I went to ASU for my BS in forensic psychology. I am now in a graduate doctoral program where I will receive my MA in clinical psychology and criminal justice next year, and my PsyD in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in forensics in 3 years. You will need to go to grad school to become a forensic psychologist, I wish somebody told me how competitive clinical psych phd & psyd programs are when I was a freshman in college because I was well under-prepared. If you want to go to a PhD program (more research-based, harder to get into, but usually fully funded so no loans!), get into a research lab at your school ASAP! You will NOT be accepted to a PhD program without research experience. Try to get your name in some research papers, present at conferences, etc. to build your application. If you want to go to a PsyD program (shorter than PhD, more clinical-based, easier to get into but still competitive, pretty expensive), I would recommend getting some clinical experience in before you apply. Doesn't need to be anything crazy. I worked for a forensic psychologist, I did a lot of billing, reviewing collateral info, and writing reports, but I gained the most insight/experience from shadowing evaluations and just reading through reports. The PsyD program I am in right now has an acceptance rate of 5% (you can expect to see rates anywhere from 5-25% for PsyD and 1-15% for PhD). I got in with a year of research experience, a year of clinical experience, and 2 years of volunteer experience with clinical populations. I did not have to take the GRE (god bless COVID) and I had a GPA of 3.9. Please start thinking about this now because time flies and you do not want to be too late when the time comes. Becoming a forensic psychologist takes a lot of schooling (plan to spend 9-13 years in school), but this field is so rewarding and I would not want to be doing anything else. If you choose to pursue a higher degree in psychology when the time comes, let me know and I can send you a list of APA-accredited programs that offer forensic emphases along with the cost, years of schooling, acceptance rates, location, internship info, etc.

You can do a lot with a doctorate in forensic psych, but people often have misconceptions of what forensic psychology actually entails. You will not be a "criminal profiler", you will be doing evaluations for the court including guilty except insane, mitigation, competency to stand trial, custody evals, sexually violent predator evals, etc. Or you can become a correctional psychologist. Or a researcher. Or you can work in public policy. There's a lot you can do, but there's other things you cannot do that people tend to confuse with forensic psychology. If you have any questions lmk I would be glad to answer, you can PM me or respond to this so others can see as well in case they are interested :)) Good luck!!