Nelson City

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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 140 119 149
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 85 55
Female Enrolled L1-L2 24 23 34
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 136 135 119
Female Total 355 362 357
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 117 76 89
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 117 85 109
Male Enrolled L1-L2 17 32 32
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 174 144 166
Male Total 425 337 396
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 25 14 31
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 22 27
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 16 19 29
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 69 46 53
Māori Total 143 101 140
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 8 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 9 11
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 11 19
Pacific Total 26 30 36
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 9 25
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 21 15
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 24 39
Asian Total 61 54 80
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 x x
MELAA Total 20 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 x x
Other Total 5 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 232 182 211
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 146 139 135
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 31 44 51
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 244 238 212
European/Pākehā Total 653 603 609
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 257 195 238
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 172 170 164
Total Enrolled L1-L2 41 55 66
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 310 279 285
Total Total 780 699 753

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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 154 152 146
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 50 59 61
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 12 9
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 150 132 146
Female Total 361 355 362
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 117 116 83
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 108 108 72
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 5 10
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 203 196 172
Male Total 433 425 337
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 27 24 18
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 29 30 15
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 5 7
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 79 84 61
Māori Total 141 143 101
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 0 8
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 8 6
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 17 14
Pacific Total 27 26 30
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 25 26 13
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 11 12
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 29 23 29
Asian Total 66 61 54
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 5 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 2 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 12 x
MELAA Total x 20 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 x
Other Total x 5 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 240 236 213
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 131 145 111
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 8 12 14
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 285 260 265
European/Pākehā Total 664 653 603
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 271 268 229
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 158 167 133
Total Enrolled L1-L2 12 17 19
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 353 328 318
Total Total 794 780 699

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.