Christchurch City

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 1,050 1,001 1,076
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 426 457 422
Female Enrolled L1-L2 86 56 68
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 809 808 792
Female Total 2,371 2,322 2,358
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 832 881 809
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 646 629 649
Male Enrolled L1-L2 98 103 76
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 969 1,006 980
Male Total 2,545 2,619 2,514
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 135 131 145
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 183 193 165
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 65 56 43
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 340 347 402
Māori Total 723 727 755
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 45 49
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 80 86 90
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 15 14 13
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 141 140 168
Pacific Total 280 285 320
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 292 293 278
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 88 79 100
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 8 9 5
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 155 152 200
Asian Total 543 533 583
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 31 41
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 29 16
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 31 35 34
MELAA Total 83 96 91
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 5 5
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 1 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 6 6
Other Total 13 13 14
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,492 1,517 1,515
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 814 830 829
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 118 105 99
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,269 1,336 1,207
European/Pākehā Total 3,693 3,788 3,650
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,882 1,882 1,885
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,072 1,086 1,071
Total Enrolled L1-L2 184 159 144
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,778 1,814 1,772
Total Total 4,916 4,941 4,872

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 1,062 1,131 1,091
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 346 331 357
Female Enrolled L1-L2 21 28 22
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 790 881 852
Female Total 2,219 2,371 2,322
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 855 837 920
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 481 559 527
Male Enrolled L1-L2 53 26 45
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,062 1,123 1,127
Male Total 2,451 2,545 2,619
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 119 138 137
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 128 152 147
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 30 16 28
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 372 417 415
Māori Total 649 723 727
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 39 52 50
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 48 51 49
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 3 9
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 160 174 177
Pacific Total 253 280 285
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 261 307 311
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 89 83 62
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 150 151 159
Asian Total 502 543 533
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 50 38 41
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 15 18
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 36 29 36
MELAA Total 102 83 96
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 5 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 0 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 8 8
Other Total 14 13 13
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,548 1,551 1,618
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 631 686 704
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 45 37 39
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,324 1,419 1,427
European/Pākehā Total 3,548 3,693 3,788
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,917 1,968 2,011
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 827 890 884
Total Enrolled L1-L2 74 54 67
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,852 2,004 1,979
Total Total 4,670 4,916 4,941

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.