Auckland- Otara-Papatoetoe

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
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 128 107 94
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 80 100 144
Female Enrolled L1-L2 10 18 18
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 265 261 241
Female Total 483 486 497
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 109 116 105
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 148 146 178
Male Enrolled L1-L2 18 17 10
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 430 371 362
Male Total 705 650 655
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 17 16
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 42 46
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 16 10 8
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 156 153 148
Māori Total 230 222 218
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 107 99 93
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 135 148 189
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 18 24 19
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 526 475 431
Pacific Total 786 746 732
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 121 116 95
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 67 75 100
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 5 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 82 82 85
Asian Total 272 278 284
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 4
MELAA Total x x 15
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 9 9
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 18 25
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 58 39 49
European/Pākehā Total 97 70 84
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 237 223 199
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 228 246 322
Total Enrolled L1-L2 28 35 28
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 695 632 603
Total Total 1,188 1,136 1,152

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 128 109 110
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 77 78
Female Enrolled L1-L2 8 8 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 256 289 292
Female Total 467 483 486
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 105 96 99
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 109 118 92
Male Enrolled L1-L2 10 4 11
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 383 487 448
Male Total 607 705 650
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 13 14
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 36 36
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 7 4 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 136 177 170
Māori Total 187 230 222
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 110 74 76
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 119 126 105
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 9 7 13
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 487 579 552
Pacific Total 725 786 746
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 116 124 124
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 51 55 44
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 4
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 74 92 106
Asian Total 242 272 278
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
Other Total x x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 11 9
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 22 13
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 51 60 47
European/Pākehā Total 70 97 70
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 233 205 209
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 184 195 170
Total Enrolled L1-L2 18 12 17
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 639 776 740
Total Total 1,074 1,188 1,136

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.