Getting licensed as a social worker in Oklahoma

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Your first license

Licensed Master's Social Worker (no post-degree experience required; cannot engage in independent practice)

LMSW

Exam required before the license

An ASWB exam is required before the license; the primary sources do not confirm the level.

Known fees

Fees the Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers publishes for the LMSW
Application fee (flat, all license types)$150
Criminal history background check$51.25
ASWB examination (level not named by the board rule)exam fee depends on level: $230 Bachelors or Masters, $260 Advanced Generalist or Clinical
Known total$201.25

What else it takes

Supervised hours
4,000 hours, 3,000 client contact, 100 supervision, for the LCSW
ASWB exam level
Not published by the board
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Member jurisdictionMultistate licenses are not yet being issued. Last checked against the compact's own site.
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Next step

Graduate with a master's degree in social work from a Board-approved social work program. Submit a written application to the State Board of Licensed Social Workers with the required fee.

The ladder

Oklahoma has 4 rungs. 4 need an ASWB exam.

  1. bachelors

    LSWA

    ASWB Bachelors

    Licensed Social Work Associate (also reachable with a doctoral or master's degree). Practice is supervised at this rung.

  2. masters

    LMSW

    ASWB exam, level not confirmed

    Licensed Master's Social Worker (no post-degree experience required; cannot engage in independent practice). Practice is supervised at this rung.

  3. advanced

    LSW

    ASWB exam, level not confirmed

    Licensed Social Worker (independent, non-clinical; a parallel 'LSW-ADM' administration-specialty branch exists under the same requirements); ASWB exam level not confirmed by primary source.

  4. clinical

    LCSW

    ASWB exam, level not confirmed

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Requirements change

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

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Oklahoma asks for 4,000 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 Oklahoma

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.

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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