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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 4 6 6
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 33 19 28
Female Enrolled L1-L3 26 16 16
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 147 136 142
Female Total 210 177 192
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 7 10
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 39 47 34
Male Enrolled L1-L3 57 39 40
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 141 112 115
Male Total 249 205 199
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 2 0
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 7 7 5
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 11 11 14
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 34 26 27
Māori Total 53 46 46
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 0
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x 1 0
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 x 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 6 6
Pacific Total x 8 7
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 0
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 1 1 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 2 1 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 7 11
Asian Total 9 9 16
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
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 13 15
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 68 60 56
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 73 46 42
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 256 220 224
European/Pākehā Total 413 339 337
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 13 16
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 72 66 62
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 83 55 56
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 288 248 257
CoL Total Total 459 382 391

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 6 3 7
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 16 30 23
Female Enrolled L1-L3 9 11 9
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 134 166 138
Female Total 165 210 177
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 13 8
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 46 59 56
Male Enrolled L1-L3 15 24 14
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 135 153 127
Male Total 207 249 205
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 0 2
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 5 10 7
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 4 3 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 33 40 33
Māori Total 43 53 46
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 6
Pacific Total x x 8
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 0 0
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 1 1 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 0 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 7 5
Asian Total 8 9 9
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 1 x x
Other Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 0 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L3 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 x x
Other Total 7 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 16 14
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 57 83 71
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 20 30 20
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 231 284 234
European/Pākehā Total 324 413 339
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 16 15
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 62 89 79
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 24 35 23
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 269 319 265
CoL Total Total 372 459 382

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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