Auckland- Waiheke

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 15 12 10
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 1 5
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 19 16
Female Total 30 32 31
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 9 6
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 13 6
Male Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 12 18
Male Total 37 34 31
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 1 2
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 5 4
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 8 8
Māori Total 12 14 15
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Pacific Total x x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 1 x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 2 x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 2 x
Asian Total 5 5 x
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 0 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 0
Other Total 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 20 16
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 13 10
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 29 24 30
European/Pākehā Total 58 57 57
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 21 16
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 14 11
Total Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 1
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 34 31 34
Total Total 67 66 62

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 11 16 19
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 7 4
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 7 9
Female Total 30 30 32
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 9 11
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 6 12
Male Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 22 11
Male Total 41 37 34
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 1 2
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 4 6
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 7 6
Māori Total 13 12 14
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Pacific Total x x x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 4 1
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 4
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 1 0
Asian Total x 5 5
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 0 0 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 0 0
Other Total 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 23 29
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 11 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 34 24 17
European/Pākehā Total 63 58 57
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 22 25 30
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 13 16
Total Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 36 29 20
Total Total 71 67 66

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.