Auckland- Albert-Eden

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 671 710 794
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 102 121 103
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 8 4
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 273 275 270
Female Total 1,048 1,114 1,171
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 487 465 496
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 135 195 153
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 10 10
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 272 246 283
Male Total 900 916 942
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 86 109 90
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 40 47 33
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 7 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 112 92 99
Māori Total 240 255 226
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 101 103 130
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 70 84 76
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 6 6 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 139 128 118
Pacific Total 316 321 330
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 419 416 472
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 61 75 53
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 5 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 129 158 207
Asian Total 609 654 735
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 29 27
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 14 15
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 20 11
MELAA Total 55 63 53
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 20 22
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 3 5
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 6 9
Other Total 25 29 36
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 668 705 752
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 113 160 138
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 1 8 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 256 245 236
European/Pākehā Total 1,038 1,118 1,131
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,158 1,175 1,290
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 237 316 256
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 18 14
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 545 521 553
Total Total 1,948 2,030 2,113

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 781 694 752
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 76 82
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 5 5
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 274 273 275
Female Total 1,114 1,048 1,114
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 468 481 507
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 160 118 137
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 8
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 271 298 264
Male Total 901 900 916
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 89 96 114
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 32 37 40
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 92 105 98
Māori Total 216 240 255
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 127 98 124
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 65 62
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 6 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 145 147 132
Pacific Total 318 316 321
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 422 414 443
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 32 38
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 143 163 170
Asian Total 598 609 654
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 34 38
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 4 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 17 19
MELAA Total 58 55 63
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 11 18
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 4 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 10 7
Other Total 24 25 29
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 716 684 748
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 128 98 117
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 236 253 248
European/Pākehā Total 1,084 1,038 1,118
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,249 1,175 1,259
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 216 194 219
Total Enrolled L1-L2 5 8 13
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 545 571 539
Total Total 2,015 1,948 2,030

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.