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 (2016-2018 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2016 2017 2018
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 129 91 80
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 65 77 77
Female Enrolled L1-L2 25 19 16
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 105 110 149
Female Total 324 297 322
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 70 64 49
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 97 94 93
Male Enrolled L1-L2 33 31 29
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 144 143 157
Male Total 344 332 328
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 29 31 20
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 59 61 72
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 39 27 31
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 100 94 128
Māori Total 227 213 251
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 1 5 6
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 6 14 2
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 4 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 7 15
Pacific Total 21 30 27
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 15 14 13
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 6 0
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 6 8
Asian Total 21 26 23
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 x x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 0 x x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 x x
MELAA Total 8 x x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 x x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 x x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 x x
Other Total 7 x x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 164 125 102
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 122 122 120
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 28 28 22
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 168 177 203
NZ European/Pākehā Total 482 452 447
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 199 155 129
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 162 171 170
Total Enrolled L1-L2 58 50 45
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 249 253 306
Total Total 668 629 650

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 114 125 105
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 64 54 45
Female Enrolled L1-L2 4 15 14
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 135 130 133
Female Total 317 324 297
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 86 78 67
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 76 95 85
Male Enrolled L1-L2 15 24 17
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 168 147 163
Male Total 345 344 332
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 37 29 27
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 54 47 40
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 12 22 17
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 128 129 129
Māori Total 231 227 213
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 5 1 5
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 1 7 9
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 11 10 12
Pacific Total 18 21 30
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 14 16
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 4 5
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 3 5
Asian Total 20 21 26
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 x
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 x
MELAA Total x 8 x
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 x
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 0 x
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 x
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 4 x
Other Total x 7 x
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 168 168 142
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 103 112 95
NZ European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 10 22 15
NZ European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 184 180 200
NZ European/Pākehā Total 465 482 452
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 200 203 172
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 140 149 130
Total Enrolled L1-L2 19 39 31
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 303 277 296
Total Total 662 668 629

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.