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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,153 1,053 1,109
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 419 474 428
Female Enrolled L1-L2 47 50 55
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 749 835 785
Female Total 2,368 2,412 2,377
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 898 844 797
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 703 691 674
Male Enrolled L1-L2 54 63 64
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 930 1,072 1,008
Male Total 2,585 2,670 2,543
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 169 175 172
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 199 194 191
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 41 39 59
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 403 435 459
Māori Total 812 843 881
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 58 72
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 73 74 66
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 13 11
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 151 201 166
Pacific Total 301 346 315
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 360 376 362
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 120 149 147
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 5
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 191 264 207
Asian Total 672 793 721
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 42 46
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 24 23
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 2
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 38 33
MELAA Total 73 106 104
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 7 8
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 3 10
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 10 11
Other Total 17 22 30
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,595 1,436 1,446
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 864 896 849
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 68 80 78
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,149 1,258 1,245
European/Pākehā Total 3,676 3,670 3,618
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,051 1,897 1,906
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,122 1,165 1,102
Total Enrolled L1-L2 101 113 119
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,679 1,907 1,793
Total Total 4,953 5,082 4,920

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 1,181 1,168 1,138
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 317 307 358
Female Enrolled L1-L2 17 25 29
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 778 868 887
Female Total 2,293 2,368 2,412
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 848 857 856
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 629 573 596
Male Enrolled L1-L2 25 23 27
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,047 1,132 1,191
Male Total 2,549 2,585 2,670
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 167 172 171
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 162 152 161
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 15 16 24
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 423 472 487
Māori Total 767 812 843
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 49 72 56
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 47 54
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 9
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 176 178 227
Pacific Total 288 301 346
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 319 366 410
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 98 107 108
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 6 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 156 193 272
Asian Total 575 672 793
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 52 32 46
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 11 16
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 28 30 44
MELAA Total 94 73 106
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 6 9
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 5 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 6 10
Other Total 21 17 22
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,616 1,559 1,488
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 746 668 749
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 28 30 35
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,282 1,419 1,398
European/Pākehā Total 3,672 3,676 3,670
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2,029 2,025 1,994
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 946 880 954
Total Enrolled L1-L2 42 48 56
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,825 2,000 2,078
Total Total 4,842 4,953 5,082

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.