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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 215 194 199
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 166 162 149
Female Enrolled L1-L2 12 13 29
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 182 204 200
Female Total 575 573 577
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 116 120 125
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 278 230 209
Male Enrolled L1-L2 23 10 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 286 281 255
Male Total 703 641 604
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 60 50
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 104 83 79
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 14 9 22
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 139 132 149
Māori Total 299 284 300
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 10 17
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 10 19
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 31 25
Pacific Total 54 52 63
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 34 42
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 21 14
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 18 18
Asian Total 68 73 75
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 7 1
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 10 8
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 8 6
MELAA Total 16 25 15
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 1 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 1 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 6 4
Other Total 5 8 6
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 270 252 267
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 361 320 294
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 27 16 30
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 355 378 339
European/Pākehā Total 1,013 966 930
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 331 314 324
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 444 392 358
Total Enrolled L1-L2 35 23 44
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 468 485 455
Total Total 1,278 1,214 1,181

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 214 212 194
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 111 124 111
Female Enrolled L1-L2 8 11 8
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 234 228 260
Female Total 567 575 573
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 115 108 131
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 227 244 200
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 12 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 223 339 303
Male Total 569 703 641
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 40 55
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 88 87 69
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 7 12 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 133 160 154
Māori Total 272 299 284
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 9 10
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 14 8
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 29 33
Pacific Total 48 54 52
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 42 34
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 9 18
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 21 16 20
Asian Total 61 68 73
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 5 7
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 4 10
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 7 8
MELAA Total 13 16 25
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 3 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 0 7
Other Total 5 5 8
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 280 257 266
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 277 307 252
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 13 10
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 337 436 438
European/Pākehā Total 899 1,013 966
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 329 320 325
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 338 368 311
Total Enrolled L1-L2 12 23 15
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 457 567 563
Total Total 1,136 1,278 1,214

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.