Central Otago 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 36 40 38
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 28 21
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 36 48 35
Female Total 100 117 96
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 19 18
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 47 38
Male Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 48 35 50
Male Total 134 102 108
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 10 10
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 16 12
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 17 13
Māori Total 40 43 38
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 x 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 x 6
Pacific Total 6 x 8
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 2 2
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 0 1
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 6 8
Asian Total 10 9 11
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 46 48 50
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 78 62 48
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 58 62 64
European/Pākehā Total 182 173 164
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 57 59 56
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 92 75 59
Total Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 4
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 84 83 85
Total Total 234 219 204

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
Māori Total 46 40 43
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 52 32 36
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 21 25
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 36 46 55
Female Total 112 100 117
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 22 19
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 45 60 43
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 51 39
Male Total 104 134 102
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 8 9
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 11 14
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 21 19
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 0 x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 2 x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 3 x
Pacific Total 6 6 x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 4
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 4 0
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 5
Asian Total x 10 9
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 0 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
Other Total 0 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 62 43 42
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 64 57
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 57 74 73
European/Pākehā Total 179 182 173
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 54 55
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 69 81 68
Total Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 2
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 75 97 94
Total Total 216 234 219

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.