Getting licensed as a social worker in Maine
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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
Licensed Master Social Worker (non-clinical, independent)
LMExam required before the license
The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.
Known fees
| Initial license fee | $70 |
|---|---|
| Criminal history check | $21 |
| ASWB Masters examination | $230 |
| Known total | $321 |
What else it takes
- Supervised hours
- 3,200 hours, 96 supervision, for the LC
- ASWB exam level
- Masters
- Licensure compact
- Member jurisdictionMultistate licenses are not yet being issued. Last checked against the compact's own site.
- Last checked
Next step
Hold an earned master's or doctoral degree in social work or social welfare from an accredited educational institution. Pass the ASWB Masters examination.
The ladder
Maine has 4 rungs. 4 need an ASWB exam.
bachelors
LS
ASWB Bachelors
Licensed Social Worker (a Conditional LSX license, held under a consultant with no exam, can come first while the LS hours accrue).
masters
LM
ASWB Masters
Licensed Master Social Worker (non-clinical, independent).
supervisee
MC
ASWB Masters
Licensed Master Social Worker, Conditional Clinical (accrues LC hours under a qualified consultant). Practice is supervised at this rung.
clinical
LC
ASWB Clinical
Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Requirements change
Nothing on our law calendar changes Maine'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 Maine moves, this page moves with it.
Already passed? Track your supervised hours toward your clinical license.
Maine asks for 3,200 hours of supervised experience and 96 hours of supervision.
Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 27, 2026.
Join the Hours waitlistPrograms in Maine
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.
Saint Joseph's College
Maine
- 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 Maine
Maine
- Clinical first-time
- 94.6% of 37national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 94.3% of 35national 73.9%
94.6% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
University of Maine at Presque Isle
Maine
- 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 New England
Maine
- Clinical first-time
- 79.3% of 145national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 75% of 68national 73.9%
79.3% of Clinical first-timers from here passed in 2025. National rate 75.7%.
University of Southern Maine
Maine
- Clinical first-time
- 91.9% of 37national 75.7%
- Masters first-time
- 90.2% of 51national 73.9%
91.9% 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.
- Maine Board of Social Worker Licensure · LM applicant resourceswww.maine.gov · Last checked
- 32 M.R.S. §7053 (Qualifications)www.mainelegislature.org · Last checked
- Board of Social Worker Licensure - Licensing and Forms (fee schedule, per-credential requirements)www.maine.gov · Last checked
- LM fees · ASWB Masters examinationwww.aswb.org · Last checked
- Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictionsswcompact.org · Last checked
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