Timaru 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.

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 117 94 114
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 60 69
Female Enrolled L1-L2 12 12 15
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 122 112 113
Female Total 306 278 311
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 55 59 64
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 103 119 101
Male Enrolled L1-L2 12 17 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 150 134 154
Male Total 320 329 330
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 14 12
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 20 26
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 9
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 54 49 48
Māori Total 102 90 95
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 2 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 6 5
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 9 16
Pacific Total 24 19 27
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 15 17
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 12 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 8 9
Asian Total 23 35 32
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 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 141 127 149
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 139 150 145
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 20 26 17
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 211 194 212
European/Pākehā Total 511 497 523
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 172 153 178
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 158 179 170
Total Enrolled L1-L2 24 29 26
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 272 246 267
Total Total 626 607 641

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 115 122 98
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 60 43 51
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 118 138 128
Female Total 298 306 278
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 73 54 63
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 86 98 103
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 10 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 128 158 159
Male Total 292 320 329
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 18 12
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 20 26
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 56 62 50
Māori Total 91 102 90
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 4 3
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 2 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 18 11
Pacific Total 23 24 19
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 13 19
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 2 9
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 8 7
Asian Total 28 23 35
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 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 160 145 129
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 126 123 126
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 11 4
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 186 232 238
European/Pākehā Total 478 511 497
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 188 176 161
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 146 141 154
Total Enrolled L1-L2 10 13 5
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 246 296 287
Total Total 590 626 607

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.