Auckland- Howick

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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 754 768 716
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 192 185 203
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 6 8
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 258 267 264
Female Total 1,213 1,226 1,191
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 641 629 653
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 279 369 332
Male Enrolled L1-L2 27 15 16
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 349 394 431
Male Total 1,296 1,407 1,432
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 54 55 65
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 61 62 59
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 7
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 95 114 96
Māori Total 216 235 227
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 73 70 69
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 49 74 73
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 8 6 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 83 105 106
Pacific Total 213 255 253
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 654 651 664
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 93 118 130
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 5 2 5
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 140 133 160
Asian Total 892 904 959
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 57 50 62
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 33 37
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 28 29 47
MELAA Total 116 114 147
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 11 5
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 1 5
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 10 7
Other Total 20 22 17
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 619 632 598
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 280 331 300
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 15 11 6
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 322 365 364
NZ European/Pākehā Total 1,236 1,339 1,268
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,395 1,397 1,369
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 471 554 535
Total Enrolled L1-L2 36 21 24
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 607 661 695
Total Total 2,509 2,633 2,623

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 (2015-2017 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 731 782 788
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 125 109 127
Female Enrolled L1-L2 6 5 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 299 317 308
Female Total 1,161 1,213 1,226
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 680 658 655
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 245 241 312
Male Enrolled L1-L2 17 10 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 376 387 439
Male Total 1,318 1,296 1,407
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 51 56
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 37 46 44
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 5 4 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 84 115 133
Māori Total 168 216 235
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 76 77 74
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 43 31 60
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 108 102 119
Pacific Total 231 213 255
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 642 672 669
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 72 68 77
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 146 149 158
Asian Total 862 892 904
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 57 63 57
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 19 22
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 26 33 35
MELAA Total 97 116 114
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 5 11
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 2 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 13 8
Other Total 26 20 22
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 652 637 650
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 243 227 275
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 13 6 2
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 380 366 412
NZ European/Pākehā Total 1,288 1,236 1,339
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1,411 1,440 1,443
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 370 350 439
Total Enrolled L1-L2 23 15 4
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 675 704 747
Total Total 2,479 2,509 2,633

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.