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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 35 35 29
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 27 20 16
Female Enrolled L1-L3 29 16 25
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 71 70 78
Female Total 162 141 148
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 31 31
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 32 36 36
Male Enrolled L1-L3 43 61 45
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 67 63
Male Total 143 195 175
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 19 27
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 33 34 31
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 51 56 52
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 64 89 95
Māori Total 165 198 205
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 4 1
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 4 4 3
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 9 5 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 10 7
Pacific Total 16 23 15
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 x
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x 2 x
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 x 2 x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 x
Asian Total x 10 x
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L3 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Other Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L3 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 47 42
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 28 24 27
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 24 25 23
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 52 54 57
NZ European/Pākehā Total 148 150 149
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 61 66 60
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 59 56 52
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 72 77 70
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 113 137 141
CoL Total Total 305 336 323

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 50 43 39
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 30 25 15
Female Enrolled L1-L3 24 17 12
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 78 77 75
Female Total 182 162 141
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 22 25 33
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 30 30 41
Male Enrolled L1-L3 32 18 31
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 82 70 90
Male Total 166 143 195
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 23 17 26
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 41 27 26
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 45 30 34
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 101 91 112
Māori Total 210 165 198
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 0 2
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 4 5 7
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 3 3 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 8 10
Pacific Total 22 16 23
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 x 2
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 0 x 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 1 x 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 x 5
Asian Total 5 x 10
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L3 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Other Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L3 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 46 51 47
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 22 26 25
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 11 10 10
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 52 61 68
NZ European/Pākehā Total 131 148 150
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 72 68 72
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 60 55 56
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 56 35 43
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 160 147 165
CoL Total Total 348 305 336

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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