Getting licensed as a social worker in Indiana

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Your first license

Licensed Social Worker (accrues LCSW hours under an Indiana LCSW supervisor)

LSW

Exam required before the license

The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.

Known fees

Fees the Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board publishes for the LSW
LSW application/issuance fee$50
ASWB Masters examination$230
Known total$280

What else it takes

Supervised hours
3,000 hours over at least 24 months, supervision: no single total, for the LCSW
ASWB exam level
Masters
Licensure compact
Not a memberMultistate licenses are not yet being issued. Last checked against the compact's own site.
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Next step

Meet Indiana LSW education requirements (accredited social work degree). Make application in writing on forms provided by the Board and furnish evidence the qualifying requirements have been met (839 IAC 1-2-1).

The ladder

Indiana has 3 rungs. 3 need an ASWB exam.

  1. bachelors

    LBSW

    ASWB Bachelors

    Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker.

  2. masters

    LSW

    ASWB Masters

    Licensed Social Worker (accrues LCSW hours under an Indiana LCSW supervisor). Practice is supervised at this rung.

  3. clinical

    LCSW

    ASWB Clinical

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Requirements change

Nothing on our law calendar changes Indiana'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 Indiana moves, this page moves with it.

Already passed? Track your supervised hours toward your clinical license.

Indiana asks for 3,000 hours of supervised experience. Supervision hours: no single total (4 hours per month).

Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 27, 2026.

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Programs in Indiana

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.

See all 17 programs in Indiana

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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