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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:

  1. ‘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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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:

  1. ‘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.
  2. 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.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

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