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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	3	2	6
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	28	31	22
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	25	19	25
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	98	109	101
Female	Total	154	161	154
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	13	6
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	35	17	24
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	26	33	34
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	81	88	80
Male	Total	148	151	144
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	7	10	10
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	12	12	15
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	26	23
Māori	Total	50	48	48
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	1
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	4	2
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	3	3	6
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	10	17	15
Pacific	Total	15	24	24
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	5	1
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	4	3	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	1	1	2
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	11	12	30
Asian	Total	18	21	37
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	1	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	0	2	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	3	x
MELAA	Total	5	6	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	x
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	0	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	0	0	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	0	x
Other	Total	0	0	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	12	11
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	55	40	42
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	46	44	51
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	145	169	139
European/Pākehā	Total	253	265	243
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	15	12
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	63	48	46
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	51	52	59
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	179	197	181
CoL Total	Total	302	312	298

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	1	5	3
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	21	23	35
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	10	9	3
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	113	117	120
Female	Total	145	154	161
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	4	10
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	31	30	27
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	8	7	9
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	103	107	105
Male	Total	148	148	151
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	1	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	7	9	7
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	3	2	5
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	42	38	36
Māori	Total	52	50	48
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	1	5
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	1	2	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	14	12	19
Pacific	Total	17	15	24
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	2	5
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	5	4	5
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	2	1	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	22	11	10
Asian	Total	29	18	21
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	2	1
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	1
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	3	4
MELAA	Total	x	5	6
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	0
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	0	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	0
Other	Total	x	0	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	7	10
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	46	46	52
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	14	13	8
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	181	187	195
European/Pākehā	Total	247	253	265
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	9	13
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	52	53	62
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	18	16	12
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	216	224	225
CoL Total	Total	293	302	312

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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