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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 46 41
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 23 29
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 29 34 43
Female Total 86 106 114
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 23 19
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 35 46 36
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 35 39 54
Male Total 99 109 111
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 4 8
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 9 7
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 12 23
Māori Total 24 28 39
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Pacific Total x x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 3
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 0
Asian Total x 5 5
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
MELAA Total x x 0
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
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 56 63 50
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 44 61 60
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 1 3
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 54 62 77
NZ European/Pākehā Total 159 187 190
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 59 69 60
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 54 69 65
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 4 3
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 64 73 97
Total Total 185 215 225

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 (2015-2017 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 47 33 51
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 26 19
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 30 27 36
Female Total 88 86 106
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 23 22
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 32 48
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 0 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 41 44 39
Male Total 119 99 109
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 3 4
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 10 8
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 11 16
Māori Total 27 24 28
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
Pacific Total 0 x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x 3
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 x 0
Asian Total 5 x 5
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
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 72 54 66
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 45 48 58
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 0 0
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 65 57 63
NZ European/Pākehā Total 189 159 187
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 78 56 73
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 58 67
Total Enrolled L1-L2 7 0 0
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 71 71 75
Total Total 207 185 215

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.