Getting licensed as a social worker in Kansas

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Your first license

Licensed Master Social Worker (accrues LSCSW hours under a qualified LSCSW supervisor)

LMSW

Exam required before the license

The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.

Known fees

Fees the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board publishes for the LMSW
LMSW application fee$50
LMSW original license fee$150
ASWB Masters examination$230
Known total$430

What else it takes

Supervised hours
3,000 hours, 1,500 client contact, 100 supervision, for the LSCSW
ASWB exam level
Masters
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Next step

Hold a master's or doctoral degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program. Submit a completed application with two professional references on board-approved forms, each reference licensed (or academically eligible for licensure) at or above the intended level (K.A.R. 102-2-2a).

The ladder

Kansas has 3 rungs. 3 need an ASWB exam.

  1. bachelors

    LBSW

    ASWB exam, level not confirmed

    Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker (ASWB exam level not independently confirmed).

  2. masters

    LMSW

    ASWB Masters

    Licensed Master Social Worker (accrues LSCSW hours under a qualified LSCSW supervisor). Practice is supervised at this rung.

  3. clinical

    LSCSW

    ASWB Clinical

    Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker.

Requirements change

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

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

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

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Programs in Kansas

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.

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