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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	3	6	7
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	18	10	10
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	9	8	8
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	82	65	68
Female	Total	112	89	93
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	28	18	18
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	13	19	23
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	15	12	20
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	97	89	99
Male	Total	153	138	160
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	3
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	1	3
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	2	1	5
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	16	12	17
Māori	Total	21	14	28
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	1	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	2	0	1
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	1	3	1
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	13	8	6
Pacific	Total	16	12	8
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	5	8
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	2	5
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	1	2	3
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	28	23	27
Asian	Total	33	32	43
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	5	x	x
MELAA	Total	7	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	29	19	15
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	26	25	24
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	21	15	19
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	121	120	124
European/Pākehā	Total	197	179	182
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	31	24	25
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	31	29	33
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	24	20	28
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	179	154	167
CoL Total	Total	265	227	253

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	5
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	6	10	8
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	3	3	5
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	73	95	71
Female	Total	85	112	89
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	25	29	17
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	24	24	15
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	7	5	6
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	98	95	100
Male	Total	154	153	138
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	1
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	4	2	1
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	1	1	2
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	12	18	10
Māori	Total	17	21	14
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	1
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	2	0
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	1	2	2
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	7	12	9
Pacific	Total	8	16	12
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	4	5
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	3	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	1	0	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	32	26	22
Asian	Total	41	33	32
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	1	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	6	x
MELAA	Total	x	7	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	0	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	x
Other	Total	x	0	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	22	30	14
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	26	29	19
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	7	5	8
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	124	133	138
European/Pākehā	Total	179	197	179
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	28	33	22
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	30	34	23
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	10	8	11
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	171	190	171
CoL Total	Total	239	265	227

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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