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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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 157 149 147
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 76 103 67
Female Enrolled L1-L2 10 2 8
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 160 148 154
Female Total 403 402 376
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 93 90 85
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 106 104 112
Male Enrolled L1-L2 11 11 9
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 161 155 159
Male Total 371 360 365
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 12 21
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 44 28
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 8 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 70 74 71
Māori Total 147 138 126
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 7 2
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 7 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 11 13
Pacific Total 14 26 17
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 16 21
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 1 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 9 10
Asian Total 22 27 34
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 x
MELAA Total x 7 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 227 220 202
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 160 178 157
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 14 5 11
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 275 248 252
European/Pākehā Total 676 651 622
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 250 239 232
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 182 207 179
Total Enrolled L1-L2 21 13 17
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 321 303 313
Total Total 774 762 741

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 (2016-2018 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 179 158 190
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 54 66 71
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 4 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 149 175 140
Female Total 391 403 402
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 99 88 89
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 131 117 105
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 3 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 163 163 162
Male Total 399 371 360
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 22 31 19
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 45 38 25
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 8 2 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 92 76 91
Māori Total 167 147 138
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 3 7
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 3 1
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 8 17
Pacific Total 16 14 26
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 11 18
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 3 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 8 7
Asian Total 28 22 27
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 3
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 4
MELAA Total x x 7
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 246 224 255
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 152 166 159
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 11 5 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 236 281 234
European/Pākehā Total 645 676 651
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 278 246 279
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 185 183 176
Total Enrolled L1-L2 15 7 5
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 312 338 302
Total Total 790 774 762

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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