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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 111 117 94
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 84 55 61
Female Enrolled L1-L2 6 12 16
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 97 122 115
Female Total 298 306 286
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 73 55 59
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 103 118
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 12 19
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 117 151 136
Male Total 293 321 332
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 21 14
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 25 21 20
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 6 11
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 45 55 53
Māori Total 91 103 98
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 4 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 3 6
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 17 9
Pacific Total 23 24 19
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 13 15
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 3 12
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 7 8
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 160 141 127
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 146 139 150
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 8 20 28
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 165 211 198
European/Pākehā Total 479 511 503
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 184 172 153
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 180 158 179
Total Enrolled L1-L2 13 24 35
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 214 273 251
Total Total 591 627 618

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 121 115 122
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 60 60 43
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 5 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 105 118 138
Female Total 288 298 306
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 73 54
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 119 86 98
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 5 10
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 137 129 159
Male Total 329 293 321
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 14 18
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 18 20
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 3 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 56 63
Māori Total 77 91 103
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 4 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 5 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 14 18
Pacific Total 18 23 24
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 12 13
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 6 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 10 8
Asian Total 24 28 23
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 168 160 145
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 155 126 123
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 6 11
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 197 187 232
European/Pākehā Total 524 479 511
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 191 188 176
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 179 146 141
Total Enrolled L1-L2 5 10 13
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 242 247 297
Total Total 617 591 627

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.