Selwyn District

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.

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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 122 118 128
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 107 81 70
Female Enrolled L1-L2 10 4 10
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 128 112 135
Female Total 367 315 343
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 86 105 101
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 98 117 122
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 8 10
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 164 155 185
Male Total 355 385 418
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 13 12
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 28 26
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 40 47
Māori Total 94 84 90
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 3 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 4 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 10 17
Pacific Total 22 17 26
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 26 38
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 10 21
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 24 24
Asian Total 50 61 85
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 x 7
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x 6
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 x 5
MELAA Total 9 x 18
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 x 3
Other Total 5 x 10
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 175 199 188
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 170 178 165
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 14 9 17
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 257 225 274
European/Pākehā Total 616 611 644
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 208 223 229
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 205 198 192
Total Enrolled L1-L2 17 12 20
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 292 267 320
Total Total 722 700 761

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 128 136 135
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 76 52
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 7 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 137 148 126
Female Total 331 367 315
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 82 87 105
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 104 96 97
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 3 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 174 169 179
Male Total 366 355 385
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 16 15
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 16 17
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 58 52
Māori Total 78 94 84
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 5 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 4 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 12 10
Pacific Total 16 22 17
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 31 27
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 5 10
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 14 22
Asian Total 25 50 61
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 3 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 x
MELAA Total x 9 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 x
Other Total x 5 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 189 183 214
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 154 152 133
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 9 4
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 294 272 260
European/Pākehā Total 644 616 611
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 210 223 240
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 169 172 149
Total Enrolled L1-L2 7 10 6
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 311 317 305
Total Total 697 722 700

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.