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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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 61 57
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 69 67 72
Female Enrolled L1-L2 11 9 18
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 117 132 133
Female Total 241 269 280
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 25 36 33
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 70 103
Male Enrolled L1-L2 14 14 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 150 153 155
Male Total 285 273 302
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 22 30 35
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 112 87 102
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 20 20 26
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 167 198 201
Māori Total 321 335 364
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 0 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 5 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 9 9
Pacific Total 13 15 16
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 6 2
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 2 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 10 9
Asian Total 14 18 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 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
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 49 72 59
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 61 95
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 5 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 121 104 126
European/Pākehā Total 242 242 281
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 69 97 90
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 165 137 175
Total Enrolled L1-L2 25 23 29
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 267 285 288
Total Total 526 542 582

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 (2016-2018 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 67 47 64
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 44 66 49
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 2 5
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 123 126 151
Female Total 241 241 269
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 36 43
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 99 97 66
Male Enrolled L1-L2 13 13 5
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 145 139 159
Male Total 293 285 273
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 29 34
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 78 102 70
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 19 15 9
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 174 175 222
Māori Total 313 321 335
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 3 1
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 4 3
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 6 11
Pacific Total 14 13 15
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 6 8
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 3 1
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 5 9
Asian Total 13 14 18
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
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 58 76
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 79 77 55
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 118 105 110
European/Pākehā Total 269 242 242
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 103 83 107
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 143 163 115
Total Enrolled L1-L2 20 15 10
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 268 265 310
Total Total 534 526 542

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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