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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 231 198 179
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 82 107 100
Female Enrolled L1-L2 16 20 21
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 203 235 208
Female Total 532 560 508
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 161 127 133
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 149 148 174
Male Enrolled L1-L2 22 34 32
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 249 262 261
Male Total 581 571 600
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 54 62 53
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 85 85 104
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 21 38 33
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 238 241 225
Māori Total 398 426 415
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 9 12
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 30 30
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 11 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 62 74 80
Pacific Total 105 124 128
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 34 34
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 8 11
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 5
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 28 20
Asian Total 55 70 70
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 x x
MELAA Total 17 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 x x
Other Total 7 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 332 264 253
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 156 169 178
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 19 21 24
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 226 242 245
European/Pākehā Total 733 696 700
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 392 325 312
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 231 255 274
Total Enrolled L1-L2 38 54 53
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 452 497 469
Total Total 1,113 1,131 1,108

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 216 227 220
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 76 60 78
Female Enrolled L1-L2 12 17 15
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 206 228 247
Female Total 510 532 560
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 154 159 139
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 160 130 136
Male Enrolled L1-L2 15 13 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 264 279 281
Male Total 593 581 571
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 66 52 64
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 76 65 76
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 18 12 24
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 237 269 262
Māori Total 397 398 426
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 9 11
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 18 25
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 9 7 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 73 71 84
Pacific Total 116 105 124
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 36 40
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 7 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 12 22
Asian Total 67 55 70
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 6 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 5 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 6 x
MELAA Total x 17 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 6 x
Other Total x 7 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 296 331 294
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 152 132 139
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 9 15 7
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 239 255 256
European/Pākehā Total 696 733 696
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 370 386 359
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 236 190 214
Total Enrolled L1-L2 27 30 30
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 470 507 528
Total Total 1,103 1,113 1,131

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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