Getting licensed as a social worker in Georgia
Checked against the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists on .
Get your Georgia licensing checklist
Your board, the portal you apply in, the fees, the supervised hours, and the order to do them in.
Your first license
Licensed Master Social Worker (accrues LCSW hours)
LMSWExam required before the license
The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
Known fees
| LMSW application | Not checked yet |
|---|---|
| ASWB Masters examination | $230 |
| Known total | $230 |
Plus 1 fee this board does not publish an amount for.
What else it takes
- Supervised hours
- 3,000 hours, 120 supervision, for the LCSW
- ASWB exam level
- Masters
- Licensure compact
- Member jurisdictionMultistate licenses are not yet being issued. Last checked against the compact's own site.
- Last checked
The ladder
Georgia has 2 rungs. 2 need an ASWB exam.
masters
LMSW
ASWB Masters
Licensed Master Social Worker (accrues LCSW hours). Practice is supervised at this rung.
clinical
LCSW
ASWB Clinical
Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Requirements change
Nothing on our law calendar changes Georgia'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 Georgia moves, this page moves with it.
Already passed? Track your supervised hours toward your clinical license.
Georgia asks for 3,000 hours of supervised experience and 120 hours of supervision.
Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 6, 2026.
Join the Hours waitlistPrograms in Georgia
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.
Albany State University
Georgia
- Clinical first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 47.1% of 17national 73.9%
Too few first-time Clinical exams in 2025 to rate so far.
Augusta State University
Georgia
- Clinical first-time
- No exams reportednational 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 73.9%
No Clinical first-time exams in the 2025 report for this school.
Clark Atlanta University
Georgia
- Clinical first-time
- 39.3% of 28national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 34.6% of 26national 73.9%
39.3% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Dalton State College
Georgia
- 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.
Fort Valley State University
Georgia
- 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.
Georgia State University
Georgia
- Clinical first-time
- 64.3% of 14national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 71.4% of 28national 73.9%
64.3% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Kennesaw State University
Georgia
- Clinical first-time
- 92% of 25national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 84.6% of 39national 73.9%
92% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Point University
Georgia
- 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.
Savannah State University
Georgia
- Clinical first-time
- 40% of 25national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 58.3% of 12national 73.9%
40% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Thomas University
Georgia
- 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.
University of Georgia
Georgia
- Clinical first-time
- 87.2% of 94national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 87.7% of 122national 73.9%
87.2% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Valdosta State University
Georgia
- Clinical first-time
- 68.2% of 22national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 54.8% of 31national 73.9%
68.2% 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.
- Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists · LMSW applicant resourcesrules.sos.ga.gov · Last checked
- Georgia Rule 135-5-.04rules.sos.ga.gov · Last checked
- Georgia Rule 135-2-.01 (fees: refers to external fee schedule)rules.sos.ga.gov · Last checked
- LMSW fees · ASWB Masters examinationwww.aswb.org · Last checked
- Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictionsswcompact.org · Last checked
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