Twin Coast Community of Learning

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	13	12	9
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	8	4	3
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	2	2	3
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	16	11	9
Female	Total	39	29	24
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	3	4
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	7	7	6
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	4	6	10
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	28	19	15
Male	Total	49	35	35
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	0	4
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	5	4	2
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	3	5	5
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	13	12	8
Māori	Total	26	21	19
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	1	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	4	x
Pacific	Total	x	5	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	x	x
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	x	x	x
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
Asian	Total	x	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	0	0
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	0	0
MELAA	Total	0	0	0
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	0	x	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	x	x
Other	Total	0	x	x
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	20	15	11
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	10	7	8
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	4	3	9
NZ European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	18	19
NZ European/Pākehā	Total	65	43	47
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	23	15	13
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	15	11	9
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	6	8	13
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	44	30	24
CoL Total	Total	88	64	59

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	16	15
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	6	3	3
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	4	1	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	19	10
Female	Total	28	39	29
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	10	2
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	8	6	11
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	5	5	5
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	23	28	17
Male	Total	38	49	35
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	6	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	3	5
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	1	2	4
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	12	15	12
Māori	Total	20	26	21
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	x	2
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	x	x	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	3
Pacific	Total	x	x	5
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	x	x
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	x	x	x
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
Asian	Total	x	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	0	0
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	0
MELAA	Total	x	0	0
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	9	22	17
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	12	6	9
NZ European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	7	5	2
NZ European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	19	32	15
NZ European/Pākehā	Total	47	65	43
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	26	17
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	14	9	14
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	9	6	6
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	47	27
CoL Total	Total	66	88	64

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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