For jurisdictions that license applicants without a social work degree. It shares its content outline and its question bank with the Bachelors exam and differs only in the passing standard.
Commonly leads to SWA, LSWA — though the title varies by jurisdiction. Check yours.
Associate and Bachelors share one content outline and one question bank. They differ only in the passing standard, so either choice studies the same material.
71.5%
Of the 407 people who sat the Associate exam for the first time in 2025 across all ASWB member jurisdictions.
ASWB notes that pass rates are most representative for groups of more than 200 candidates. This cohort is well above that.
Source: ASWB exam pass rates, last verified August 16, 2026. We publish no pass rate of our own — no preparation provider can honestly claim one.
Scoped to this exam. Of the 124 applied knowledge statements across all four content outlines, 110 are on the Associate exam — the rest are not shown to you and are not counted against you.
From Ethical Principles and Responsibilities, which you can read in full without an account.
What does the NASW Code of Ethics say about the relationship between violating one of its standards and legal liability?
The same for every category: 122 questions, of which 110 are scored and 12 are unscored pretest items, in 2 sections of 61 with 240 minutes in total. More on how the exam works.
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