Queenstown Lakes 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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 45 82 72
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 14 22
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 62 56 67
Female Total 127 154 161
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 56 61
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 59 39
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 1 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 65 61 74
Male Total 149 177 175
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 12 7
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 6 7
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 12 15
Māori Total 24 30 29
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 4 11 10
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 3 4
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 16 21
Asian Total 20 30 35
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 0
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 2 2
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 6 8
MELAA Total x 11 10
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 79 123 123
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 66 53
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 1
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 105 89 106
NZ European/Pākehā Total 239 281 283
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 85 138 133
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 73 61
Total Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 1
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 127 117 141
Total Total 276 331 336

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 64 53 87
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 24 17
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 53 50 50
Female Total 137 127 154
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 53 39 58
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 49 65
Male Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 45 61 52
Male Total 135 149 177
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 8 11
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 3 6
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 13 12
Māori Total 24 24 30
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 x x
Pacific Total 6 x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 6 13
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 6 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 8 10
Asian Total 17 20 30
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 2
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 5
MELAA Total x x 11
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 110 83 127
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 64 72
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 75 92 80
NZ European/Pākehā Total 232 239 281
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 117 92 145
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 73 82
Total Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 2
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 98 111 102
Total Total 272 276 331

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.