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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	13	19	15
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	77	79	75
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	38	32	40
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	364	348	349
Female	Total	492	478	479
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	27	32	24
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	43	46	42
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	45	40	51
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	213	235	224
Male	Total	328	353	341
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	6	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	30	25	28
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	25	25	25
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	102	107	96
Māori	Total	159	163	149
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	3	4
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	49	59	59
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	37	28	43
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	209	210	206
Pacific	Total	298	300	312
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	23	15
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	17	20	12
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	7	4	9
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	107	112	108
Asian	Total	144	159	144
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	2	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	8	8
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	3	4
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	24	21
MELAA	Total	x	37	33
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	2
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	2	6
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	x	1	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	6	18
Other	Total	x	9	26
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	26	24	21
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	40	44	35
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	36	24	26
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	242	246	219
European/Pākehā	Total	344	338	301
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	40	51	39
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	120	125	117
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	83	72	91
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	577	583	573
CoL Total	Total	820	831	820

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	12	14	19
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	47	54	67
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	41	22	23
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	411	402	369
Female	Total	511	492	478
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	25	28	26
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	43	46	53
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	23	19	19
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	233	235	255
Male	Total	324	328	353
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	2	3
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	14	23	27
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	19	11	9
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	109	123	124
Māori	Total	143	159	163
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	2	4
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	33	38	49
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	25	17	15
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	239	241	232
Pacific	Total	301	298	300
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	20	16	20
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	11	12	15
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	4	4	7
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	130	112	117
Asian	Total	165	144	159
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	x	2
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	x	8
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	3	x	3
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	29	x	24
MELAA	Total	36	x	37
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	0
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	x	3
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	1	x	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	5	x	6
Other	Total	7	x	9
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	17	26	21
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	41	44	51
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	22	16	12
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	263	258	254
European/Pākehā	Total	343	344	338
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	37	42	45
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	90	100	120
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	64	41	42
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	644	637	624
CoL Total	Total	835	820	831

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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