Ashburton District

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.

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Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year 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 35 35 49
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 39 48
Female Enrolled L1-L2 14 4 8
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 64 62 66
Female Total 152 140 171
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 28 20
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 58 68 59
Male Enrolled L1-L2 15 9 9
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 79 96 92
Male Total 178 201 180
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 2 8
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 10 16
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 28 26 32
Māori Total 45 40 62
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 7 x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 8 x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 5 2 x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 22 x
Pacific Total 34 39 x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 12 11
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 19 14
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 17 24
Asian Total 40 49 49
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 2 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 3 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 3 x
MELAA Total 5 8 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 0
Other Total 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 49 44 53
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 74 75 86
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 22 10 13
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 108 119 109
European/Pākehā Total 253 248 261
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 61 63 69
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 97 107 107
Total Enrolled L1-L2 29 13 17
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 143 158 158
Total Total 330 341 351

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 (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2020 2021 2022
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 34 38
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 35 39 36
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 7 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 72 63
Female Total 116 152 140
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 26 31
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 66 59 64
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 9
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 58 89 97
Male Total 157 178 201
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 3 2
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 9 9
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 31 29 26
Māori Total 53 45 40
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 4 7
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 12 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 17 27
Pacific Total 31 34 39
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 13 11
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 10 18
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 16 19
Asian Total x 40 49
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 2
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 5
MELAA Total x 5 8
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 0
Other Total 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 49 43 51
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 76 76
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 8 10
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 66 126 111
European/Pākehā Total 196 253 248
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 66 60 69
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 101 98 100
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 11 12
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 97 161 160
Total Total 273 330 341

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.