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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 194 199 168
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 161 148 128
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 28 17
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 203 190 215
Female Total 571 565 528
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 120 125 121
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 230 208 232
Male Enrolled L1-L2 10 14 42
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 282 255 293
Male Total 642 602 688
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 60 50 57
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 82 79 88
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 9 21 22
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 132 140 157
Māori Total 283 290 324
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 17 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 18 15
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 31 23 29
Pacific Total 52 60 51
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 42 42
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 14 22
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 18 17 35
Asian Total 73 74 103
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 1 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 8 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 6 x
MELAA Total 25 15 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 1 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 1 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 4 x
Other Total 8 6 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 252 267 227
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 319 293 279
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 16 29 45
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 379 337 362
European/Pākehā Total 966 926 913
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 314 324 289
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 391 356 360
Total Enrolled L1-L2 23 42 59
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 485 445 508
Total Total 1,213 1,167 1,216

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 212 194 211
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 124 111 101
Female Enrolled L1-L2 11 8 13
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 228 258 240
Female Total 575 571 565
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 108 131 123
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 243 200 176
Male Enrolled L1-L2 13 7 13
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 339 304 290
Male Total 703 642 602
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 55 47
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 69 68
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 12 6 8
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 160 153 167
Māori Total 299 283 290
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 10 18
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 8 11
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 29 33 29
Pacific Total 54 52 60
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 34 45
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 18 11
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 20 18
Asian Total 68 73 74
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 7 1
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 10 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 8 10
MELAA Total 16 25 15
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 1 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 0 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 7 3
Other Total 5 8 6
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 257 266 275
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 306 252 228
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 14 10 18
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 436 438 405
European/Pākehā Total 1,013 966 926
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 320 325 334
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 367 311 277
Total Enrolled L1-L2 24 15 26
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 567 562 530
Total Total 1,278 1,213 1,167

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.