Canterbury 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.

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Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,539 1,440 1,462
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 731 769 751
Female Enrolled L1-L2 79 88 98
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,195 1,327 1,250
Female Total 3,544 3,624 3,561
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,132 1,071 1,037
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,160 1,101 1,099
Male Enrolled L1-L2 87 105 115
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,481 1,673 1,589
Male Total 3,860 3,950 3,840
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 225 232 225
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 292 306 293
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 55 55 85
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 591 634 668
Māori Total 1,163 1,227 1,271
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 80 77 86
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 100 93 84
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 12 18 15
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 196 266 220
Pacific Total 388 454 405
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 408 446 424
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 155 189 186
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 6 7
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 238 304 274
Asian Total 803 945 891
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 54 59
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 34 38
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 3
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 35 55 45
MELAA Total 106 145 145
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 9 11
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 5 15
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 2
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 14 13
Other Total 27 30 41
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,142 1,949 1,955
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,529 1,490 1,502
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 118 149 153
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,987 2,161 2,097
European/Pākehā Total 5,776 5,749 5,707
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,671 2,511 2,499
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,891 1,870 1,850
Total Enrolled L1-L2 166 193 213
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,676 3,000 2,839
Total Total 7,404 7,574 7,401

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 (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2020 2021 2022
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,574 1,569 1,560
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 535 540 583
Female Enrolled L1-L2 31 41 45
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,176 1,394 1,436
Female Total 3,316 3,544 3,624
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,068 1,095 1,079
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,066 985 998
Male Enrolled L1-L2 37 40 53
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,529 1,740 1,820
Male Total 3,700 3,860 3,950
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 213 224 233
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 244 232 240
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 19 25 35
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 577 682 719
Māori Total 1,053 1,163 1,227
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 58 85 74
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 81 73 71
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 10 5 11
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 218 225 298
Pacific Total 367 388 454
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 366 422 480
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 122 134 138
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 9 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 183 238 323
Asian Total 673 803 945
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 59 39 60
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 19 24
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 46 61
MELAA Total 114 106 145
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 10 13
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 8 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 21 9 13
Other Total 33 27 30
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,169 2,116 2,028
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,325 1,222 1,294
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 48 55 72
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,034 2,383 2,355
European/Pākehā Total 5,576 5,776 5,749
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,642 2,664 2,639
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,601 1,525 1,581
Total Enrolled L1-L2 68 81 98
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,705 3,134 3,256
Total Total 7,016 7,404 7,574

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.