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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 school (Find Your Nearest School), as well as regional council and territorial authority (Know Your Region).

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2017	2018	2019
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	7	4
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	41	37	49
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	29	36	47
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	183	161	165
Female	Total	261	241	265
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	15	7
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	47	33	51
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	49	45	27
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	134	122	96
Male	Total	238	215	181
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	4	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	15	13	27
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	29	38	29
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	86	95	71
Māori	Total	131	150	127
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	1	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	0	1	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	10	7	x
Pacific	Total	10	9	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	2	0
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	6	3	9
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	1	1	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	15	16	17
Asian	Total	22	22	27
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	1	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	0	1	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	3	4	x
MELAA	Total	6	6	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	4	2
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	19	16	19
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	16	19	16
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	54	48	53
Other	Total	91	87	90
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	14	16	9
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	55	49	56
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	53	38	42
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	198	167	160
European/Pākehā	Total	320	270	267
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	16	22	11
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	88	70	100
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	78	81	74
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	317	283	261
CoL Total	Total	499	456	446

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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2016	2017	2018
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	8	7
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	37	29	35
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	24	23	19
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	183	201	180
Female	Total	253	261	241
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	8	15
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	52	52	43
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	22	17	22
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	132	161	135
Male	Total	212	238	215
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	4
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	15	18	26
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	19	16	21
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	102	97	99
Māori	Total	137	131	150
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	0	2
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	x	2	1
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	8	6
Pacific	Total	x	10	9
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	3
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	4	3	1
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	1	1	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	17	17	17
Asian	Total	24	22	22
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	3	2
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	3	4
MELAA	Total	x	6	6
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	3
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	9	20	19
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	8	7	7
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	63	58
Other	Total	50	91	87
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	14	16
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	64	48	48
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	29	24	19
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	217	234	187
European/Pākehā	Total	323	320	270
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	15	16	22
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	89	81	78
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	46	40	41
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	315	362	315
CoL Total	Total	465	499	456

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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