Getting licensed as a social worker in Connecticut

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Your first license

Licensed Master Social Worker (ASWB Masters exam required for an MSW earned on or after January 1, 2026, waived before)

LMSW

When the exam comes depends on your situation

Connecticut: the ASWB master's level examination is required of applicants who earned the MSW degree on and after January 1, 2026, and was waived before that date (Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 20-195o(b)(2)).

Known fees

Fees the Connecticut Department of Public Health publishes for the LMSW
LMSW application (amount unresolved: $125 under Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 20-195o(a), 'There is no application fee' on the DPH LMSW page)Not confirmed
What each source says

The statute sets a $125 LMSW application fee; the DPH LMSW page says there is no application fee.

Ask the board: Is there an LMSW application fee, and is it the $125 that Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-195o(a) sets?

ASWB Masters examination$230
Known total$230

Plus 1 fee not confirmed: the sources read it differently, so confirm with the board.

What else it takes

Supervised hours
3,000 hours, 100 supervision, for the LCSW
ASWB exam level
Not confirmed by the primary sources
Licensure compact
Member jurisdictionMultistate licenses are not yet being issued. Last checked against the compact's own site.
Last checked
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Next step

Hold a master's degree from a CSWE-accredited social work program (or a CT program in CSWE candidate status between spring 2024 and spring 2028). Pass the ASWB masters level examination, REQUIRED ONLY for applicants who earned the MSW on or after January 1, 2026 (see notes: this requirement was waived for a period and reinstated on that date).

The ladder

Connecticut has 2 rungs. 2 need an ASWB exam.

  1. masters

    LMSW

    ASWB exam, level not confirmed

    Licensed Master Social Worker (ASWB Masters exam required for an MSW earned on or after January 1, 2026, waived before).

  2. clinical

    LCSW

    ASWB Clinical

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Requirements change

Nothing on our law calendar changes Connecticut's exam requirement today. The change that does touch you is national: ASWB launched the 2026 exams on August 3, 2026 with three content areas and 122 items, and held fees at $230 Masters and $260 Clinical. ASWB's announcement.

Law calendar read . If Connecticut moves, this page moves with it.

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Connecticut asks for 3,000 hours of supervised experience and 100 hours of supervision.

Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 19, 2026.

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Programs in Connecticut

How first-timers from each accredited program here did on the ASWB exam. A rate built on fewer than 10 first-time exams is one or two people, so those programs show how close they are to that floor instead of a percent. Source: ASWB, 2025 report.

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Sources

We read the board's own pages. Nothing here is a guess.

SWTPA is not affiliated with any state board or with ASWB. Requirements change; the board's page is the source of record. This record is also available as JSON.

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