Auckland- Maungakiekie-Tamaki

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 86 87 63
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 68 62 60
Female Enrolled L1-L2 11 14 14
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 151 167 134
Female Total 316 330 271
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 48 52 51
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 67 85 102
Male Enrolled L1-L2 8 13 7
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 169 207 202
Male Total 292 357 362
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 8 9
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 28 39 35
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 9 5 9
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 82 110 104
Māori Total 133 162 157
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 60 54 31
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 68 80 91
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 5 12 10
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 198 226 202
Pacific Total 331 372 334
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 47 40 52
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 26 30 33
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 3 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 30 42 59
Asian Total 106 115 144
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 7 2
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 1 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 3 3
MELAA Total 16 12 9
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 1 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 1 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 3 4
Other Total 7 6 10
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 28 43 28
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 35 31 44
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 7 11 5
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 71 69 57
European/Pākehā Total 141 154 134
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 134 139 114
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 135 147 162
Total Enrolled L1-L2 19 27 21
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 320 374 336
Total Total 608 687 633

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 79 83 87
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 46 54
Female Enrolled L1-L2 5 2 4
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 143 185 185
Female Total 263 316 330
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 53 44 48
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 45 56 71
Male Enrolled L1-L2 7 5 5
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 159 187 233
Male Total 264 292 357
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 12 8
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 24 19 33
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 4
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 83 99 117
Māori Total 122 133 162
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 57 48
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 43 54 70
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 6
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 181 219 248
Pacific Total 268 331 372
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 66 49 48
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 15 17 20
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 39 47
Asian Total 120 106 115
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 4 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 6 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 6 4
MELAA Total 9 16 12
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 0 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 7 4
Other Total 13 7 6
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 24 40
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 29 31
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 4 3
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 53 84 80
European/Pākehā Total 106 141 154
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 132 127 135
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 81 102 125
Total Enrolled L1-L2 12 7 9
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 302 372 418
Total Total 527 608 687

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.