Invercargill 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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 127 122 113
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 104 87 89
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 24 16
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 141 121 144
Female Total 381 354 362
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 85 99 85
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 138 130 159
Male Enrolled L1-L2 9 12 40
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 169 155 178
Male Total 401 396 462
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 45 29 42
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 65 68
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 8 18 20
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 93 84 100
Māori Total 202 196 230
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 16 3
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 17 12
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 27 19 24
Pacific Total 47 53 42
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 30 29
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 7 11
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 12 19
Asian Total 46 50 63
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
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 163 185 156
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 198 166 190
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 12 26 44
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 237 206 230
European/Pākehā Total 610 583 620
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 212 221 198
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 242 217 248
Total Enrolled L1-L2 18 36 56
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 310 276 322
Total Total 782 750 824

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 137 127 130
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 81 73 63
Female Enrolled L1-L2 10 6 12
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 151 175 149
Female Total 379 381 354
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 67 91 93
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 146 114 103
Male Enrolled L1-L2 10 6 12
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 213 190 188
Male Total 436 401 396
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 42 30
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 46 51
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 12 5 7
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 113 109 108
Māori Total 213 202 196
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 10 17
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 7 9
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 29 25
Pacific Total 42 47 53
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 24 27 32
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 7 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 11 12
Asian Total 37 46 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
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 165 173 184
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 200 154 130
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 10 7 17
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 274 276 252
European/Pākehā Total 649 610 583
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 204 218 223
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 227 187 166
Total Enrolled L1-L2 20 12 24
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 364 365 337
Total Total 815 782 750

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.