Auckland- Upper Harbour

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 388 366 388
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 85 86
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 255 240 255
Female Total 740 695 732
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 310 283 319
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 115 120 132
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 6 6
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 281 262 257
Male Total 708 671 714
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 38 30 39
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 24 35
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 6 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 66 46 55
Māori Total 129 106 132
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 11 14
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 17 14
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 35 26 30
Pacific Total 67 55 60
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 267 272 277
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 31 33
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 137 126 177
Asian Total 426 430 489
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 22 30
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 8 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 19 20
MELAA Total 62 49 57
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 10 12
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 4 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 16 11
Other Total 37 30 26
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 420 361 415
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 166 156 159
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 5 7
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 353 343 301
European/Pākehā Total 941 865 882
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 698 649 707
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 211 205 218
Total Enrolled L1-L2 3 10 9
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 536 502 512
Total Total 1,448 1,366 1,446

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 386 411 391
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 58 56 59
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 5
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 230 271 240
Female Total 677 740 695
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 328 323 288
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 111 102 94
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 262 281 288
Male Total 704 708 671
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 39 35 33
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 19 16
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 45 73 54
Māori Total 106 129 106
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 17 12
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 9 11
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 37 41 31
Pacific Total 64 67 55
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 232 264 259
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 17 25
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 112 145 146
Asian Total 361 426 430
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 31 24
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 5 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 21 26 20
MELAA Total 61 62 49
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 19 13
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 5 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 13 14
Other Total 13 37 30
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 508 456 399
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 144 123 116
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 352 360 347
European/Pākehā Total 1,007 941 865
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 714 734 679
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 169 158 153
Total Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 6
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 492 552 528
Total Total 1,381 1,448 1,366

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.