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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	0	1
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	9	2	10
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	12	5	9
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	26	35	28
Female	Total	47	42	48
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	2
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	10	4	5
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	19	16	15
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	43	40	23
Male	Total	74	61	45
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	1	2
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	10	10	4
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	22	21	15
Māori	Total	36	32	21
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	0	3
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	2	3	2
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	9	9	11
Pacific	Total	15	12	16
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	3
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	6	1	2
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	4	1	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	9	14	9
Asian	Total	19	16	14
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	1	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	8	4	8
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	16	10	19
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	35	34	21
European/Pākehā	Total	59	49	48
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	3
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	19	6	15
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	31	21	24
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	69	75	51
CoL Total	Total	121	103	93

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	0
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	7	12	3
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	4	5	5
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	31	30	34
Female	Total	42	47	42
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	1	0
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	5	10	10
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	5	8	10
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	51	55	41
Male	Total	61	74	61
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	4	5
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	6	5	9
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	27	27	18
Māori	Total	34	36	32
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	1	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	3	0
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	0	0	2
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	11	11	10
Pacific	Total	14	15	12
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	2	5	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	0	3	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	10	11	12
Asian	Total	12	19	16
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	0	x	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	x	x
MELAA	Total	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	0	x	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	x	x
Other	Total	0	x	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	8	11	4
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	3	6	7
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	34	42	38
European/Pākehā	Total	45	59	49
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	1	0
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	12	22	13
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	9	13	15
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	82	85	75
CoL Total	Total	103	121	103

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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