Social Work Licensure Determinations
State social work licensing standards vary by state.
Some states only require the completion of an MSW degree from a CSWE accredited program to be eligible for social work licensure in that state. These states have a Brown School “positive determination” — as seen in the table below.
Other states require specific curricular paths (a mixture of courses), explicit course content, and/or other state-specific requirements. States that require explicit content or additional requirements have a Brown School “negative determination” —as seen in the table below.
A “negative determination” does not mean that your Brown School program prevents social work license eligibility in your state. This designation simply means that there are additional requirements, specific content, and/or state-specific requirements that you must meet in order to be eligible for licensure, if you choose to pursue it.
provides information on additional requirements from each state with a negative determination. If you have questions about specific requirements, please contact the Brown School MSW program office at mswprogram@wustl.edu.
| STATES WITH POSITIVE DETERMINATION |
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| A |
| A첹&Բ; |
| ADzԲ |
| A첹Բ |
| CDzԲԱپܳ |
| ‸ɲ |
| Gǰ |
| Hɲ |
| I岹 |
| IԴǾ |
| IǷɲ |
| KԳٳܳ |
| LdzܾԲ&Բ; |
| MԻ |
| Mܲٳٲ |
| M |
| Minnesota |
| M辱 |
| Mdzܰ&Բ; |
| MDzԳٲԲ |
| N첹 |
| N𱹲岹 |
| New Hampshire |
| North Carolina |
| North Dakota |
| O |
| Odz |
| ODz |
| PԲԲԾ |
| Rhode Island |
| South Dakota |
| TԲԱ |
| Uٲ&Բ; |
| West Virginia |
| WdzԲ |
| STATES WITH NEGATIVE DETERMINATION |
|---|
| CڴǰԾ |
| CDZǰ |
| Fǰ岹* |
| IԻ徱Բ* |
| KԲ |
| Maine* |
| New Jersey* |
| New Mexico |
| New York** |
| South Carolina |
| T油 |
| VDzԳ |
| VԾ** |
| WԲٴDz&Բ; |
| WDzԲ* |
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| *Negative determination unless Mental Health concentration **Positive determination for LMSW; Negative determination for LCSW unless Mental Health concentration |
| TERRITORIES WITH POSITIVE DETERMINATION |
|---|
| District of Columbia |
| Guam |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
| Puerto Rico |
| Virgin Islands |
| TERRITORIES WITH NEGATIVE DETERMINATION |
|---|
| American Samoa |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands |
| Republic of Palau |
| Undetermined – licensing board information not found |