Auckland- Devonport-Takapuna

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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 459 429 490
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 79 64
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 5 5
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 199 153 170
Female Total 726 666 729
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 394 418 457
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 128 107 111
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 5 4
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 202 225 276
Male Total 729 755 848
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 42 54 53
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 23 23 31
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 38 44 72
Māori Total 104 123 157
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 23 20 45
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 25 13
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 33 40 53
Pacific Total 72 88 112
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 316 284 316
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 34 30
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 6 2 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 82 91 95
Asian Total 424 411 443
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 35 33 35
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 10 11
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 19 19
MELAA Total 61 63 66
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 22 16
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 2 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 6 10
Other Total 15 30 29
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 498 533 606
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 152 125 126
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 6 6
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 302 246 310
European/Pākehā Total 954 910 1,048
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 853 847 947
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 191 186 175
Total Enrolled L1-L2 10 10 9
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 401 378 446
Total Total 1,455 1,421 1,577

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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 527 490 455
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 47 45 45
Female Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 2
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 159 187 164
Female Total 739 726 666
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 387 389 425
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 155 128 99
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 5 1
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 229 207 230
Male Total 778 729 755
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 55 47 53
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 20 11
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 54 36 58
Māori Total 132 104 123
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 25 27
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 12 16
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 47 34 44
Pacific Total 85 72 88
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 315 307 296
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 15 18
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 5 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 88 97 96
Asian Total 420 424 411
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 40 34
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 6 8
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 14 14 21
MELAA Total 58 61 63
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 8 22
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 1 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 6 7
Other Total 6 15 30
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 560 529 550
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 169 147 108
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 3 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 260 275 250
European/Pākehā Total 996 954 910
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 914 879 880
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 202 173 144
Total Enrolled L1-L2 13 9 3
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 388 394 394
Total Total 1,517 1,455 1,421

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.