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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 211 228 245
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 117 154 137
Female Enrolled L1-L2 21 18 23
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 294 248 265
Female Total 643 648 670
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 199 195 194
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 150 154 158
Male Enrolled L1-L2 22 34 31
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 355 328 392
Male Total 726 711 775
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 41 50
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 93 69
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 21 26 23
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 207 172 192
Māori Total 313 332 334
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 77 83 94
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 78 91 94
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 14 22 20
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 232 198 218
Pacific Total 401 394 426
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 158 161 154
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 61 69
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 5 4 7
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 74 77 114
Asian Total 283 303 344
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 22 17
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 17 7
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 20 18
MELAA Total x 59 43
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 3 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 4 2
Other Total x 7 7
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 193 180 203
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 131 136 136
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 22 21 27
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 298 248 282
European/Pākehā Total 644 585 648
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 410 423 439
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 267 308 295
Total Enrolled L1-L2 43 52 54
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 649 576 657
Total Total 1,369 1,359 1,445

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 228 225 244
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 95 98 124
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 19 12
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 317 301 268
Female Total 653 643 648
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 163 205 199
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 152 143 123
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 10 13
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 352 368 376
Male Total 674 726 711
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 35 32 45
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 61 45 78
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 12 15 17
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 196 221 192
Māori Total 304 313 332
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 67 83 74
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 80 73
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 9 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 272 229 244
Pacific Total 401 401 394
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 151 167 180
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 36 49
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 77 78 73
Asian Total 264 283 303
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 27
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 11
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 20
MELAA Total x x 59
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 2
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 176 192 188
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 139 118 110
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 13 13
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 304 321 274
European/Pākehā Total 626 644 585
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 391 430 443
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 247 241 247
Total Enrolled L1-L2 20 29 25
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 669 669 644
Total Total 1,327 1,369 1,359

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.