Tasman Region

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 for the region's territorial authorities using the drop down menu above. For other territorial authorities first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year 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 66 61 58
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 72 44
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 13 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 109 130 125
Female Total 217 276 238
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 54 44 32
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 78 106 96
Male Enrolled L1-L2 27 22 17
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 110 141 122
Male Total 269 313 267
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 6 8
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 20 14
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 10 11
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 35 49 48
Māori Total 73 85 81
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 0 1
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 1
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 6 7
Pacific Total 8 6 10
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 3 5
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 3 1
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 3 6
Asian Total 8 10 12
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 x x
MELAA Total 5 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 x x
Other Total 7 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 99 98 82
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 94 159 129
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 29 28 19
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 183 224 202
NZ European/Pākehā Total 405 509 432
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 120 105 90
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 111 178 140
Total Enrolled L1-L2 36 35 28
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 219 271 247
Total Total 486 589 505

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 (2015-2017 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 99 67 69
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 32 30 57
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 4 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 116 116 144
Female Total 252 217 276
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 56 55 60
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 85 77 107
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 8
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 141 134 138
Male Total 286 269 313
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 14 12
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 14 24
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 5 2 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 43 47
Māori Total 71 73 85
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 2 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 1
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 4 5
Pacific Total 12 8 6
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 3 5
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 1 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 4 2
Asian Total 11 8 10
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 x
MELAA Total x 5 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 x
Other Total x 7 x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 141 101 116
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 102 92 143
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 6 12
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 220 206 238
NZ European/Pākehā Total 467 405 509
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 155 122 129
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 117 107 164
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 7 14
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 257 250 282
Total Total 538 486 589

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.