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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	4	1	0
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	16	28	23
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	24	23	20
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	103	102	89
Female	Total	147	154	132
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	5	1
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	17	19	20
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	33	39	29
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	108	72	67
Male	Total	161	135	117
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	2	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	13	19	14
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	27	34	25
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	85	53	56
Māori	Total	128	108	95
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	2	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	2	6
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	7	9	11
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	24	21	15
Pacific	Total	34	34	32
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	1
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	0	3
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	1	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	9	13	9
Asian	Total	12	14	13
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	5	4	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	24	36	29
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	36	36	26
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	136	130	113
European/Pākehā	Total	201	206	168
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	6	1
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	33	47	43
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	57	62	49
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	211	174	156
CoL Total	Total	308	289	249

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	3	4	0
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	20	21	20
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	16	21	23
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	113	101	111
Female	Total	152	147	154
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	3	4
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	21	27	31
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	10	23	12
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	99	108	88
Male	Total	131	161	135
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	3	0
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	13	22	20
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	11	21	16
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	78	82	72
Māori	Total	103	128	108
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	3
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	7	5	3
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	4	7	1
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	25	22	27
Pacific	Total	36	34	34
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	2	0
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	1	1
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	0	1	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	12	8	13
Asian	Total	14	12	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	3	5	2
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	31	31	40
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	13	28	30
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	147	137	134
European/Pākehā	Total	194	201	206
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	7	4
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	41	48	51
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	26	44	35
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	212	209	199
CoL Total	Total	283	308	289

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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