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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 317 265 301
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 39 41
Female Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 74 84 81
Female Total 430 391 424
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 229 247 242
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 84 102 83
Male Enrolled L1-L2 2 3 6
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 99 130 118
Male Total 414 482 449
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 45 33 59
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 22 30
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 40 40 29
Māori Total 96 97 119
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 33 41
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 28 19
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 25 39 39
Pacific Total 81 102 100
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 92 99 101
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 20 13
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 26 15
Asian Total 128 145 130
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 18 22 23
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 10 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 9 13
MELAA Total 32 41 40
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 21 15 13
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 3 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 9 5
Other Total 28 28 20
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 411 378 397
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 86 86 91
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 103 131 138
European/Pākehā Total 601 597 631
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 546 512 543
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 122 141 124
Total Enrolled L1-L2 3 6 7
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 173 214 199
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.
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 304 307 274
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 24 37
Female Enrolled L1-L2 3 1 1
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 67 98 79
Female Total 396 430 391
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 260 223 252
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 72 104
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 2
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 110 116 124
Male Total 440 414 482
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 45 40 32
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 14 9 23
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 0 1
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 19 47 41
Māori Total 81 96 97
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 29 35
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 11 21
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 37 40 45
Pacific Total 90 81 102
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 115 89 100
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 8 20
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 23 31 25
Asian Total 150 128 145
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 21 25
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 3 8
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 8 8
MELAA Total 28 32 41
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 21 19
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 1 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 6 5
Other Total 28 28 28
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 403 400 382
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 63 75 96
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 111 123 118
European/Pākehā Total 582 601 597
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 564 530 526
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 87 96 141
Total Enrolled L1-L2 8 4 3
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 177 214 203
Total Total 836 844 873

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.