How many years of college to be a forensic scientist???
I have 6 years of college. Four getting a chemistry degree and 2 in a graduate program in Forensic Science. I know that a lot of schools are offering forensic scientist degrees nowadays. I cannot speak for those programs since they are fairly new. Most people in them end up in police work and evidence technicians. If you want to really be a forensic scientist in something like drug analysis, DNA or Trace Evidence you need a science background, preferably chemistry. My bosses like chemistry majors over everyone else or at least a couple of chemistry classes and biology. If you are going into firearms, fingerprint, then science is not as must as the other disciplines. My recommendation is to get a chemistry (or any science) degree then try to get in a lab as a lab technician. Get your foot in the door. I got a MS in Forensic Science and most of my colleages do also. Its pretty much expected. There are so many young people trying to get into this specialty that unless you are very well pr
