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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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 365 367 371
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 132 141 115
Female Enrolled L1-L2 25 21 25
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 190 191 191
Female Total 712 720 702
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 292 293 260
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 225 224 212
Male Enrolled L1-L2 21 29 26
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 268 276 273
Male Total 806 822 771
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 84 77 71
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 44 76 63
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 11 15 17
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 84 83 82
Māori Total 223 251 233
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 37 40
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 17 14
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 7 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 27 42 30
Pacific Total 77 103 90
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 60 83 71
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 5 16
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 22 36
Asian Total 93 110 124
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 15 24
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 14 10
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 10 13
MELAA Total 43 40 47
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 8 5
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 4 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 7 8
Other Total 16 20 14
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 552 530 512
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 310 310 276
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 36 38 41
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 381 379 371
European/Pākehā Total 1,279 1,257 1,200
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 657 660 631
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 357 365 327
Total Enrolled L1-L2 46 50 51
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 458 467 464
Total Total 1,518 1,542 1,473

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 374 361 371
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 122 108 113
Female Enrolled L1-L2 8 5 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 209 238 229
Female Total 713 712 720
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 254 277 288
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 176 206 203
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 7 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 264 316 320
Male Total 701 806 822
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 60 71 76
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 43 43 65
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 83 104 104
Māori Total 190 223 251
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 23 37
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 15 15
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 38 50
Pacific Total 85 77 103
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 57 56 81
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 12 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 24 22
Asian Total 89 93 110
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 20 15
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 11 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 12 18
MELAA Total 29 43 40
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 9 9
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 2 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 5 8
Other Total 14 16 20
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 536 538 538
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 255 275 269
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 14 7 14
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 393 459 436
European/Pākehā Total 1,198 1,279 1,257
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 628 638 659
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 298 314 316
Total Enrolled L1-L2 15 12 18
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 473 554 549
Total Total 1,414 1,518 1,542

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.