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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 4
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 12 27 24
Female Enrolled L1-L3 19 19 12
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 136 109 117
Female Total 171 156 157
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 4 5
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 32 30 19
Male Enrolled L1-L3 24 20 22
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 106 107 100
Male Total 170 161 146
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 0 0
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 6 5 7
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 15 10 10
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 33 45 24
Māori Total 55 60 41
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 0
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 1 2 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 9 5 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 19 9
Pacific Total 24 26 13
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 2 0
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 2 3 1
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 2 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 16 20
Asian Total 20 22 22
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 0
MELAA Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 x 1 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L3 x 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 8
MELAA Total x 6 11
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 11 3 9
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 38 52 39
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 23 24 30
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 193 171 183
European/Pākehā Total 265 250 261
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 5 9
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 44 57 43
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 43 39 34
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 242 216 217
CoL Total Total 341 317 303

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 2 4 1
Female Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 14 16 20
Female Enrolled L1-L3 17 6 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 133 145 128
Female Total 166 171 156
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 8 4
Male Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 44 35 34
Male Enrolled L1-L3 13 10 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 133 117 112
Male Total 200 170 161
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 1 0
Māori Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 11 6 8
Māori Enrolled L1-L3 5 6 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 55 42 47
Māori Total 71 55 60
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 0
Pacific Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 2 2 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L3 5 2 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 20 23
Pacific Total 26 24 26
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 0 3
Asian Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 1 3 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L3 1 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 16 16
Asian Total 15 20 22
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x 0
MELAA Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 0 x 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L3 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 x 5
MELAA Total 5 x 6
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
Other Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 0 x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L3 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 0
Other Total 0 x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 11 2
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 49 42 48
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L3 20 9 12
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 199 203 188
European/Pākehā Total 276 265 250
CoL Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 12 5
CoL Total Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7 58 51 54
CoL Total Enrolled L1-L3 30 16 18
CoL Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 266 262 240
CoL Total Total 366 341 317

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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