Education Counts

Page navigation links

  • Education Counts Logo
  • Skip to Primary Navigation Menu
  • Skip to Secondary Navigation Menu
  • Skip to search
  • Skip to content

Site Search

Site Search

Site navigation menus

  • Know your Region
  • Communities of Learning
  • Find your nearest school
  • Early Learning Services
  • Directories
  • Publications
  • Indicators
  • Statistics
  • Topics
  • Data Services

Search the education counts website

Find pages with

Narrow results by:

Twin Coast Community of Learning

Home Close Menu
  • Know your Region
  • Communities of Learning
    • Profile and Contact Details
    • Student Population
      • Year Level
      • Age
      • Trends
    • Early Childhood Education
    • Student Engagement
      • Stand-downs
      • Suspensions
      • Exclusions
    • Retention
    • School Qualifications
      • NCEA level 1
      • NCEA level 2
      • NCEA level 3
      • Vocational Pathway Awards
    • Progression to Tertiary
      • Qualification Level
      • Institution Type
    • Technical Notes / Definitions
  • Find your nearest school
  • Early Learning Services
  • Directories
  • Publications
  • Indicators
  • Statistics
  • Topics
  • Data Services

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 0 0 1
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 3 3 6
Female Enrolled L1-L3 3 2 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 18 27 22
Female Total 24 32 31
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 1 2
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 6 15 8
Male Enrolled L1-L3 11 3 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 21 20
Male Total 37 40 32
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 0
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 2 4 5
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 6 3 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 12 14
Māori Total 21 19 22
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 x x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Pacific Total x x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x x 0
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 x x 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Asian Total x x 0
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
MELAA Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 0 x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L3 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 0
MELAA Total 0 x 0
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 x
Other Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 0 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L3 0 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 x
Other Total 0 0 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 1 3
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 9 14 13
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 10 3 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 33 40 36
European/Pākehā Total 52 58 55
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 1 3
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 9 18 14
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 14 5 4
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 38 48 42
CoL Total Total 61 72 63

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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 0
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 3 2 3
Female Enrolled L1-L3 1 2 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 27 20 26
Female Total 31 24 32
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 1
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 11 10 16
Male Enrolled L1-L3 4 4 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 18 23 20
Male Total 33 37 40
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 0
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 5 2 2
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 2 3 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 16 13
Māori Total 22 21 19
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 2 x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 0 x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 x x
Pacific Total 5 x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 0 x x
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 0 x x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
Asian Total 0 x x
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 0
Other Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L3 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 0
Other Total x 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 1
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 11 12 17
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 4 3 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 34 37 37
European/Pākehā Total 49 52 58
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 1
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 14 12 19
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 5 6 6
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 45 43 46
CoL Total Total 64 61 72

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.

We're sorry, we couldn't find this school

Try finding a school through the Find a School page.

Site information

  • Site map
  • Contact us
  • Feedback
  • About this site
  • Glossary
  • Accessibility
  • Copyright, Legal & Privacy
  • Links
  • © Education Counts 2022
  • Ministry of Education logo.
  • New Zealand Government logo.
Scroll to top of page