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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	13	8	9
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	33	41	37
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	24	32	20
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	239	233	230
Female	Total	309	314	296
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	12	12	14
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	18	16	18
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	46	50	51
Male	Total	76	78	83
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	1	4
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	18	11	14
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	15	18	14
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	59	58	63
Māori	Total	93	88	95
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	1
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	3	7
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	4	4	3
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	18	18	25
Pacific	Total	24	25	36
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	0	0
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	3	4	8
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	8	2	3
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	35	38	32
Asian	Total	52	44	43
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	1
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	1	0
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	x	0	2
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	4	8
MELAA	Total	x	5	11
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	1	2
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	x	5	2
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	x	2	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	17	24
Other	Total	x	25	28
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	8	7
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	34	36	33
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	26	29	29
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	219	209	193
European/Pākehā	Total	286	282	262
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	8	9
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	45	53	51
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	42	48	38
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	285	283	281
CoL Total	Total	385	392	379

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	13	13	7
Female	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	34	34	42
Female	Enrolled L1-L3	24	16	16
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	254	246	249
Female	Total	325	309	314
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
Male	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	7	12	15
Male	Enrolled L1-L3	5	12	10
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	52	52	53
Male	Total	64	76	78
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	0	1
Māori	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	17	18	19
Māori	Enrolled L1-L3	13	9	5
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	81	66	63
Māori	Total	112	93	88
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	0
Pacific	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	6	2	3
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L3	1	3	2
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	19	19	20
Pacific	Total	26	24	25
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	6	0
Asian	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	3	2
Asian	Enrolled L1-L3	2	3	2
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	28	40	40
Asian	Total	32	52	44
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	1	x	1
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L3	0	x	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	6	x	4
MELAA	Total	8	x	5
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	1
Other	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	0	x	3
Other	Enrolled L1-L3	1	x	2
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	4	x	19
Other	Total	5	x	25
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	7	7
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	30	34	41
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L3	21	21	18
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	234	224	216
European/Pākehā	Total	297	286	282
CoL Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	13	7
CoL Total	Enrolled Non Degree L4-L7	41	46	57
CoL Total	Enrolled L1-L3	29	28	26
CoL Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	306	298	302
CoL Total	Total	389	385	392

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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