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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 367 371 407
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 141 114 131
Female Enrolled L1-L2 21 24 23
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 189 189 209
Female Total 718 698 770
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 293 260 285
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 224 209 229
Male Enrolled L1-L2 29 26 35
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 278 273 260
Male Total 824 768 809
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 77 71 103
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 76 62 76
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 15 17 16
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 82 82 86
Māori Total 250 232 281
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 40 36
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 14 17
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 6 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 30 31
Pacific Total 103 90 89
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 83 71 88
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 15 25
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 36 36
Asian Total 111 123 150
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 24 20
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 9 10
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 13 14
MELAA Total 40 46 46
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 5 12
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 1 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 7 5
Other Total 20 13 18
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 530 512 555
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 310 274 299
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 38 40 48
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 378 369 381
European/Pākehā Total 1,256 1,195 1,283
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 660 631 692
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 365 323 360
Total Enrolled L1-L2 50 50 58
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 467 462 469
Total Total 1,542 1,466 1,579

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 361 371 375
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 108 113 95
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 7 9
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 238 227 219
Female Total 712 718 698
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 277 288 251
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 206 204 175
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 11 8
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 316 321 334
Male Total 806 824 768
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 71 76 71
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 43 65 48
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 5 6 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 104 103 108
Māori Total 223 250 232
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 23 37 39
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 15 15
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 38 50 33
Pacific Total 77 103 90
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 56 81 74
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 8 13
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 22 34
Asian Total 93 111 123
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 15 21
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 7 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 18 18
MELAA Total 43 40 46
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 9 5
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 3 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 8 6
Other Total 16 20 13
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 538 538 510
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 275 269 226
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 14 14
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 459 435 445
European/Pākehā Total 1,279 1,256 1,195
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 638 659 626
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 314 317 270
Total Enrolled L1-L2 12 18 17
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 554 548 553
Total Total 1,518 1,542 1,466

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.