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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 172 146 134
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 146 132 159
Female Enrolled L1-L2 56 37 62
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 251 272 223
Female Total 625 587 578
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 108 101 110
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 205 172 161
Male Enrolled L1-L2 47 36 89
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 270 252 253
Male Total 630 561 613
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 48 37 52
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 139 111 131
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 77 51 104
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 271 288 278
Māori Total 535 487 565
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 7 11
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 21 18 20
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 4 4 14
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 29 37 40
Pacific Total 61 66 85
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 26 27 32
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 10 14
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 2 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 12 15
Asian Total 52 49 62
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 3 3
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 1 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 x 2 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 3 5
MELAA Total x 9 11
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above x 2 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 x 4 1
Other Enrolled L1-L2 x 0 1
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary x 5 6
Other Total x 11 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 241 201 199
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 269 240 234
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 51 39 77
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 312 322 298
European/Pākehā Total 873 802 808
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 280 247 244
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 351 304 320
Total Enrolled L1-L2 103 73 151
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 521 524 476
Total Total 1,255 1,148 1,191

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 160 165 165
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 96 119 112
Female Enrolled L1-L2 23 23 22
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 277 318 288
Female Total 556 625 587
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 98 105 106
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 192 191 160
Male Enrolled L1-L2 18 24 22
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 249 310 273
Male Total 557 630 561
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 44 47 44
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 121 125 99
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 30 36 26
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 303 327 318
Māori Total 498 535 487
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 8 9
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 18 12 13
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 3 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 36 38 40
Pacific Total 62 61 66
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 23 27 32
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 12 4
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 12 13 13
Asian Total 45 52 49
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 x 3
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 x 3
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 x 3
MELAA Total 13 x 9
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 x 3
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 x 3
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 x 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 1 x 5
Other Total 8 x 11
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 213 232 217
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 213 234 217
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 21 23 25
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 295 384 343
European/Pākehā Total 742 873 802
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 258 270 271
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 288 310 272
Total Enrolled L1-L2 41 47 44
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 526 628 561
Total Total 1,113 1,255 1,148

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.