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.

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 88 74 61
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 38 45 45
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 26 17
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 147 154 148
Female Total 286 299 271
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 58 49 53
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 75 79 53
Male Enrolled L1-L2 14 17 27
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 156 135 160
Male Total 303 280 293
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 31 19 15
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 40 44 42
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 17 28 27
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 156 135 134
Māori Total 244 226 218
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 5 6
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 4 13
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 1 2 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 22 16 21
Pacific Total 32 27 42
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 14 12 18
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 3 0 3
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 10 14 8
Asian Total 27 27 29
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 117 100 85
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 86 92 63
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 17 22 27
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 206 200 222
European/Pākehā Total 426 414 397
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 146 123 114
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 113 124 98
Total Enrolled L1-L2 27 43 44
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 303 289 308
Total Total 589 579 564

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 93 93 89
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 55 36 40
Female Enrolled L1-L2 11 7 15
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 161 150 155
Female Total 320 286 299
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 32 59 53
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 80 78 64
Male Enrolled L1-L2 5 3 15
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 177 163 148
Male Total 294 303 280
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 27 35 22
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 34 36 34
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 14 7 22
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 158 166 148
Māori Total 233 244 226
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 3 6 4
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 4 3
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 2
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 18 22 18
Pacific Total 26 32 27
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 12 14 14
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 5 3 2
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 3 10 10
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 97 124 116
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 113 88 83
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 6 6 16
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 218 208 199
European/Pākehā Total 434 426 414
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 125 152 142
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 135 114 104
Total Enrolled L1-L2 16 10 30
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 338 313 303
Total Total 614 589 579

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.