Auckland- Papakura

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 93 99 104
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 85 84 84
Female Enrolled L1-L2 24 23 15
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 115 123 126
Female Total 317 329 329
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 61 78 75
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 82 82
Male Enrolled L1-L2 37 24 26
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 152 156 162
Male Total 346 340 345
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 13 14
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 54 61 59
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 38 27 32
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 118 125 120
Māori Total 225 226 225
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 11 10
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 35 29 33
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 8 10 9
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 48 70 84
Pacific Total 102 120 136
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 58 49
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 16 28
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 20 24
Asian Total 76 96 101
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 11 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 5 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 4 x
MELAA Total 8 22 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 2 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 1 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 3 x
Other Total 6 6 x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 95 97 120
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 95 92 94
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 20 14 12
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 135 109 121
NZ European/Pākehā Total 345 312 347
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 154 177 179
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 181 166 166
Total Enrolled L1-L2 61 47 41
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 267 279 288
Total Total 663 669 674

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 105 106 111
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 53 60 62
Female Enrolled L1-L2 17 12 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 133 139 153
Female Total 308 317 329
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 80 67 76
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 93 76 86
Male Enrolled L1-L2 14 17 10
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 163 186 168
Male Total 350 346 340
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 18 15
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 41 53
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 16 18 8
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 127 148 150
Māori Total 212 225 226
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 9 10
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 20 27
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 12 2 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 59 71 80
Pacific Total 107 102 120
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 50 41 61
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 18 17
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 17 18
Asian Total 75 76 96
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 11
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 4 6
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 5
MELAA Total x 8 22
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 4
Other Total x 6 6
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 112 112 104
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 86 79 77
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 12 3
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 140 142 128
NZ European/Pākehā Total 345 345 312
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 185 173 187
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 146 136 148
Total Enrolled L1-L2 31 29 13
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 296 325 321
Total Total 658 663 669

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.