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.

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
Asian Total 212 215 243
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 307 267 299
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 66 77
Female Enrolled L1-L2 4 8 9
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 149 169 182
Female Total 515 510 567
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 267 271 271
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 92 65 97
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 5
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 142 148 176
Male Total 505 488 549
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 52 53 60
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 32 40 35
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 6 8
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 68 74 76
Māori Total 156 173 179
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 127 96 122
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 49 61
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 7
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 99 110 122
Pacific Total 276 257 312
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 130 141 149
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 14 24
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 2 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 60 58 68
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 12 14
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 5 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 10 11
MELAA Total 25 28 30
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 5 7
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 0 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 5 3
Other Total 8 10 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 322 308 323
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 70 89
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 6 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 113 131 163
European/Pākehā Total 515 515 576
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 574 538 570
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 147 131 174
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 12 14
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 291 317 358
Total Total 1,020 998 1,116

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 330 282 267
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 37 47 52
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 2 5
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 170 184 186
Female Total 544 515 510
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 273 256 261
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 74 75 54
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 0
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 154 171 173
Male Total 503 505 488
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 55 51 46
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 19 29
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 87 85 96
Māori Total 169 156 173
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 107 103 85
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 36 35
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 122 134 136
Pacific Total 280 276 257
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 143 131 140
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 13 9
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 60 67 65
Asian Total 209 212 215
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 19 11
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 1 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 5 13
MELAA Total 19 25 28
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 1 7
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 2 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 0 5 3
Other Total 8 8 10
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 354 305 308
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 71 61
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 118 137 144
European/Pākehā Total 531 515 515
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 603 538 528
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 111 122 106
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 5 5
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 324 355 359
Total Total 1,047 1,020 998

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.