As immigration rates increase Hispanic and Latino students will continue to grow in population in today’s society, and “despite some progress over the past three decades, Hispanics continue to be underrepresented at all levels of higher education relative to their representation in the U.S. population” (Perna, Li, Walsh, Raible 146). The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) states that Hispanics “represented 14% of all high school graduates in 2004-2005, but received only 11% of associate’s degrees, 7% of bachelor’s degrees, 6% of master’s degrees, 5% of first-professional degrees, and 3% of doctoral degrees in 2005-2006” (as cited in Perna, Li, Walsh, Raible pg. 146). Therefore, in this paper I will be focusing on the education…