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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 20 31 31
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 18 21
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 19 29
Female Total 67 69 83
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 18 7
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 44 26 31
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 36 47 45
Male Total 102 91 83
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 5 7
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 6 6
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 11 27
Māori Total 24 22 41
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 4 x x
Pacific Total 7 x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 4
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 2
Asian Total x 5 8
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x 0
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x 0
MELAA Total 0 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
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 44 31
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 53 42 48
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 50 59 55
European/Pākehā Total 140 146 135
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 49 38
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 66 44 52
Total Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 2
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 60 66 74
Total Total 169 160 166

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 30 24 35
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 15 10
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 30 27 23
Female Total 78 67 69
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 17 19
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 39 29
Male Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 32 44 43
Male Total 75 102 91
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 2 4
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 11 8
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 11 9
Māori Total 22 24 22
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 2 x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 x
Pacific Total x 7 x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x 3
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 x 1
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 x 1
Asian Total 8 x 5
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 x
MELAA Total 0 0 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
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 43 35 49
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 43 35
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 0 3 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 47 59 61
European/Pākehā Total 128 140 146
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 46 41 54
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 45 54 39
Total Enrolled L1-L2 0 3 1
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 62 71 66
Total Total 153 169 160

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.

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