Auckland Region

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 4,993 4,430 4,418
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,373 1,483 1,723
Female Enrolled L1-L2 135 170 210
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3,200 3,627 3,334
Female Total 9,701 9,710 9,685
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3,762 3,602 3,616
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2,256 2,119 2,326
Male Enrolled L1-L2 172 182 228
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4,078 4,464 4,284
Male Total 10,268 10,367 10,454
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 584 551 653
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 631 632 700
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 135 121 187
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,722 1,977 1,709
Māori Total 3,072 3,281 3,249
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,112 955 917
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 957 1,032 1,256
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 106 137 184
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,797 2,919 2,710
Pacific Total 4,972 5,043 5,067
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3,087 2,999 2,956
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 554 697 828
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 31 40 42
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,053 1,244 1,336
Asian Total 4,725 4,980 5,162
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 318 274 283
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 121 150 157
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 9 8 10
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 181 213 243
MELAA Total 629 645 693
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 62 77 94
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 25 39
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 51 69 71
Other Total 134 173 204
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4,620 4,135 4,206
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,972 1,752 1,881
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 119 133 147
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,979 3,376 3,197
European/Pākehā Total 9,690 9,396 9,431
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8,755 8,032 8,034
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3,629 3,602 4,049
Total Enrolled L1-L2 307 352 438
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7,278 8,091 7,618
Total Total 19,969 20,077 20,139

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 4,909 4,815 4,535
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,013 1,080 1,222
Female Enrolled L1-L2 80 80 100
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3,178 3,726 3,853
Female Total 9,180 9,701 9,710
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3,834 3,579 3,653
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2,077 2,004 1,881
Male Enrolled L1-L2 100 99 99
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3,805 4,586 4,734
Male Total 9,816 10,268 10,367
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 587 549 555
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 536 537 591
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 70 75 69
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,568 1,911 2,066
Māori Total 2,761 3,072 3,281
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 998 927 863
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 821 796 858
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 54 49 81
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,672 3,200 3,241
Pacific Total 4,545 4,972 5,043
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3,035 3,020 3,058
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 465 425 501
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 10 19 24
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1,027 1,261 1,397
Asian Total 4,537 4,725 4,980
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 316 325 295
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 99 84 112
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 2
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 166 217 236
MELAA Total 586 629 645
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 103 66 83
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 42 18 21
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 49 48 69
Other Total 195 134 173
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4,684 4,469 4,286
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1,685 1,771 1,628
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 82 79 74
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2,808 3,371 3,408
European/Pākehā Total 9,259 9,690 9,396
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8,743 8,394 8,188
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3,090 3,084 3,103
Total Enrolled L1-L2 180 179 199
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6,983 8,312 8,587
Total Total 18,996 19,969 20,077

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.