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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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 11 9
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 27 19 19
Female Enrolled L1-L3 14 10 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 173 164 183
Female Total 226 204 222
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 6 7
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 15 13 16
Male Enrolled L1-L3 9 17 19
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 86 99 100
Male Total 117 135 142
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 1 1
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 10 8 8
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 8 9 8
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 48 52
Māori Total 63 66 69
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 2 1
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 9 8 8
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 5 8 12
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 51 58 58
Pacific Total 65 76 79
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 4 5
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 6 5 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 3 9 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 50 43
Asian Total 60 68 56
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 6 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L3 2 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 x x
MELAA Total 24 x x
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 5 x x
Other Total 5 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 13 12
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 20 12 19
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 9 7 11
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 125 142 182
European/Pākehā Total 163 174 224
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 17 16
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 42 32 35
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 23 27 30
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 259 263 283
CoL Total Total 343 339 364

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 4 13 13
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 19 27 19
Female Enrolled L1-L3 11 4 8
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 172 182 164
Female Total 206 226 204
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 6 6
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 17 17 19
Male Enrolled L1-L3 13 6 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 94 88 103
Male Total 129 117 135
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 2 0
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 5 13 9
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 6 3 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 30 45 55
Māori Total 42 63 66
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 1 0
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 10 8 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 9 3 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 48 53 65
Pacific Total 69 65 76
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 8 6
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 4 4 10
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 3 2 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 46 48
Asian Total 49 60 68
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 x
MELAA Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x 5 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L3 x 2 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 16 x
MELAA Total x 24 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 5 x
Other Total x 5 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 8 14
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 18 24 17
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 7 2 4
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 162 129 139
European/Pākehā Total 193 163 174
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 19 19
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 36 44 38
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 24 10 15
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 266 270 267
CoL Total Total 335 343 339

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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