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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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 100 86 86
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 74 91
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 20 16
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 105 123 101
Female Total 289 303 294
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 60 64 46
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 139 103
Male Enrolled L1-L2 23 20 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 152 151 163
Male Total 331 374 327
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 24 15
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 37 43
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 24 14
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 63 92 72
Māori Total 114 177 144
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 13 18
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 26 28
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 8 6 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 43 46 40
Pacific Total 101 91 89
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 23 24 21
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 12 14
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 14 15
Asian Total 45 50 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
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 111 102 86
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 113 159 130
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 14 14 19
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 158 154 162
NZ European/Pākehā Total 396 429 397
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 160 150 132
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 171 213 194
Total Enrolled L1-L2 32 40 31
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 257 274 264
Total Total 620 677 621

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 (2015-2017 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 114 101 96
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 49 50 68
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 3 4
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 110 135 135
Female Total 282 289 303
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 62 61 62
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 92 129
Male Enrolled L1-L2 10 15 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 182 163 179
Male Total 350 331 374
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 14 25
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 22 38
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 6 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 80 72 110
Māori Total 121 114 177
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 16 13
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 21 23
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 65 61 53
Pacific Total 102 101 91
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 25 25
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 7 12
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 12 13
Asian Total 43 45 50
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
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 127 113 110
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 96 142
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 10 10 4
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 154 177 173
NZ European/Pākehā Total 387 396 429
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 176 162 158
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 145 142 197
Total Enrolled L1-L2 19 18 8
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 292 298 314
Total Total 632 620 677

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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