 A Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009 notes that "34% of West York Area School District graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading" before they were prepared to take college-level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges.Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years.Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduates in three years.