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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	38	34	32
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	28	14	9
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	123	154	138
Female	Total	189	202	180
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	11	6
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	38	36	32
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	24	26	24
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	161	128	133
Male	Total	232	201	195
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	1	1
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	15	24	14
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	11	19	14
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	67	65	74
Māori	Total	94	109	103
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	0	3
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	21	17	14
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	16	16	11
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	75	94	93
Pacific	Total	114	127	121
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	4	2
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	5	13	10
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	5	2	4
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	49	43	34
Asian	Total	62	62	50
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	x	1
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	x	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	9
MELAA	Total	x	x	10
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	x	x	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	0
Other	Total	x	x	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	7	5
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	49	45	36
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	28	16	16
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	156	142	147
European/Pākehā	Total	238	210	204
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	11	7
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	76	70	64
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	52	40	33
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	284	282	271
CoL Total	Total	421	403	375

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	4	1	1
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	16	30	31
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	16	8	10
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	183	150	160
Female	Total	219	189	202
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	8	10	10
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	57	35	42
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	17	19	14
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	147	168	135
Male	Total	229	232	201
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	1	1
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	12	11	23
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	11	5	7
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	72	77	78
Māori	Total	95	94	109
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	2	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	22	13	19
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	15	6	10
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	104	93	98
Pacific	Total	141	114	127
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	4	3
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	3	15
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	4	8	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	44	47	43
Asian	Total	57	62	62
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	2	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	0	x	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	4	x	x
MELAA	Total	6	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	7	6	8
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	53	44	51
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	14	13	9
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	193	175	142
European/Pākehā	Total	267	238	210
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	11	11
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	73	65	73
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	33	27	24
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	330	318	295
CoL Total	Total	448	421	403

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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