Whanganui 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.

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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 91 88 74
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 38 46
Female Enrolled L1-L2 10 13 26
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 154 147 156
Female Total 320 286 302
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 58 49
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 99 76 79
Male Enrolled L1-L2 13 14 17
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 153 156 138
Male Total 294 304 283
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 24 31 19
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 41 45
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 12 17 28
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 141 156 136
Māori Total 233 245 228
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 4 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 5 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 16 22 17
Pacific Total 26 32 28
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 14 12
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 3 0
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 10 14
Asian Total 20 27 27
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x x x
MELAA Total x x x
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 96 117 100
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 127 87 93
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 15 17 22
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 196 206 205
European/Pākehā Total 434 427 420
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 120 146 123
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 164 114 125
Total Enrolled L1-L2 23 27 43
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 307 303 294
Total Total 614 590 585

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 (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2020 2021 2022
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 98 93 93
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 55 35
Female Enrolled L1-L2 6 11 7
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 151 161 151
Female Total 310 320 286
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 52 32 59
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 90 80 79
Male Enrolled L1-L2 3 5 3
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 135 177 163
Male Total 280 294 304
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 24 27 35
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 56 34 36
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 5 14 7
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 144 158 167
Māori Total 229 233 245
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 8 3 6
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 5 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 5 18 22
Pacific Total 18 26 32
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 19 12 14
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 5 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 9 3 10
Asian Total 32 20 27
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 2 x x
MELAA Total 5 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 0 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 x x
Other Total 5 x x
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 123 97 124
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 103 113 88
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 4 6 6
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 179 218 209
European/Pākehā Total 409 434 427
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 150 125 152
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 145 135 114
Total Enrolled L1-L2 9 16 10
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 286 338 314
Total Total 590 614 590

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.