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 (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 146 134 150
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 130 158 130
Female Enrolled L1-L2 38 60 88
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 272 220 239
Female Total 586 572 607
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 101 110 106
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 170 161 171
Male Enrolled L1-L2 36 88 66
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 252 252 279
Male Total 559 611 622
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 52 52
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 109 131 117
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 52 101 103
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 288 274 254
Māori Total 486 558 526
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 11 16
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 17 19 19
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 11 8
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 37 40 43
Pacific Total 65 81 86
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 27 32 34
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 10 14 6
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 15 21
Asian Total 49 62 61
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 3 5
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 3 6
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 5 4
MELAA Total 9 11 15
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 3 5
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 1 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 6 6
Other Total 11 11 15
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 201 199 203
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 238 232 246
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 39 76 94
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 322 297 342
European/Pākehā Total 800 804 885
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 247 244 256
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 300 319 301
Total Enrolled L1-L2 74 148 154
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 524 472 518
Total Total 1,145 1,183 1,229

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 166 165 167
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 119 111 104
Female Enrolled L1-L2 23 22 40
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 318 288 261
Female Total 626 586 572
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 104 106 107
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 191 159 143
Male Enrolled L1-L2 23 22 33
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 310 272 328
Male Total 628 559 611
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 47 44 52
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 125 98 107
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 35 26 52
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 327 318 347
Māori Total 534 486 558
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 9 11
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 12 16
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 3 4 3
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 38 40 51
Pacific Total 61 65 81
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 27 32 38
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 4 9
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 13 13 13
Asian Total 52 49 62
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 4
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 3 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 3
MELAA Total x 9 11
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 3 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 5
Other Total x 11 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 232 217 220
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 234 216 188
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 22 25 35
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 384 342 361
European/Pākehā Total 872 800 804
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 270 271 274
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 310 270 247
Total Enrolled L1-L2 46 44 73
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 628 560 589
Total Total 1,254 1,145 1,183

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.