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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 88 63 67
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 61 62 69
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 14 10
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 167 132 161
Female Total 329 271 307
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 51 51 61
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 85 101 109
Male Enrolled L1-L2 13 7 14
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 207 202 196
Male Total 356 361 380
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 9 16
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 34 34
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 5 9 10
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 110 104 97
Māori Total 161 156 157
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 54 31 41
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 80 91 84
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 12 10 11
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 226 201 201
Pacific Total 372 333 337
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 40 52 50
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 35 50
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 3 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 42 58 58
Asian Total 115 145 160
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 2 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 3 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 1 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 3 7
MELAA Total 12 9 15
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 4 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 2 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 4 3
Other Total 6 10 7
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 43 28 41
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 30 44 48
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 10 5 8
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 69 57 88
European/Pākehā Total 152 134 185
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 139 114 128
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 146 163 178
Total Enrolled L1-L2 26 21 24
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 374 334 357
Total Total 685 632 687

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.
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 83 87 67
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 46 54 52
Female Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 6
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 184 184 146
Female Total 315 329 271
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 48 56
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 71 69
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 5 8
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 188 232 228
Male Total 293 356 361
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 8 10
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 19 33 32
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 7
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 99 116 107
Māori Total 133 161 156
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 57 48 26
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 54 70 61
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 6 9
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 219 248 237
Pacific Total 331 372 333
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 49 48 61
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 20 33
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 47 50
Asian Total 106 115 145
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 5 2
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 3 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 6 4 5
MELAA Total 16 12 9
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 2 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 4 4
Other Total 7 6 10
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 24 40 34
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 29 31 30
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 3 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 84 78 69
European/Pākehā Total 141 152 134
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 127 135 123
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 102 125 121
Total Enrolled L1-L2 7 9 14
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 372 416 374
Total Total 608 685 632

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.