Southland 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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 183 184 206
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 184 129 137
Female Enrolled L1-L2 40 29 30
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 216 178 220
Female Total 623 520 593
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 107 120 125
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 271 261 247
Male Enrolled L1-L2 30 32 32
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 206 221 198
Male Total 614 634 602
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 45 44 51
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 99 72 92
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 21 18 20
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 100 125 112
Māori Total 265 259 275
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 7 12
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 25 20
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 17 14
Pacific Total 35 52 49
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 16 23
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 16 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 12 17
Asian Total 38 45 48
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 1 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 4 7
MELAA Total 13 7 15
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 2 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 3 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 4 3
Other Total 8 9 6
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 243 270 279
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 376 329 307
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 52 46 48
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 333 286 311
NZ European/Pākehā Total 1,004 931 945
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 290 304 331
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 455 390 384
Total Enrolled L1-L2 70 61 62
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 422 399 418
Total Total 1,237 1,154 1,195

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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 200 190 185
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 123 141 105
Female Enrolled L1-L2 15 15 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 231 277 223
Female Total 569 623 520
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 112 102 133
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 215 250 227
Male Enrolled L1-L2 19 13 16
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 254 249 258
Male Total 600 614 634
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 41 49
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 61 74 69
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 16 10 8
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 127 140 133
Māori Total 240 265 259
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 3 8
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 10 18
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 0 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 29 22 23
Pacific Total 53 35 52
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 17 20
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 15 10
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 6 14
Asian Total 34 38 45
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 4 2
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 3 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 5 4
MELAA Total 7 13 7
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 1 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 4 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 3 4
Other Total 9 8 9
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 279 256 280
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 279 327 274
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 16 19 15
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 356 402 362
European/Pākehā Total 930 1,004 931
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 312 292 318
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 338 391 332
Total Enrolled L1-L2 34 28 23
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 485 526 481
Total Total 1,169 1,237 1,154

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.