Southland 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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 46 31
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 40 40 29
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 43 54
Female Total 121 131 115
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 19 20
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 66 47 55
Male Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 66 55 88
Male Total 150 123 164
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 14 13
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 8 15
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 27 32 43
Māori Total 59 56 73
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 2 8 6
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 5 10
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 3 13
Asian Total 22 16 29
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 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 0
Other Total x 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 45 51 38
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 80 79 63
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 0
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 82 77 101
European/Pākehā Total 210 209 202
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 53 65 51
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 106 87 84
Total Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 2
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 108 98 142
Total Total 271 254 279

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
Total Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 2
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 51 32 50
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 28 28 28
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 50 60 52
Female Total 129 121 131
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 24 21 18
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 58 57 39
Male Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 82 71 65
Male Total 165 150 123
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 9 11
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 15 10
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 36 35 34
Māori Total 62 59 56
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 x x
Pacific Total 5 x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 4 9
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 10 4
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 8 3
Asian Total 25 22 16
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 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 57 44 55
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 63 58
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 103 101 95
European/Pākehā Total 224 210 209
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 75 53 68
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 86 85 67
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 132 131 117
Total Total 294 271 254

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.