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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 61 58 69
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 72 43 52
Female Enrolled L1-L2 12 9 10
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 129 125 125
Female Total 274 235 256
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 32 50
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 106 95 86
Male Enrolled L1-L2 22 17 13
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 139 118 104
Male Total 311 262 253
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 8 9
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 12 23
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 9 9 7
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 50 48 38
Māori Total 85 77 77
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 1 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 2 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 8 5
Pacific Total 7 12 8
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 3 6
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 7 10
Asian Total 7 12 20
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 97 81 109
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 158 125 119
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 27 17 16
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 219 197 185
NZ European/Pākehā Total 501 420 429
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 105 90 119
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 178 138 138
Total Enrolled L1-L2 34 26 23
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 268 243 229
Total Total 585 497 509

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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 67 69 76
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 56 45
Female Enrolled L1-L2 4 6 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 113 143 113
Female Total 214 274 235
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 55 60 38
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 106 101
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 8 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 134 137 120
Male Total 267 311 262
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 12 8
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 23 16
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 48 51
Māori Total 73 85 77
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 0 3
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 1 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 6 5
Pacific Total 9 7 12
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 4 3
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 1 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 2 6
Asian Total 9 7 12
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 104 114 102
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 91 142 128
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 12 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 202 233 188
European/Pākehā Total 403 501 420
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 122 129 114
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 105 162 146
Total Enrolled L1-L2 7 14 4
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 247 280 233
Total Total 481 585 497

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.