Auckland- Hibiscus and Bays

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 198 185 221
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 61 67 56
Female Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 151 145 175
Female Total 416 404 463
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 136 158 162
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 116 106 109
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 3 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 209 199 208
Male Total 468 466 483
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 30 22
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 18 19
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 50 61 56
Māori Total 89 110 101
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 7 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 10 6
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 20 24
Pacific Total 28 37 36
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 65 63 94
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 13 16
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 34 39 55
Asian Total 112 115 168
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 7 16
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 6 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 18 16
MELAA Total 33 32 40
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 7 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 4 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 6 6
Other Total 7 17 13
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 264 277 294
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 150 153 143
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 13 10 11
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 308 274 303
European/Pākehā Total 735 714 751
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 334 343 383
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 177 173 165
Total Enrolled L1-L2 13 10 15
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 360 344 383
Total Total 884 870 946

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 216 208 209
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 52 59 46
Female Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 4
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 134 145 145
Female Total 406 416 404
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 144 149 175
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 145 122 104
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 3 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 205 194 187
Male Total 500 468 466
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 28 22 31
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 26 23 21
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 50 43 58
Māori Total 105 89 110
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 13 14
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 6 6
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 9 17
Pacific Total 29 28 37
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 55 61 72
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 11 8
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 40 35
Asian Total 87 112 115
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 10 9
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 5 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 18 16
MELAA Total 29 33 32
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 3 6
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 2 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 2 7
Other Total 5 7 17
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 296 292 308
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 176 160 130
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 9 7 4
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 294 276 272
European/Pākehā Total 775 735 714
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 360 357 384
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 197 181 150
Total Enrolled L1-L2 10 7 4
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 339 339 332
Total Total 906 884 870

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.