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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 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 61 58 43
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 39 37
Female Enrolled L1-L2 12 8 10
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 114 117 119
Female Total 220 222 209
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 45 43
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 85 66
Male Enrolled L1-L2 21 16 13
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 122 122 94
Male Total 236 268 216
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 10 7
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 33 19
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 13 11 8
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 56 62 51
Māori Total 95 116 85
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 2 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 3 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 13 13
Pacific Total 23 18 21
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 2 5
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 5
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 5 9
Asian Total 12 9 21
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 92 91 76
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 71 96 84
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 22 17 17
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 175 183 159
NZ European/Pākehā Total 360 387 336
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 98 103 86
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 89 124 103
Total Enrolled L1-L2 33 24 23
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 236 239 213
Total Total 456 490 425

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 94 71 62
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 45 40 29
Female Enrolled L1-L2 8 5 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 112 104 128
Female Total 259 220 222
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 52 46 53
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 62 68 87
Male Enrolled L1-L2 8 5 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 130 117 121
Male Total 252 236 268
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 17 11
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 19 27
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 66 58 74
Māori Total 108 95 116
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 0 3
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 4 3
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 17 12
Pacific Total 27 23 18
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 4 3
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 3 0
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 4 6
Asian Total 16 12 9
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 131 106 100
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 82 89 92
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 13 6 8
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 170 159 187
NZ European/Pākehā Total 396 360 387
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 146 117 115
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 107 108 116
Total Enrolled L1-L2 16 10 10
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 242 221 249
Total Total 511 456 490

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.

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