Auckland- Whau

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 201 227 228
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 88 116 109
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 10 9
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 223 208 179
Female Total 517 561 525
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 143 175 187
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 140 172 132
Male Enrolled L1-L2 16 15 24
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 320 278 271
Male Total 619 640 614
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 19 26
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 40 33
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 11
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 117 92 74
Māori Total 180 158 144
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 52 69 72
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 115 85
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 13 10 15
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 262 201 216
Pacific Total 404 395 388
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 161 169 171
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 37 57
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 75 91 85
Asian Total 295 298 317
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 24 19
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 22 11
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 3
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 17 20
MELAA Total x 64 53
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 1 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 7 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 1
Other Total x 11 5
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 131 175 189
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 98 126 98
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 11 11
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 220 201 164
European/Pākehā Total 455 513 462
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 344 402 415
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 228 288 241
Total Enrolled L1-L2 21 25 33
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 543 486 450
Total Total 1,136 1,201 1,139

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 242 215 243
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 60 83
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 5
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 255 238 230
Female Total 576 517 561
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 184 163 191
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 123 117 116
Male Enrolled L1-L2 11 8 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 312 331 322
Male Total 630 619 640
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 23 22
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 32 30 30
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 109 125 101
Māori Total 162 180 158
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 56 48 67
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 83 57 82
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 6 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 271 293 241
Pacific Total 414 404 395
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 185 177 170
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 32 36 28
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 4 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 87 82 98
Asian Total 308 295 298
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 30 x 31
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 x 15
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 x 17
MELAA Total 63 x 64
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 x 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 x 3
Other Total 9 x 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 175 149 203
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 94 95 82
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 7 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 220 204 223
European/Pākehā Total 494 455 513
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 426 378 434
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 200 177 199
Total Enrolled L1-L2 13 12 16
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 567 569 552
Total Total 1,206 1,136 1,201

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.