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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 91 58 65
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 22 16 34
Female Enrolled L1-L3 30 24 27
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 72 66 86
Female Total 215 164 212
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 40 57
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 41 37 39
Male Enrolled L1-L3 43 43 57
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 92 83 96
Male Total 217 203 249
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 10 8
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 5 6 8
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 11 10 11
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 17 27
Māori Total 41 43 54
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 3 x
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 1 0 x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 3 2 x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 2 x
Pacific Total 9 7 x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 4 5
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 2 1 0
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 2 1 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 1 4
Asian Total 13 7 12
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 0
Other Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x x 3
Other Enrolled L1-L3 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 2
Other Total x x 5
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 118 81 115
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 57 46 66
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 62 59 76
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 149 132 154
NZ European/Pākehā Total 386 318 411
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 132 98 122
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 63 53 73
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 73 67 84
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 164 149 182
CoL Total Total 432 367 461

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 70 103 65
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 20 24 16
Female Enrolled L1-L3 10 9 9
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 57 79 74
Female Total 157 215 164
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 58 49 41
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 44 48 46
Male Enrolled L1-L3 23 26 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 89 94 101
Male Total 214 217 203
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 12 11
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 6 6 5
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 3 7 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 16 21
Māori Total 28 41 43
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 1 2
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 1 1 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 1 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 7 2
Pacific Total 6 9 7
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 6 3
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 0 0 1
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 0 2 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 5 3
Asian Total 5 13 7
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 124 135 89
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 57 69 57
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 31 27 20
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 132 155 152
NZ European/Pākehā Total 344 386 318
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 128 152 106
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 64 72 62
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 33 35 24
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 146 173 175
CoL Total Total 371 432 367

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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