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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 71 75
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 64 49
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 12 16
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 139 122 98
Female Total 272 269 238
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 47 56 54
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 86 89 93
Male Enrolled L1-L2 14 21 20
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 131 137 143
Male Total 278 303 310
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 11 9
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 24 18
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 6 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 46 47
Māori Total 79 87 80
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 2 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 3 1
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 10 5
Pacific Total 10 16 7
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 7 5
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 4 19
Asian Total 16 13 32
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 4 x
MELAA Total x 6 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 2 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 x
Other Total x 5 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 103 112 118
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 127 132 125
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 17 25 32
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 232 221 204
European/Pākehā Total 479 490 479
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 117 127 129
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 142 153 142
Total Enrolled L1-L2 21 33 36
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 270 259 241
Total Total 550 572 548

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 74 84 78
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 48 38
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 149 138 150
Female Total 277 272 269
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 59 47 64
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 117 92 88
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 8
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 151 136 143
Male Total 331 278 303
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 12 11
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 18 14
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 49 49 61
Māori Total 80 79 87
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 2 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 1 1
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 7 12
Pacific Total 10 10 16
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 3 8
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 4 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 9 3
Asian Total 16 16 13
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 2
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 3
MELAA Total x x 6
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 4
Other Total x x 5
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 119 121 127
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 153 122 115
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 5 9
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 267 231 239
European/Pākehā Total 545 479 490
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 133 131 142
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 168 140 126
Total Enrolled L1-L2 7 5 11
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 300 274 293
Total Total 608 550 572

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.