	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	28	36	36
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	60	58	46
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	7	9	3
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	90	84	100
European/Pākehā	Total	185	187	185
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	42	52	51
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	80	78	68
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	10	10	9
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	119	125	130
Total	Total	251	265	258

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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