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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 198 179 195
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 106 100 76
Female Enrolled L1-L2 20 21 23
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 234 204 179
Female Total 558 504 473
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 127 133 150
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 148 174 152
Male Enrolled L1-L2 34 32 28
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 260 261 231
Male Total 569 600 561
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 62 53 65
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 85 104 68
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 38 33 38
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 239 221 190
Māori Total 424 411 361
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 12 20
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 30 27
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 11 6 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 74 80 44
Pacific Total 124 128 95
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 34 36
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 11 9
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 5 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 27 20 24
Asian Total 69 70 69
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 4
MELAA Total x x 13
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 5
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 5
Other Total x x 12
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 264 253 260
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 168 178 157
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 21 24 17
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 242 243 217
European/Pākehā Total 695 698 651
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 325 312 345
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 254 274 228
Total Enrolled L1-L2 54 53 51
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 494 465 410
Total Total 1,127 1,104 1,034

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 227 220 203
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 60 78 81
Female Enrolled L1-L2 16 15 17
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 230 245 203
Female Total 533 558 504
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 159 139 131
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 130 136 124
Male Enrolled L1-L2 13 15 21
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 279 279 324
Male Total 581 569 600
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 52 64 55
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 76 77
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 12 24 24
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 270 260 255
Māori Total 399 424 411
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 11 10
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 25 22
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 72 84 93
Pacific Total 105 124 128
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 40 34
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 6 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 5
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 21 24
Asian Total 55 69 70
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 x x
MELAA Total 17 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 x x
Other Total 7 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 331 294 274
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 132 139 139
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 15 7 13
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 255 255 272
European/Pākehā Total 733 695 698
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 386 359 334
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 190 214 205
Total Enrolled L1-L2 29 30 38
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 509 524 527
Total Total 1,114 1,127 1,104

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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