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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 75 91 72
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 38 32
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 2 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 75 90 88
Female Total 175 221 195
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 64 65 71
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 55 59
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 7 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 132 147 129
Male Total 257 274 262
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 19 16
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 17 16
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 49 61 55
Māori Total 83 101 88
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 11 8
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 8 11
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 61 40
Pacific Total 52 81 61
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 38 45
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 11 16
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 5 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 43 40 37
Asian Total 93 90 98
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 5 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 12 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 8 x
MELAA Total x 25 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 x
Other Total x 0 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 94 111 90
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 67 60
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 4
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 121 135 134
European/Pākehā Total 278 318 288
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 139 156 143
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 93 91
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 9 6
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 207 237 217
Total Total 432 495 457

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
Total Enrolled L1-L2 5 6 3
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 83 87
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 14 37
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 81 74 97
Female Total 182 175 221
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 58 60 72
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 58 49
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 117 137 150
Male Total 236 257 274
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 14 13
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 11 18
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 41 57 70
Māori Total 65 83 101
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 5 9
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 3 15
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 44 57
Pacific Total 66 52 81
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 43 32 40
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 13 11
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 28 45 38
Asian Total 88 93 90
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 6
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 8
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 11
MELAA Total x x 25
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 81 96 113
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 56 58
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 121 123 145
European/Pākehā Total 264 278 318
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 128 143 159
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 72 86
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 198 211 247
Total Total 418 432 495

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.