Getting licensed as a social worker in Louisiana
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Get your Louisiana 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's Social Worker (the Act names only an examination approved by the board, never an ASWB level)
LMSWAn exam approved by the board comes first
An exam approved by the board is required before the license; boards commonly use ASWB, but that is not confirmed here.
Known fees
| LMSW application | $75 |
|---|---|
| Examination approved by the board (provider and fee not confirmed) | Not checked yet |
| Known total | $75 |
Plus 1 fee this board does not publish an amount for.
What else it takes
- Supervised hours
- 3,000 hours over at least 24 months, for the LCSW
- ASWB exam level
- Exam approved by the board (ASWB not confirmed)
- Licensure compact
- Member jurisdictionMultistate licenses are not yet being issued. Last checked against the compact's own site.
- Last checked
Next step
Hold a master's degree from an accredited graduate school of social work. Pass a criminal history screening with no disqualifying information.
The ladder
Louisiana has 3 rungs. 2 need an exam; the rule does not name who gives it.
bachelors
RSW
No ASWB exam
Registered Social Worker (bachelor's or master's generalist entry credential).
masters
LMSW
Exam approved by the board (ASWB not confirmed)
Licensed Master's Social Worker (the Act names only an examination approved by the board, never an ASWB level).
clinical
LCSW
Exam approved by the board (ASWB not confirmed)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (the Act names only an examination approved by the board, never an ASWB level).
Requirements change
Nothing on our law calendar changes Louisiana'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 Louisiana moves, this page moves with it.
Already passed? Track your supervised hours toward your clinical license.
Louisiana asks for 3,000 hours of supervised experience. Supervision hours: not checked yet.
Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 19, 2026.
Join the Hours waitlistPrograms in Louisiana
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.
Grambling State University
Louisiana
- Clinical first-time
- 33.3% of 15national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 28.6% of 28national 73.9%
33.3% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Louisiana Christian University
Louisiana
- Clinical first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 72.7% of 11national 73.9%
Too few first-time Clinical exams in 2025 to rate so far.
Louisiana College
Louisiana
- Clinical first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 73.9%
Too few first-time Clinical exams in 2025 to rate so far.
Louisiana State University
Louisiana
- Clinical first-time
- 78.2% of 202national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 73.7% of 259national 73.9%
78.2% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Northwestern State University
Louisiana
- 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.
Southeastern Louisiana University
Louisiana
- 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.
Southern University - New Orleans
Louisiana
- Clinical first-time
- 41.2% of 34national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 42.5% of 40national 73.9%
41.2% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
Southern University and A&M College
Louisiana
- 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.
Tulane University
Louisiana
- Clinical first-time
- 87.5% of 96national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 80.7% of 83national 73.9%
87.5% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
University of Louisiana - Monroe
Louisiana
- Clinical first-time
- Too few to rate so farnational 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- No exams reportednational 73.9%
Too few first-time Clinical exams in 2025 to rate so far.
Sources
We read the board's own pages. Nothing here is a guess.
- Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners · LMSW applicant resourceslabswe.org · Last checked
- Louisiana Social Work Practice Act, R.S. 37:2701-2720 (8/1/2024 codification)wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana.gov · Last checked
- LMSW fees · LMSW applicationwww.law.cornell.edu · Last checked
- Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictionsswcompact.org · Last checked
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