Auckland- Mangere-Otahuhu

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 Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 2
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 239 210 189
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 122 127
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 22 19
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 254 275 279
Female Total 577 629 614
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 160 159 143
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 77 81
Male Enrolled L1-L2 12 8 18
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 270 319 294
Male Total 505 563 536
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 23 33 32
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 31 27
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 8 7 9
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 80 110 92
Māori Total 125 181 160
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 162 150 127
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 102 144 149
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 15 22 31
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 408 435 402
Pacific Total 687 751 709
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 99 64 80
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 26 33
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 49 63 65
Asian Total 170 154 180
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 1 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 1 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 3 5
MELAA Total 12 6 13
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 3 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 1 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 4 5
Other Total 8 8 10
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 140 157 119
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 17 20
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 45 58 64
European/Pākehā Total 194 233 205
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 399 369 332
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 138 199 208
Total Enrolled L1-L2 21 30 37
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 524 594 573
Total Total 1,082 1,192 1,150

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 195 202 180
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 89 68 116
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 7 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 274 300 326
Female Total 561 577 629
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 135 143 151
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 81 52 65
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 9 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 292 301 343
Male Total 515 505 563
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 20 29
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 12 26
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 5 10 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 94 83 124
Māori Total 133 125 181
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 129 122 125
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 118 99 127
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 8 10 10
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 408 456 489
Pacific Total 663 687 751
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 89 60
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 13 28
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 57 66 66
Asian Total 146 170 154
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 10 1
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 0 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 2 4
MELAA Total 19 12 6
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 4 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 4 5
Other Total 7 8 8
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 131 132 150
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 9 16
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 53 52 67
European/Pākehā Total 207 194 233
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 330 345 331
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 170 120 181
Total Enrolled L1-L2 10 16 11
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 566 601 669
Total Total 1,076 1,082 1,192

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.