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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:

‘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 (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:

‘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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