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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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 43 40 43
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 40 37 38
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 8 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 63 56 57
Female Total 153 141 140
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 24 35 19
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 47 37
Male Enrolled L1-L2 10 11 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 87 86 87
Male Total 172 179 154
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 11 17
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 26 25
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 8 12 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 43 47 61
Māori Total 76 96 107
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 2 1
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 5 3
Pacific Total 10 10 6
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 2 3
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 2 4
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 1 1
Asian Total 9 5 8
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 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 59 68 52
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 72 64 56
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 11 8 9
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 111 103 104
NZ European/Pākehā Total 253 243 221
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 67 75 62
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 91 84 75
Total Enrolled L1-L2 17 19 13
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 150 142 144
Total Total 325 320 294

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 (2015-2017 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 47 45 46
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 35 29
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 70 69 60
Female Total 137 153 141
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 22 30
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 46 51
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 8 5
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 91 96 93
Male Total 176 172 179
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 7 13
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 21 19
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 6 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 56 42 58
Māori Total 94 76 96
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 9 5
Pacific Total x 10 10
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 2 2
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 2 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 5 1
Asian Total 11 9 5
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 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 66 59 67
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 66 64
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 5 5
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 108 123 107
NZ European/Pākehā Total 223 253 243
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 83 67 76
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 81 80
Total Enrolled L1-L2 6 12 11
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 161 165 153
Total Total 313 325 320

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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