Nelson 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 134 140 119
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 70 55 87
Female Enrolled L1-L2 22 25 23
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 136 135 137
Female Total 362 355 366
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 114 117 76
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 126 117 87
Male Enrolled L1-L2 19 17 33
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 174 175 145
Male Total 433 426 341
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 22 25 14
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 35 33 24
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 15 16 19
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 70 69 46
Māori Total 142 143 103
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 0 8
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 2 9
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 22 11
Pacific Total 27 26 30
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 21 9
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 16 21
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 29 23 24
Asian Total 66 61 54
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 4 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 5 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 2 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 9 x
MELAA Total x 20 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 x
Other Total x 5 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 224 232 182
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 165 146 142
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 35 32 45
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 241 244 240
European/Pākehā Total 665 654 609
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 248 257 195
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 196 172 174
Total Enrolled L1-L2 41 42 56
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 310 310 282
Total Total 795 781 707

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 177 154 152
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 50 59
Female Enrolled L1-L2 10 7 12
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 133 151 132
Female Total 379 362 355
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 97 117 116
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 105 108 108
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 5 5
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 133 203 197
Male Total 341 433 426
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 27 24
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 25 29 30
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 6 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 56 80 84
Māori Total 120 142 143
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 3 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 7 8
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 17 17
Pacific Total 24 27 26
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 25 26
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 12 11
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 29 23
Asian Total 63 66 61
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 2
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 12
MELAA Total x x 20
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 3
Other Total x x 5
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 236 240 236
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 139 131 145
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 10 8 12
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 213 286 261
European/Pākehā Total 598 665 654
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 274 271 268
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 164 158 167
Total Enrolled L1-L2 16 12 17
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 266 354 329
Total Total 720 795 781

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.