Getting licensed as a social worker in Florida
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Your board, the portal you apply in, the fees, the supervised hours, and the order to do them in.
Your first license
Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern (the credential a Florida MSW graduate holds while LCSW hours accrue)
RCSWIExam comes after the first credential
No exam to register. The Clinical exam comes after your hours.
Known fees
| RCSWI registration fee | $150 |
|---|---|
| Known total | $150 |
What else it takes
- Supervised hours
- 1,500 face-to-face hours, 100 supervision, for the LCSW
- ASWB exam level
- None for this credential
- Licensure compact
- Not a memberMultistate licenses are not yet being issued. Last checked against the compact's own site.
- Last checked
Next step
Hold a master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited school, with 24 semester hours or 32 quarter hours of clinically-focused coursework including at least one psychopathology course. Register as a Clinical Social Worker Intern (RCSWI) with the Board BEFORE beginning any post-master's supervised experience not completed during the graduate practicum.
The ladder
Florida has 3 rungs. 2 need an ASWB exam.
supervisee
RCSWI
No ASWB exam
Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern (the credential a Florida MSW graduate holds while LCSW hours accrue). Practice is supervised at this rung.
advanced
CMSW
ASWB Advanced Generalist
Certified Master Social Worker (administrative, non-clinical; a parallel branch, not a step toward LCSW).
clinical
LCSW
ASWB Clinical
Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Requirements change
Nothing on our law calendar changes Florida'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 Florida moves, this page moves with it.
Already passed? Track your supervised hours toward your clinical license.
Florida asks for 1,500 hours of supervised experience and 100 hours of supervision.
Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 6, 2026.
Join the Hours waitlistPrograms in Florida
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.
Barry University
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 32.9% of 70national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 47.8% of 23national 73.9%
32.9% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Florida A&M University
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 21.1% of 19national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 73.9%
21.1% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Florida Atlantic University
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 67% of 94national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 73.9%
67% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 57.1% of 21national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 73.9%
57.1% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Florida International University
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 50% of 62national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 81.8% of 11national 73.9%
50% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Florida Memorial University
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- No exams reportednational 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- No exams reportednational 73.9%
No Clinical first-time exams in the 2025 report for this school.
Florida State University
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 78.1% of 247national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 80.9% of 68national 73.9%
78.1% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Saint Leo University
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 62.3% of 61national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 73.9%
62.3% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Southeastern University
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 57.1% of 28national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 73.9%
57.1% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
University of Central Florida
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 76.9% of 186national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 82.8% of 29national 73.9%
76.9% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
University of North Florida
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 81% of 21national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 73.9%
81% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
University of South Florida
Florida
- Clinical first-time
- 77.9% of 122national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 76.9% of 13national 73.9%
77.9% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Sources
We read the board's own pages. Nothing here is a guess.
- Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling · RCSWI applicant resourcesfloridasmentalhealthprofessions.gov · Last checked
- Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Board pagefloridasmentalhealthprofessions.gov · Last checked
- Florida Qualified Supervisors for CSW Interns - Board pagefloridasmentalhealthprofessions.gov · Last checked
- Florida Licensure by Endorsement application (PDF)floridasmentalhealthprofessions.gov · Last checked
- Fla. Admin. Code R. 64B4-3.0085 Intern Registrationwww.law.cornell.edu · Last checked
- Florida Statutes 491.0045 Intern Registrationlaw.justia.com · Last checked
- FAC Chapter 64B4-4 Fee rules indexflrules.org · Last checked
- Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictionsswcompact.org · Last checked
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