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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 56 79 80
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 59 57
Female Enrolled L1-L2 29 21 23
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 153 168 179
Female Total 313 327 339
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 47 48 47
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 112 118 106
Male Enrolled L1-L2 38 19 27
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 137 160 157
Male Total 334 345 337
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 51 64 40
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 131 122 120
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 59 35 45
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 220 241 250
Māori Total 461 462 455
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 2 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 7 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 25 24
Pacific Total 22 38 36
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 4 9
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 1 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 4 6
Asian Total 8 9 20
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 61 76 94
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 72 74 65
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 17 4 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 88 103 109
European/Pākehā Total 238 257 273
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 103 127 127
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 187 177 163
Total Enrolled L1-L2 67 40 50
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 290 328 336
Total Total 647 672 676

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 79 63 91
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 69 60 48
Female Enrolled L1-L2 15 12 10
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 177 178 178
Female Total 340 313 327
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 57 46 57
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 117 100 111
Male Enrolled L1-L2 22 13 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 188 175 162
Male Total 384 334 345
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 56 51 72
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 123 107 107
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 29 21 23
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 278 282 260
Māori Total 486 461 462
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 4 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 6 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 18 10 27
Pacific Total 39 22 38
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 2 4
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 0 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 6 3
Asian Total 10 8 9
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 85 66 89
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 70 65
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 9 4 4
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 115 98 99
European/Pākehā Total 274 238 257
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 136 109 148
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 186 160 159
Total Enrolled L1-L2 37 25 25
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 365 353 340
Total Total 724 647 672

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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