Auckland- Upper Harbour

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 399 388 367
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 96 85
Female Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 187 254 242
Female Total 677 739 697
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 352 310 283
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 115 116 120
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 6
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 233 281 264
Male Total 704 709 673
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 38 30
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 24 24
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 5
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 43 66 47
Māori Total 106 129 106
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 28 17 11
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 14 17
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 35 26
Pacific Total 64 67 55
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 257 267 272
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 22 31
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 83 137 127
Asian Total 361 426 431
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 34 29 22
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 12 8
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 20 19
MELAA Total 61 62 49
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 16 10
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 4 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 17 16
Other Total 13 37 30
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 514 420 362
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 169 167 156
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 2 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 317 352 345
European/Pākehā Total 1,007 941 868
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 751 698 650
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 202 212 205
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 3 9
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 420 535 506
Total Total 1,381 1,448 1,370

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 413 386 411
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 57 58 57
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 187 230 269
Female Total 660 677 739
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 325 328 323
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 139 111 102
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 3 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 217 262 282
Male Total 688 704 709
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 36 39 35
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 27 18 19
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 44 45 73
Māori Total 108 106 129
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 21 17
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 6 9
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 37 41
Pacific Total 50 64 67
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 224 232 264
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 17 17
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 81 112 145
Asian Total 326 361 426
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 32 31
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 16 8 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 20 21 26
MELAA Total 70 61 62
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 7 19
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 2 5
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 4 13
Other Total 25 13 37
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 542 508 456
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 154 144 124
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 8 3 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 291 352 359
European/Pākehā Total 995 1,007 941
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 738 714 734
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 196 169 159
Total Enrolled L1-L2 10 6 4
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 404 492 551
Total Total 1,348 1,381 1,448

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.