Auckland- Whau

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 258 202 227
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 89 88 118
Female Enrolled L1-L2 9 5 11
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 219 223 210
Female Total 575 518 566
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 187 142 175
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 156 140 172
Male Enrolled L1-L2 20 16 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 268 320 279
Male Total 631 618 641
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 16 19 19
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 35 38 40
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 7 6 8
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 104 117 94
Māori Total 162 180 161
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 76 52 69
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 98 77 115
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 15 13 12
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 225 262 202
Pacific Total 414 404 398
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 187 161 169
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 59 37
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 77 75 92
Asian Total 308 295 299
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 x 24
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 x 22
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 x 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 17 x 17
MELAA Total 63 x 64
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 x 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x 7
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 x 3
Other Total 9 x 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 184 131 175
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 116 98 128
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 8 6 10
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 186 220 203
European/Pākehā Total 494 455 516
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 445 344 402
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 245 228 290
Total Enrolled L1-L2 29 21 26
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 487 543 489
Total Total 1,206 1,136 1,207

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 241 241 216
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 77 61
Female Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 4
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 192 255 237
Female Total 502 575 518
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 169 185 162
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 130 123 118
Male Enrolled L1-L2 6 11 8
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 268 312 330
Male Total 573 631 618
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 17 23
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 29 32 30
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 81 109 125
Māori Total 130 162 180
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 79 56 48
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 83 59
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 226 271 291
Pacific Total 373 414 404
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 165 185 177
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 32 36
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 72 87 82
Asian Total 276 308 295
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 30 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 10 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 23 x
MELAA Total 41 63 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 4 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 1 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 4 x
Other Total 8 9 x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 177 175 149
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 94 96
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 5 7
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 143 220 203
European/Pākehā Total 413 494 455
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 410 426 378
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 195 200 179
Total Enrolled L1-L2 10 13 12
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 460 567 567
Total Total 1,075 1,206 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.