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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 other territorial authorities in this region by using the drop down menu above. For territorial authorities in other regions 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 43 55 32
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 40 38 31
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 12
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 72 64 69
Female Total 160 160 144
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 19 16
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 70 48 56
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 107 81 100
Male Total 199 150 179
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 11 7
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 23 25
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 11
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 83 54 64
Māori Total 110 89 107
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 x x
Pacific Total 9 x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 7 4
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 3 5
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 4 2
Asian Total 10 14 12
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 0
Other Total x 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 58 61 41
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 100 69 72
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 4 11
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 117 93 121
European/Pākehā Total 282 227 245
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 62 74 48
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 110 86 87
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 5 19
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 179 145 169
Total Total 359 310 323

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 46 41 54
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 35 25
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 68 82 78
Female Total 137 160 160
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 25 20 18
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 58 69 43
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 97 109 87
Male Total 182 199 150
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 7 11
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 19 14
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 65 83 61
Māori Total 99 110 89
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 1 x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 3 x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 5 x
Pacific Total 15 9 x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 7 9
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 2 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 1 2
Asian Total x 10 14
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 0
Other Total 0 x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 60 55 56
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 91 57
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 115 134 111
European/Pākehā Total 242 282 227
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 71 61 72
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 80 104 68
Total Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 5
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 165 191 165
Total Total 319 359 310

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.

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