Auckland- Waitemata

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
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 1
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 268 299 363
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 77 81
Female Enrolled L1-L2 8 9 9
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 168 182 169
Female Total 509 567 622
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 270 271 246
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 96 92
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 6 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 148 174 161
Male Total 487 547 506
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 53 60 75
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 34 44
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 8 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 73 76 72
Māori Total 171 178 197
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 96 122 143
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 49 61 60
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 7 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 109 121 106
Pacific Total 256 311 314
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 141 149 168
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 24 31
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 58 68 101
Asian Total 215 243 301
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 14 15
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 5 6
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 11 7
MELAA Total 28 30 28
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 7 8
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 1 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 3 6
Other Total 10 11 15
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 308 323 309
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 69 88 73
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 2 7
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 131 162 121
European/Pākehā Total 514 575 510
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 538 570 609
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 130 173 173
Total Enrolled L1-L2 12 15 16
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 316 356 330
Total Total 996 1,114 1,128

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 282 268 297
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 51 69
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 5 5
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 185 185 196
Female Total 516 509 567
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 256 260 271
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 54 86
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 171 173 186
Male Total 504 487 547
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 51 46 61
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 28 28
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 85 95 87
Māori Total 156 171 178
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 103 85 106
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 35 54
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 134 135 146
Pacific Total 276 256 311
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 131 140 147
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 9 16
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 67 65 79
Asian Total 212 215 243
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 11 14
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 4 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 13 12
MELAA Total 25 28 30
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 7 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 0 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 3 6
Other Total 8 10 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 305 308 338
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 71 60 92
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 138 144 143
European/Pākehā Total 515 514 575
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 538 528 568
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 122 105 155
Total Enrolled L1-L2 4 5 9
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 356 358 382
Total Total 1,020 996 1,114

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.