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.

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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 8 9 9
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 8 7
Female Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 17 12
Female Total 24 34 29
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 13 9
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 11 13
Male Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 27 13
Male Total 35 51 35
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 3 2
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 5 2
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 9 5
Māori Total 13 17 9
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 x
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 7 x
Pacific Total x 7 x
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Asian Total x x 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 14 21 17
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 16 18
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 37 20
European/Pākehā Total 51 74 56
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 22 18
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 19 20
Total Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 30 44 25
Total Total 59 85 64

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 19 9 12
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 7 5
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 0
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 7 17
Female Total 35 24 34
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 8 13
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 10 13
Male Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 17 24
Male Total 42 35 51
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 1 3
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 3 5
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 8 9
Māori Total 12 13 17
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x 0
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x 0
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 x 7
Pacific Total 8 x 7
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Asian Total x x 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 27 15 24
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 15 17
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 21 32
European/Pākehā Total 65 51 74
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 17 25
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 17 18
Total Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 33 24 41
Total Total 77 59 85

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.