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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2022	2023	2024
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	42	34	43
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	18	22	15
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	4	3	3
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	36	38	39
Female	Total	100	97	100
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	19	27	36
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	26	34	22
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	0	1
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	58	50	55
Male	Total	105	111	114
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	5	8
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	8	6
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	3	0	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	15	18	23
Māori	Total	29	31	38
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
Pacific	Total	x	x	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	8	12
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	4	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	10	3	9
Asian	Total	20	15	25
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	2	5
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	6	5	5
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	1
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	8	6
MELAA	Total	19	15	17
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
Other	Total	x	x	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	53	55	68
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	36	48	31
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	6	3	4
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	76	73	78
European/Pākehā	Total	171	179	181
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	61	61	79
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	44	56	37
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	6	3	4
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	94	88	94
Total	Total	205	208	214

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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2021	2022	2023
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	32	45	42
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	13	18	14
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	46	36	40
Female	Total	91	100	97
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	19	22	26
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	26	33	34
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	0
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	41	49	51
Male	Total	87	105	111
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	7	6
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	8	9
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	0
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	20	13	16
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	11	7	10
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	6	2
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	7	3
Asian	Total	18	20	15
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	5	3
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	5	5
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	7	9	7
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	40	58	59
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	35	42	40
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	1
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	73	69	79
European/Pākehā	Total	149	171	179
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	51	67	68
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	39	51	48
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	1
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	87	85	91
Total	Total	178	205	208

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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