Students, including prospective students, should review state licensure requirements for licensure as a social worker prior to applying to or enrolling in any of Regis College’s programs. Completion of a Regis College program does not guarantee eligibility for state licensure or receipt of a license.

An indication is provided below regarding whether Regis College’s program meets a state’s licensure requirements, does not meet a state’s licensure requirements, or if Regis College has not yet made a determination whether such program meets a state’s licensure requirements. Please be advised that you should determine whether the program will meet your state’s licensure requirements prior to enrolling in such program. This document is for information purposes only and cannot be relied upon as an official listing of state licensure requirements.

StateDoes the Program Meet the State Educational Requirements?RequirementsWebsite
AlabamaYesLGSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript and pass master’s level ASWB examinationAlabama State Board of Social Work Examiners
AlaskaYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination, and three professional referencesAlaska Board of Social Work Examiners
ArizonaYesLMSW - graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript and pass master’s level ASWB examinationArizona Board of Behavioral Health
ArkansasYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript and pass master’s level ASWB examinationArkansas Social Work Licensing Board
CaliforniaYesASW – Associate Clinical Social Worker Registration - graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, complete 12-hour California Law and Ethics course and examination. Additional requirements: Before application for LCSW, complete pre-licensure courses (can be completed while accumulating supervised professional experience), pass ASWB clinical examinationCalifornia Board of Behavioral Sciences
ColoradoYesLSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination. Additional requirements: Pass the Colorado Mental Health Profession’s Jurisprudence Examination; complete Healthcare Professions Profile (HPPP)Colorado State Board of Social Work Examiners
ConnecticutYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript and pass master’s level ASWB examinationConnecticut State Department of Public Health
District of ColumbiaYesLGSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript and pass master’s level ASWB examination and three professional referencesDC Health - Government of the District of Columbia
DelawareYesLBSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examinationDelaware Board of Social Work Examiners
FloridaYesCSWI - graduate of a CSWE master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination. Additional requirements: Completed 24 sh or 32 quarter hours in theory of human behavior and practice methods as courses in clinically oriented services, including a minimum of one course in psychopathology. Courses not considered to be clinically oriented are: policy, administration, organization and communitiesFlorida Board of Clinical Social Work
GeorgiaYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited (or in CSWE candidacy) master’s program, official transcript and pass master’s level ASWB examGeorgia Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists
HawaiiYesLSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited (or equivalent) master’s program, official transcript and pass master’s level ASWB examinationHawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
IdahoYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination and three professional referencesIdaho Board of Social Work Examiners
IllinoisYesLSW – graduate of an accredited master’s program, official transcript and pass master’s level ASWB examinationIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
IndianaYesLSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript and pass master’s level ASWB examinationIndiana Professional Licensing Agency
IowaYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE master’s program, official transcript and pass master’s level ASWB examinationIowa Social Work Licensure
KansasYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination and three professional referencesKansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board
KentuckyYesCSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationKentucky Board of Social Work
LouisianaYesLMSW and CSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationLouisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners
MaineYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationMaine State Board of Social Worker Licensure
MarylandYesLGSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationLicensing Requirements
MassachusettsYesLCSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination and three professional referencesMassachusetts Board of Registration of Social Work
MichiganYesLMSW-Limited – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationMichigan Board of Social Work
MinnesotaYesLGSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationMinnesota Board of Social Work
MississippiYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationMississippi State Board of Examiners for Social Workers
MissouriYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationMissouri Division of Professional Regulation
MontanaYesLCSW Candidate - graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, three professional references, and pass ASWB clinical examinationMontana Board of Behavioral Health
NebraskaYesPCMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationNebraska Department of Health and Human Services
NevadaYesLSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass ASWB master’s examinationState of Nevada – Board of Examiners for Social Workers
New HampshireYesNo license available until graduate from CSWE accredited master’s program accrues 3,000 post-grad supervised clinical hours, pass ASWB clinical examination-then eligible for LICSW licenseNew Hampshire Office of Professional Licensure and Certification
New JerseyYesLSW - graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass ASWB master’s examinationNew Jersey State Board of Social Work Examiners
New MexicoYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination and two-character references. Additional requirements: course or seminar in New Mexico cultures, pass New Mexico cultural examination, pass New Mexico jurisprudence examNew Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department
New YorkYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examination. Additional requirements: coursework or training in identification and reporting of child abuse offered by a New York state approved providerNew York Office of the Professions: LMSW
North CarolinaYesCMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination or ACSW examinationNorth Carolina Social Work Certification and Licensure Board
North DakotaYesLCSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examinationNorth Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners
OhioYesLSW - graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examinationOhio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board
OklahomaYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationOklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers
OregonYesLMSW and CSWA – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationOregon Board of Licensed Social Workers
PennsylvaniaYesLSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationPennsylvania State Board of Social Workers
Rhode IslandYesLCSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationState of Rhode Island Department of Health
South CarolinaYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s levelSouth Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners
South DakotaYesCSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationSouth Dakota Department of Social Services
TennesseeYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationTennessee Board of Social Workers
TexasYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination. Additional requirement: Pass Texas Jurisprudence ExamTexas Behavioral Health Executive Council
UtahYesCSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationUtah Department of Commerce – Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
VermontYesLMSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination. Additional requirement: Pass Vermont Jurisprudence ExaminationVermont Office of Professional Regulation
VirginiaYesLMSW - graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationVirginia Board of Social Work
WashingtonYesLASW - graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination. Additional requirements: 3200 hours post-graduate supervised experienceWashington State Department of Health
West VirginiaYesLGSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, and pass master’s level ASWB examinationWest Virginia Board of Social Work
WisconsinYesAPSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examination. Additional requirements: Pass the Wisconsin Statues and Administrative Code examinationWisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
WyomingYesPCSW – graduate of a CSWE accredited master’s program, official transcript, pass master’s level ASWB examinationWyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board