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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 141 127 122
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 112 104 87
Female Enrolled L1-L2 6 9 25
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 120 143 128
Female Total 379 383 362
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 85 99
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 177 138 131
Male Enrolled L1-L2 15 9 13
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 174 168 155
Male Total 436 400 398
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 45 29
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 56 65
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 8 19
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 97 94 90
Māori Total 213 203 203
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 10 16
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 9 18
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 27 20
Pacific Total 42 47 55
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 24 29 30
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 10 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 7 13
Asian Total 37 46 51
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 174 163 185
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 237 198 166
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 17 12 27
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 221 237 207
European/Pākehā Total 649 610 585
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 211 212 221
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 289 242 218
Total Enrolled L1-L2 21 18 38
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 294 311 283
Total Total 815 783 760

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
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 135 137 127
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 81 73
Female Enrolled L1-L2 8 10 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 153 151 177
Female Total 371 379 383
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 74 67 91
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 148 147 114
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 9 6
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 141 213 189
Male Total 366 436 400
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 29 42
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 59 46
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 7 12 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 94 113 110
Māori Total 200 213 203
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 8 10
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 10 7
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 22 29
Pacific Total 41 42 47
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 24 27
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 7
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 11 11
Asian Total 27 37 46
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 179 165 173
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 183 201 154
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 9 7
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 216 274 276
European/Pākehā Total 582 649 610
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 209 204 218
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 223 228 187
Total Enrolled L1-L2 11 19 12
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 294 364 366
Total Total 737 815 783

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.