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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 46 42 52
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 53 45
Female Enrolled L1-L2 16 20 13
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 92 98 102
Female Total 195 213 212
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 44 39
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 53 59 65
Male Enrolled L1-L2 10 16 22
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 90 94 91
Male Total 185 213 217
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 14 14
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 44 46
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 18 25 18
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 89 84 96
Māori Total 149 167 174
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 2 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 5 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 6 12
Pacific Total 5 14 20
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 9 12
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 3 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 5 8
Asian Total 8 17 23
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 x
MELAA Total x 7 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 x
Other Total x 5 x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 60 64 65
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 67 70 64
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 9 11 20
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 99 116 110
NZ European/Pākehā Total 235 261 259
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 78 86 91
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 94 112 110
Total Enrolled L1-L2 26 36 35
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 182 192 193
Total Total 380 426 429

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 44 45 46
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 44 58
Female Enrolled L1-L2 11 5 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 91 101 102
Female Total 192 195 213
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 34 42
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 64 68
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 95 84 100
Male Total 192 185 213
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 12 16
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 33 49
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 11 6 8
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 90 98 94
Māori Total 146 149 167
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 0 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 2 3
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 3 7
Pacific Total 11 5 14
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 8 9
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 0 4
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 0 4
Asian Total 16 8 17
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x 2
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 x 4
MELAA Total 8 x 7
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 3
Other Total 0 x 5
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 64 60 64
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 60 80 84
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 2
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 104 92 111
NZ European/Pākehā Total 232 235 261
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 86 79 88
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 97 108 126
Total Enrolled L1-L2 15 8 10
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 186 185 202
Total Total 384 380 426

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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