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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 (2015-2017 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2015	2016	2017
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	11	5
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	3	9
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	9	6	15
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	18	22	21
Female	Total	35	42	50
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	3	4
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	5	4	10
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	11	11	19
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	23	43	41
Male	Total	43	61	74
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	2	2
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	5	1	3
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	7	5	10
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	26	20
Māori	Total	23	34	35
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	1
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	1	4
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	2	2	3
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	11	7
Pacific	Total	13	15	15
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	5	2
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	2	2	5
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	0	1	3
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	7	5	9
Asian	Total	11	13	19
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	0	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	x
MELAA	Total	x	0	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	0	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	x
Other	Total	x	0	x
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	8	6
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	4	10
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	12	12	20
NZ European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	21	36	35
NZ European/Pākehā	Total	37	60	71
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	14	9
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	8	7	19
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	20	17	34
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	41	65	62
CoL Total	Total	78	103	124

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 (2014-2016 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2014	2015	2016
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	6	8
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	4	5	7
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	6	7	4
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	21	17	23
Female	Total	41	35	42
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	3	3
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	15	4	5
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	13	8	5
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	32	28	48
Male	Total	65	43	61
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	3	1
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	2	4	1
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	6	7	6
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	17	9	26
Māori	Total	27	23	34
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	1	1
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	3	3
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	3	1	1
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	9	8	10
Pacific	Total	15	13	15
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	3	5
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	0	2
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	1	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	1	8	6
Asian	Total	5	11	13
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	x	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	0
MELAA	Total	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	x	x	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	0
Other	Total	x	x	0
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	5	5
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	16	2	8
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	10	9	5
NZ European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	32	21	42
NZ European/Pākehā	Total	66	37	60
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	15	9	11
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	19	9	12
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	19	15	9
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	53	45	71
CoL Total	Total	106	78	103

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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