Auckland- Mangere-Otahuhu

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 211 189 211
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 122 127 143
Female Enrolled L1-L2 22 18 19
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 275 276 315
Female Total 630 610 688
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 158 143 147
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 79 99
Male Enrolled L1-L2 8 18 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 319 295 310
Male Total 562 535 571
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 33 32 29
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 31 27 46
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 7 8 12
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 110 91 102
Māori Total 181 158 189
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 150 127 132
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 144 147 157
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 22 30 23
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 435 400 425
Pacific Total 751 704 737
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 64 80 78
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 26 33 46
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 63 65 88
Asian Total 154 180 214
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 5 6
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 3 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 5 6
MELAA Total 6 13 17
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 3 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 2 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 5 5
Other Total 8 10 9
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 157 119 154
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 19 22
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 2
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 58 65 97
European/Pākehā Total 233 205 275
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 369 332 358
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 199 206 242
Total Enrolled L1-L2 30 36 34
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 594 571 625
Total Total 1,192 1,145 1,259

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 202 181 181
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 68 115 107
Female Enrolled L1-L2 7 7 10
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 300 327 312
Female Total 577 630 610
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 143 150 147
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 52 64 65
Male Enrolled L1-L2 9 4 9
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 301 344 314
Male Total 505 562 535
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 29 32
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 26 19
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 2 6
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 83 124 101
Māori Total 125 181 158
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 122 125 115
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 99 126 127
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 10 10 16
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 456 490 446
Pacific Total 687 751 704
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 89 60 82
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 13 28 26
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 66 66 72
Asian Total 170 154 180
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 1 7
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 1 2
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 4 4
MELAA Total 12 6 13
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 3 1
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 0 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 5 7
Other Total 8 8 10
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 132 150 120
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 15 14
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 52 68 70
European/Pākehā Total 194 233 205
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 345 331 328
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 120 179 172
Total Enrolled L1-L2 16 11 19
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 601 671 626
Total Total 1,082 1,192 1,145

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.