In 2004, one-third of Latina freshmen surveyed at all four-year colleges intended to major in science and engineering fields; this percentage has not changed since at least 1983.
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Higher Education Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Survey of the American Freshman, special tabulations, 2005
