Otago 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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 592 561 587
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 230 237 209
Female Enrolled L1-L2 33 28 30
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 375 407 387
Female Total 1,230 1,233 1,213
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 408 420 365
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 441 388 377
Male Enrolled L1-L2 28 36 42
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 495 528 510
Male Total 1,372 1,372 1,294
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 108 105 98
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 115 100
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 16 20 24
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 163 172 165
Māori Total 374 412 387
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 35 42 44
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 32 25 22
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 5 7 7
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 74 57
Pacific Total 116 148 130
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 96 111 98
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 8 23
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 52 53 66
Asian Total 170 173 188
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 25 16 27
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 14 12
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 20 21
MELAA Total 55 51 60
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 12 11
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 5 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 8 13
Other Total 23 26 26
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 848 803 788
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 572 531 501
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 44 48 57
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 692 732 699
European/Pākehā Total 2,156 2,114 2,045
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,000 981 952
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 671 625 586
Total Enrolled L1-L2 61 64 72
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 870 935 897
Total Total 2,602 2,605 2,507

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 624 577 554
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 197 196 194
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 12 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 376 445 474
Female Total 1,210 1,230 1,233
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 383 392 421
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 363 425 373
Male Enrolled L1-L2 9 12 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 463 543 563
Male Total 1,218 1,372 1,372
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 87 92 98
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 84 86 107
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 11
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 163 189 196
Māori Total 340 374 412
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 32 40
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 29 22 22
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 52 59 85
Pacific Total 115 116 148
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 96 95 110
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 26 17
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 29 47 46
Asian Total 148 170 173
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 24 18
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 13 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 18 26
MELAA Total 41 55 51
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 11 14
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 3 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 9 9
Other Total 23 23 26
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 859 819 806
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 467 529 474
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 20 15 19
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 681 793 815
European/Pākehā Total 2,027 2,156 2,114
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,007 969 975
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 560 621 567
Total Enrolled L1-L2 22 24 26
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 839 988 1,037
Total Total 2,428 2,602 2,605

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.