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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,440 1,460 1,446
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 768 740 730
Female Enrolled L1-L2 85 88 123
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,322 1,231 1,281
Female Total 3,615 3,519 3,580
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,073 1,037 1,134
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,098 1,095 1,039
Male Enrolled L1-L2 106 113 159
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,672 1,575 1,782
Male Total 3,949 3,820 4,114
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 232 225 208
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 304 290 279
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 54 78 98
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 631 656 675
Māori Total 1,221 1,249 1,260
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 77 86 82
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 93 84 94
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 17 13 17
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 264 216 261
Pacific Total 451 399 454
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 447 424 511
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 189 186 186
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 15
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 305 274 355
Asian Total 947 891 1,067
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 54 59 74
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 34 38 27
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 5
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 55 43 71
MELAA Total 145 143 177
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 11 22
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 15 19
Other Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 4
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 14 24
Other Total 30 42 69
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,950 1,953 2,005
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,487 1,487 1,430
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 147 148 213
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,154 2,075 2,257
European/Pākehā Total 5,738 5,663 5,905
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,513 2,497 2,580
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,866 1,835 1,769
Total Enrolled L1-L2 191 201 282
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,994 2,806 3,063
Total Total 7,564 7,339 7,694

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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,563 1,560 1,560
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 538 579 555
Female Enrolled L1-L2 42 44 36
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,392 1,432 1,368
Female Total 3,535 3,615 3,519
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,097 1,081 1,068
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 984 994 869
Male Enrolled L1-L2 39 53 49
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,742 1,821 1,834
Male Total 3,862 3,949 3,820
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 223 233 217
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 231 238 231
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 25 35 29
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 681 715 772
Māori Total 1,160 1,221 1,249
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 85 74 97
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 73 71 62
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 5 11 11
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 224 295 229
Pacific Total 387 451 399
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 422 481 457
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 134 137 140
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 9 4 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 238 325 291
Asian Total 803 947 891
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 39 60 69
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 24 26
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 46 61 48
MELAA Total 106 145 143
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 13 11
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 4 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 13 25
Other Total 27 30 42
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,112 2,029 2,046
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,219 1,287 1,159
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 55 71 61
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,383 2,351 2,397
European/Pākehā Total 5,769 5,738 5,663
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,660 2,641 2,628
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,522 1,573 1,424
Total Enrolled L1-L2 81 97 85
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3,134 3,253 3,202
Total Total 7,397 7,564 7,339

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.