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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	2	3	8
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	6	11	11
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	5	2	4
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	75	77	71
Female	Total	88	93	94
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	6	3
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	24	17	13
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	5	2	5
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	60	69	54
Male	Total	92	94	75
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	1	1
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	3	2
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	0	2	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	14	14	10
Māori	Total	17	20	14
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	4	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	4	x
Pacific	Total	x	8	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	2	1
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	2	2	2
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	0	1	2
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	24	23	14
Asian	Total	26	28	19
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	1	x	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	x	x
MELAA	Total	10	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	8	9
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	23	23	22
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	9	1	8
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	99	112	102
European/Pākehā	Total	136	144	141
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	9	11
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	30	28	24
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	10	4	9
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	135	146	125
CoL Total	Total	180	187	169

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	2	4
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	12	9	15
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	1	2	2
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	53	75	72
Female	Total	69	88	93
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	6	4
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	20	25	22
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	5	10	2
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	42	51	66
Male	Total	69	92	94
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	1
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	3	7
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	1	2	0
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	15	12	12
Māori	Total	17	17	20
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	x	3
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	x	x	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	5
Pacific	Total	x	x	8
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	1	2
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	4	6	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	1	1	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	9	18	22
Asian	Total	14	26	28
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	0	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	2	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	8	x
MELAA	Total	x	10	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	5	7	7
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	27	25	32
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	3	8	4
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	75	96	101
European/Pākehā	Total	110	136	144
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	8	8
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	32	34	37
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	6	12	4
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	95	126	138
CoL Total	Total	138	180	187

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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