Auckland- Kaipatiki

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 (2017-2019 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2017 2018 2019
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 96 82 64
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 52 36 36
Female Enrolled L1-L2 8 3 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 85 85 76
Female Total 241 206 183
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 71 74 54
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 63 44
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 9 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 112 122 128
Male Total 228 268 237
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 10 11
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 24 14
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 8 8 10
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 52 48 36
Māori Total 92 90 71
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 13 10
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 10 19
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 39 46
Pacific Total 69 65 78
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 49 42 42
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 18 8
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 28 28 29
Asian Total 92 90 81
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 12 7
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 6 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 11 9
MELAA Total x 29 17
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 0
Other Total x 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 99 98 77
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 73 61 54
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 9 7 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 114 136 134
European/Pākehā Total 295 302 273
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 167 156 118
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 93 99 80
Total Enrolled L1-L2 12 12 18
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 197 207 204
Total Total 469 474 420

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 (2016-2018 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 79 91 98
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 35 21
Female Enrolled L1-L2 6 3 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 94 112 84
Female Total 210 241 206
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 94 69 71
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 36 63
Male Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 129 122 132
Male Total 287 228 268
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 13 9
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 15 21
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 62 62 57
Māori Total 103 92 90
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 16 14
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 10 9
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 41 41 41
Pacific Total 60 69 65
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 54 46
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 11 14
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 27 30
Asian Total 84 92 90
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 14
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 11
MELAA Total x x 29
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 120 89 106
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 48 63
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 134 157 131
European/Pākehā Total 315 295 302
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 173 160 169
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 94 71 84
Total Enrolled L1-L2 7 4 5
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 223 234 216
Total Total 497 469 474

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.