Auckland- Hibiscus and Bays

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 Total 87 111 117
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 209 197 185
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 76 62 68
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 6 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 120 151 145
Female Total 406 416 405
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 146 136 158
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 148 116 106
Male Enrolled L1-L2 9 7 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 198 209 201
Male Total 501 468 468
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 28 17 30
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 33 20 18
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 41 50 61
Māori Total 105 90 110
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 13 7
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 6 10
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 9 21
Pacific Total 29 28 38
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 54 64 63
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 13 14
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 34 40
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 10 7
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 10 6
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 13 18
MELAA Total 29 33 32
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 3 7
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 2 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 2 6
Other Total 5 7 17
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 291 264 277
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 201 151 154
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 10 13 10
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 274 308 275
European/Pākehā Total 776 736 716
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 355 333 343
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 224 178 174
Total Enrolled L1-L2 10 13 10
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 318 360 346
Total Total 907 884 873

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 213 216 207
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 53 60
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 4
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 157 133 145
Female Total 419 406 416
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 156 144 149
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 131 146 123
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 6 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 147 205 193
Male Total 441 501 468
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 24 28 22
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 26 25
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 56 50 42
Māori Total 97 105 90
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 7 13
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 6 6
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 16 9
Pacific Total x 29 28
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 57 55 60
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 12 11
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 19 40
Asian Total 74 87 111
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 10 10
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 5 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 14 18
MELAA Total 28 29 33
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 2 2
Other Total x 5 7
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 298 296 292
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 164 178 162
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 9 7
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 259 293 275
European/Pākehā Total 728 776 736
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 369 360 356
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 178 199 183
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 10 7
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 304 338 338
Total Total 860 907 884

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.