Auckland- Orakei

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 265 301 298
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 39 41 50
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 84 81 83
Female Total 391 424 434
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 247 242 247
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 102 82 87
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 6 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 130 119 97
Male Total 482 449 438
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 59 41
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 30 22
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 29 19
Māori Total 97 119 85
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 41 28
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 28 19 24
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 39 26
Pacific Total 102 100 81
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 99 101 96
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 20 13 18
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 3
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 26 15 30
Asian Total 145 130 147
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 22 23 34
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 3 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 13 13
MELAA Total 41 40 53
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 13 6
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 2 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 5 2
Other Total 28 20 12
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 378 397 422
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 86 90 103
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 2 5 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 131 139 125
European/Pākehā Total 597 631 655
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 512 543 545
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 141 123 137
Total Enrolled L1-L2 6 7 10
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 214 200 180
Total Total 873 873 872

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 307 274 307
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 37 35
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 3
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 98 79 79
Female Total 430 391 424
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 223 252 239
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 72 104 71
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 2 5
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 116 124 134
Male Total 414 482 449
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 32 62
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 23 20
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 2
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 47 41 35
Māori Total 96 97 119
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 35 39
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 21 14
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 45 45
Pacific Total 81 102 100
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 89 100 98
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 20 10
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 31 25 22
Asian Total 128 145 130
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 25 26
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 8 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 8 8 8
MELAA Total 32 41 40
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 19 12
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 4 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 5 5
Other Total 28 28 20
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 400 382 404
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 96 78
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 4
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 123 118 145
European/Pākehā Total 601 597 631
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 530 526 546
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 141 106
Total Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 8
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 214 203 213
Total Total 844 873 873

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.