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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 94 88 93
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 63 75
Female Enrolled L1-L2 11 12 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 128 119 112
Female Total 296 282 291
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 53 59 53
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 126 105 112
Male Enrolled L1-L2 13 14 16
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 162 179 208
Male Total 354 357 389
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 27 14
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 42 34 43
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 13 14
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 103 108 98
Māori Total 172 182 169
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 18 21
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 36 43
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 9 8
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 63 70 75
Pacific Total 115 133 147
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 20 26
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 17 22
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 13 20
Asian Total 53 51 68
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 7
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 2
MELAA Total x x 9
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 4
Other Total x x 6
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 96 100 98
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 128 108 115
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 15 13 13
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 173 167 213
European/Pākehā Total 412 388 439
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 147 147 146
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 189 168 187
Total Enrolled L1-L2 24 26 27
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 290 298 320
Total Total 650 639 680

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 93 94 98
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 64 58 51
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 8 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 161 136 130
Female Total 321 296 282
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 54 52 70
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 131 117 80
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 7 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 202 178 200
Male Total 392 354 357
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 16 27
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 41 25
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 7 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 113 108 126
Māori Total 175 172 182
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 17 19
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 25 23
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 84 69 88
Pacific Total 129 115 133
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 30 29
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 10 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 13 16
Asian Total 55 53 51
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 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 97 97 113
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 148 126 97
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 10 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 206 179 173
European/Pākehā Total 457 412 388
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 147 146 168
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 195 175 131
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 15 10
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 363 314 330
Total Total 713 650 639

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.