Auckland- Otara-Papatoetoe

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 107 94 123
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 99 143 135
Female Enrolled L1-L2 18 18 15
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 261 239 260
Female Total 485 494 533
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 116 105 104
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 146 175 160
Male Enrolled L1-L2 17 10 26
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 371 366 347
Male Total 650 656 637
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 17 16 10
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 41 46 49
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 10 8 19
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 153 147 131
Māori Total 221 217 209
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 99 93 115
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 148 186 181
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 24 19 27
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 475 433 390
Pacific Total 746 731 713
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 116 95 106
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 99 96
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 5 4 5
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 82 87 139
Asian Total 278 285 346
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 5 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 5 1
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 7
MELAA Total x 14 12
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 0 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 0 4
Other Total x 0 9
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 9 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 25 15
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 0
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 39 48 42
European/Pākehā Total 69 83 68
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 223 199 227
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 245 318 295
Total Enrolled L1-L2 35 28 41
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 632 605 607
Total Total 1,135 1,150 1,170

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 109 110 107
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 77 77 116
Female Enrolled L1-L2 8 6 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 289 292 264
Female Total 483 485 494
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 96 98 112
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 119 92 123
Male Enrolled L1-L2 4 11 8
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 486 449 413
Male Total 705 650 656
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 13 14 14
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 36 35 42
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 4 2 3
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 177 170 158
Māori Total 230 221 217
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 74 75 87
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 127 105 149
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 7 13 8
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 578 553 487
Pacific Total 786 746 731
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 124 124 117
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 44 70
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 4 5
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 92 106 93
Asian Total 272 278 285
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 6
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x 1
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 7
MELAA Total x x 14
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x 0
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x 0
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x 0
Other Total x x 0
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 9 13
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 22 12 17
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 1 0
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 60 47 53
European/Pākehā Total 97 69 83
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 205 208 219
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 196 169 239
Total Enrolled L1-L2 12 17 15
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 775 741 677
Total Total 1,188 1,135 1,150

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.