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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 91 72 93
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 30 50
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 90 86 102
Female Total 221 190 252
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 65 71 86
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 59 54
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 3 9
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 147 129 127
Male Total 274 262 276
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 16 15
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 15 23
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 61 54 40
Māori Total 101 86 84
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 8 8
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 11 15
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 61 39 34
Pacific Total 81 60 60
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 38 45 61
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 16 25
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 37 55
Asian Total 90 98 143
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 x x
MELAA Total 25 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 x x
Other Total 0 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 111 90 125
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 67 58 66
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 11
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 135 134 139
European/Pākehā Total 318 285 341
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 156 143 179
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 93 89 104
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 5 16
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 237 215 229
Total Total 495 452 528

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 83 87 88
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 36 29
Female Enrolled L1-L2 4 0 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 74 98 72
Female Total 175 221 190
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 60 72 78
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 58 48 53
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 137 151 128
Male Total 257 274 262
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 13 16
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 18 20
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 57 70 49
Māori Total 83 101 86
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 9 6
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 14 13
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 58 40
Pacific Total 52 81 60
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 40 48
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 11 16
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 45 38 34
Asian Total 93 90 98
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 6 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 7 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 12 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 96 113 110
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 58 53
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 123 145 119
European/Pākehā Total 278 318 285
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 143 159 166
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 72 84 82
Total Enrolled L1-L2 6 3 4
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 211 249 200
Total Total 432 495 452

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.