Auckland- Henderson-Massey

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 235 210 227
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 139 116 156
Female Enrolled L1-L2 14 21 18
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 265 297 250
Female Total 653 644 651
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 167 200 195
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 188 151 154
Male Enrolled L1-L2 14 22 35
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 306 355 330
Male Total 675 728 714
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 29 41
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 82 56 93
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 14 21 26
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 165 208 175
Māori Total 305 314 335
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 80 77 83
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 78 93
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 11 14 22
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 223 233 200
Pacific Total 401 402 398
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 140 158 160
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 53 46 61
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 5 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 71 75 78
Asian Total 264 284 303
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 22
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 17
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 20
MELAA Total x x 59
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 4
Other Total x x 7
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 187 193 180
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 169 131 136
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 11 22 22
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 259 298 249
European/Pākehā Total 626 644 587
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 402 410 422
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 327 267 310
Total Enrolled L1-L2 28 43 53
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 571 652 580
Total Total 1,328 1,372 1,365

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
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 258 228 223
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 95 100
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 13 19
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 272 317 302
Female Total 626 653 644
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 196 163 207
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 184 153 143
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 7 10
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 292 352 368
Male Total 679 675 728
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 47 35 32
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 62 46
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 7 12 15
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 174 196 221
Māori Total 285 305 314
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 92 67 83
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 82 56 82
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 5 6 9
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 210 272 228
Pacific Total 389 401 402
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 154 151 167
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 36 38
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 64 77 77
Asian Total 257 264 284
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 217 176 192
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 140 139 118
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 9 7 13
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 279 304 321
European/Pākehā Total 645 626 644
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 454 391 430
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 271 248 243
Total Enrolled L1-L2 16 20 29
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 564 669 670
Total Total 1,305 1,328 1,372

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.