Whangarei District

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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 153 167 176
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 120 144 110
Female Enrolled L1-L2 51 61 49
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 225 211 212
Female Total 549 583 547
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 115 76 71
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 198 190 179
Male Enrolled L1-L2 55 67 48
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 245 242 239
Male Total 613 575 537
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 43 49 48
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 102 128 118
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 56 91 66
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 238 233 226
Māori Total 439 501 458
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 9 4 9
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 18 11
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 7 5
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 18 20 21
Pacific Total 41 49 46
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 30 12 21
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 9 4
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 13 9
Asian Total 50 34 35
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 6 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 8 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 2 x
MELAA Total 10 16 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 2 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 3 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 5 x
Other Total 9 10 x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 204 191 181
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 228 217 200
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 52 52 43
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 257 243 252
NZ European/Pākehā Total 741 703 676
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 268 243 247
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 318 334 289
Total Enrolled L1-L2 106 128 97
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 470 453 451
Total Total 1,162 1,158 1,084

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 (2015-2017 cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2015 2016 2017
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 160 174 172
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 107 114 102
Female Enrolled L1-L2 26 20 25
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 244 241 284
Female Total 537 549 583
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 87 129 88
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 167 189 165
Male Enrolled L1-L2 37 30 21
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 251 265 301
Male Total 542 613 575
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 49 54
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 97 101 108
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 49 38 31
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 228 251 308
Māori Total 418 439 501
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 12 8
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 5 14
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 24 20 24
Pacific Total 39 41 49
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 20 30 17
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 10 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 10 11
Asian Total 30 50 34
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 4 6
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 1 5
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 5 5
MELAA Total 8 10 16
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 2 2
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 4 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 3 5
Other Total 10 9 10
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 186 231 197
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 184 210 175
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 18 19 18
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 278 281 313
NZ European/Pākehā Total 666 741 703
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 247 303 260
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 274 303 267
Total Enrolled L1-L2 63 50 46
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 495 506 585
Total Total 1,079 1,162 1,158

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.