Christchurch 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 1,053 1,107 1,036
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 475 423 453
Female Enrolled L1-L2 48 52 70
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 834 774 792
Female Total 2,410 2,356 2,351
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 846 797 892
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 690 672 642
Male Enrolled L1-L2 63 64 104
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,073 994 1,160
Male Total 2,672 2,527 2,798
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 175 172 159
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 193 189 183
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 38 57 63
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 436 451 480
Māori Total 842 869 885
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 58 72 64
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 74 66 69
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 12 9 13
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 200 162 196
Pacific Total 344 309 342
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 377 362 420
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 149 148 135
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 11
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 265 206 285
Asian Total 795 721 851
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 46 55
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 23 19
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 4
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 38 32 55
MELAA Total 106 103 133
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 8 17
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 10 14
Other Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 3
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 12 20
Other Total 22 31 54
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,437 1,444 1,471
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 896 842 853
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 78 77 132
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,256 1,230 1,347
European/Pākehā Total 3,667 3,593 3,803
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,899 1,904 1,928
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,165 1,095 1,095
Total Enrolled L1-L2 111 116 174
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,907 1,768 1,952
Total Total 5,082 4,883 5,149

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 1,162 1,138 1,171
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 306 357 316
Female Enrolled L1-L2 25 28 29
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 866 887 840
Female Total 2,359 2,410 2,356
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 859 858 815
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 572 592 510
Male Enrolled L1-L2 23 27 27
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,134 1,195 1,175
Male Total 2,588 2,672 2,527
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 171 171 165
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 150 160 146
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 16 24 21
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 471 487 537
Māori Total 808 842 869
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 72 56 78
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 54 46
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 9 7
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 177 225 178
Pacific Total 300 344 309
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 366 411 385
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 107 107 104
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 6 3 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 193 274 232
Asian Total 672 795 721
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 46 51
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 16 16
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 30 44 36
MELAA Total 73 106 103
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 9 8
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 3 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 10 20
Other Total 17 22 31
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,555 1,489 1,504
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 667 745 648
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 30 34 42
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,419 1,399 1,399
European/Pākehā Total 3,671 3,667 3,593
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,021 1,996 1,986
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 878 949 826
Total Enrolled L1-L2 48 55 56
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,000 2,082 2,015
Total Total 4,947 5,082 4,883

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.