Whangaparaoa College

Progression to Tertiary

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 by regional council and territorial local authority through the Know Your Region pages.

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	31	41	34
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	21	18	22
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	0	4	3
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	39	36	38
Female	Total	91	99	97
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	14	19	27
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	26	26	34
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	0
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	46	58	51
Male	Total	87	105	112
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	6	5
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	9	5	8
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	1	3	0
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	16	15	18
Māori	Total	29	29	31
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	6	x	x
Pacific	Total	7	x	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	6	8
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	3	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	5	10	3
Asian	Total	18	19	15
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	5	2
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	6	5
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	8	8
MELAA	Total	10	19	15
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	x	x
Other	Total	0	x	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	35	53	55
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	42	36	48
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	1	6	3
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	71	76	74
European/Pākehā	Total	149	171	180
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	45	60	61
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	47	44	56
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	1	6	3
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	85	94	89
Total	Total	178	204	209

Notes:

‘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.
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.
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	33	32	44
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	14	13	18
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	42	46	36
Female	Total	89	91	99
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	24	19	22
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	35	26	33
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	1
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	32	41	49
Male	Total	92	87	105
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	4	7
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	10	5	8
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	20	20	13
Māori	Total	35	29	29
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	1	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	6	x
Pacific	Total	x	7	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	11	6
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	5	6
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	2	7
Asian	Total	x	18	19
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	2	5
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	4	1	5
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	7	7	9
MELAA	Total	13	10	19
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	0	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	0	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	0	x
Other	Total	0	0	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	49	40	58
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	42	35	42
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	58	73	69
European/Pākehā	Total	149	149	171
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	57	51	66
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	49	39	51
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	2
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	74	87	85
Total	Total	181	178	204

Notes:

‘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.
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.
International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

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