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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 561 587 631
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 236 205 220
Female Enrolled L1-L2 28 29 31
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 407 384 439
Female Total 1,232 1,205 1,321
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 420 365 413
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 387 374 417
Male Enrolled L1-L2 37 41 42
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 530 509 490
Male Total 1,374 1,289 1,362
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 105 98 137
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 115 99 112
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 20 24 19
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 171 164 161
Māori Total 411 385 429
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 44 44
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 22 31
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 7 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 75 57 67
Pacific Total 148 130 148
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 111 98 113
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 22 40
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 54 66 79
Asian Total 174 187 233
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 27 25
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 11 16
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 21 31
MELAA Total 51 59 74
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 11 17
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 2 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 12 12
Other Total 26 25 33
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 803 788 861
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 530 496 527
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 49 55 62
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 732 696 728
European/Pākehā Total 2,114 2,035 2,178
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 981 952 1,044
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 623 579 637
Total Enrolled L1-L2 65 70 73
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 937 893 929
Total Total 2,606 2,494 2,683

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 577 554 593
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 195 194 169
Female Enrolled L1-L2 12 11 13
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 445 473 430
Female Total 1,229 1,232 1,205
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 392 421 361
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 425 374 352
Male Enrolled L1-L2 12 15 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 544 564 565
Male Total 1,373 1,374 1,289
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 92 98 97
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 86 107 89
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 7 11 7
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 189 195 192
Māori Total 374 411 385
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 40 42
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 22 24
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 59 85 61
Pacific Total 116 148 130
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 95 110 101
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 26 18 24
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 47 46 60
Asian Total 170 174 187
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 24 18 24
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 7 8
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 26 27
MELAA Total 55 51 59
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 14 11
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 3 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 9 11
Other Total 23 26 25
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 819 806 796
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 529 474 438
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 15 19 20
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 793 815 781
European/Pākehā Total 2,156 2,114 2,035
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 969 975 954
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 620 568 521
Total Enrolled L1-L2 24 26 24
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 989 1,037 995
Total Total 2,602 2,606 2,494

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.