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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:

  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 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:

  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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