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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 42 27 30
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 32 22 33
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 10 12
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 92 88 93
Female Total 179 147 168
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 19 7
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 50 44
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 8 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 105 89 112
Male Total 181 166 167
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 10 8
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 22 29
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 11 13
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 109 81 102
Māori Total 168 124 152
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 8 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 11 17
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 3 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 20 17
Pacific Total 47 42 41
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 7 x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 x
Asian Total x 13 x
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 0 x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 0
Other Total 0 x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 32 29
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 61 48
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 16 12 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 131 129 141
European/Pākehā Total 254 234 226
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 57 46 37
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 72 77
Total Enrolled L1-L2 19 18 16
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 197 177 205
Total Total 360 313 335

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 37 35 27
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 26 27
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 6 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 81 112 90
Female Total 134 179 147
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 22 14 17
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 37 48 44
Male Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 6
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 89 118 99
Male Total 149 181 166
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 10 6
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 29 29
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 72 126 86
Māori Total 112 168 124
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 7 8
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 11 7
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 28 26
Pacific Total 34 47 42
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 x 8
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x 0
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 x 5
Asian Total 11 x 13
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 0 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 46 35 31
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 57 55
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 127 158 140
European/Pākehā Total 216 254 234
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 59 49 44
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 50 74 71
Total Enrolled L1-L2 4 7 9
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 170 230 189
Total Total 283 360 313

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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