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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	0	1	0
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	27	8	15
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	20	17	15
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	88	96	77
Female	Total	135	122	107
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	1	3
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	29	23	20
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	22	25	33
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	132	99	94
Male	Total	189	148	150
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	1	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	12	8	5
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	11	11	8
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	37	27	33
Māori	Total	60	47	46
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	2	2
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	40	17	26
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	28	36	38
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	155	139	118
Pacific	Total	224	194	184
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	0	1
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	6	4	1
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	1	1	3
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	24	23	21
Asian	Total	34	28	26
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	x	2
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	x	2
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	6
MELAA	Total	x	x	10
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	x	x	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	0
Other	Total	x	x	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	0	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	5	6	5
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	8	4	3
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	22	26	25
European/Pākehā	Total	38	36	33
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	2	3
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	56	31	35
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	42	42	48
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	220	195	171
CoL Total	Total	324	270	257

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	0	0	2
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	21	17	14
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	10	13	7
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	99	105	99
Female	Total	130	135	122
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	7	1
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	24	19	18
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	15	23	13
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	126	140	116
Male	Total	171	189	148
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	14	5	8
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	6	10	2
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	42	45	37
Māori	Total	63	60	47
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	2
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	33	23	19
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	18	21	18
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	147	179	155
Pacific	Total	200	224	194
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	3	0
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	5	3	5
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	2	3	2
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	25	21
Asian	Total	40	34	28
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	0	3	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	6	5	5
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	1	5	3
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	23	25	28
European/Pākehā	Total	30	38	36
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	7	3
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	45	36	32
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	25	36	20
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	225	245	215
CoL Total	Total	301	324	270

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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