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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	162	305	255
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	367	518	612
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	107	130	134
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1,022	1,562	1,429
Female	Total	1,658	2,515	2,430
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	68	157	166
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	212	289	347
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	38	58	70
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	612	949	844
Male	Total	930	1,453	1,427
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	27	61	39
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	137	201	244
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	75	101	116
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	581	856	791
Māori	Total	820	1,219	1,190
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	14	24	26
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	35	48	66
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	11	11	16
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	149	195	171
Pacific	Total	209	278	279
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	28	79	72
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	29	47	90
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	1	4	7
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	59	98	115
Asian	Total	117	228	284
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	29	16
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	17	27
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	33	57	46
MELAA	Total	49	103	89
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	11	12
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	11	17	23
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	17	50	47
Other	Total	34	78	83
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	176	317	288
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	436	590	664
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	80	95	103
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1,035	1,647	1,480
European/Pākehā	Total	1,727	2,649	2,535
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	230	462	421
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	579	807	959
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	145	188	204
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1,634	2,511	2,273
Total	Total	2,588	3,968	3,857

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	280	210	408
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	284	288	442
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	49	40	59
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	915	1,120	1,606
Female	Total	1,528	1,658	2,515
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	137	82	198
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	200	171	261
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	25	12	40
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	568	665	954
Male	Total	930	930	1,453
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	48	41	93
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	136	128	194
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	42	27	59
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	544	624	873
Māori	Total	770	820	1,219
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	33	15	42
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	28	34	43
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	6	3	5
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	75	157	188
Pacific	Total	142	209	278
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	59	35	85
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	23	16	37
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	3	2	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	53	64	105
Asian	Total	138	117	228
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	17	10	33
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	8	13
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	16	31	57
MELAA	Total	37	49	103
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	7	18
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	8	6	8
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	2	0	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	22	21	52
Other	Total	44	34	78
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	290	220	424
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	344	329	512
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	33	27	47
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	969	1,151	1,666
European/Pākehā	Total	1,636	1,727	2,649
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	417	292	606
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	484	459	703
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	74	52	99
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1,483	1,785	2,560
Total	Total	2,458	2,588	3,968

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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