Program Costs
Master of Social Work - Advanced Standing
2025-26 Program Cost
For students beginning Summer 2025, the cost for the 36-credit Master of Social Work Advanced Standing Program is $31,896 or $886 per semester hour.
Tuition is based on a cohort model. Students must complete the program with their cohort to remain eligible for cohort pricing.
Additional fees & costs include:
- Technology fee: $270/year
- Wellness fee: $110/year
- One-time matriculation fee: $205
- Books and materials for coursework
Master of Social Work - Regular Standing
2025-27 Program Cost
For students beginning Fall 2025, the cost for the 24-month, 60-credit Master of Social Work Regular Standing Program is $51,600 or $886 per semester hour.
Tuition is based on a cohort model. Students must complete the program with their cohort to remain eligible for cohort pricing.
Additional fees & costs include:
- Technology fee: $270/year
- Wellness fee: $110/year
- One-time matriculation fee: $205
- Books and materials for coursework
The $5,000 PLU Alumni Scholarship is a one-time scholarship automatically awarded in the first term of the program to graduate students who also earned their bachelor’s degree from PLU. (Restrictions apply to those students who are also PLU staff, and international scholarship recipients.)
Applicants who are not PLU alumni are automatically considered for this one-time merit scholarship, which, if awarded, will be applied to the first term of the program.
The Dr. Ellen K. Carruth Diversity & Inclusivity in Counseling Scholarship was named after a past beloved board member and fierce advocate of diversity and inclusion for all marginalized individuals. All applicants who meet the eligibility criteria will be entered into a lottery, WMHCA is committed to providing eight $500 scholarships.
Applications must:
- Must be a Member of WMHCA (if this is a barrier email Shannon)
- Must reside and/or attend a graduate program in Washington.
- Must be currently enrolled in a graduate program.
- Must plan to apply for the LMHCA/LMHC credential.
- Must demonstrate financial need.
- Must demonstrate a connection to one or more of the scholarship categories.
- Must demonstrate a clear understanding and connection to WMHCA’s mission and values.
- Must demonstrate a commitment to providing culturally responsive services to identified client communities.
Scholarship Eligibility Categories
- Diversity and Equity: Students of historically marginalized identities with particular attention to BIPOC, immigrant, LGBTGEQIAP+, and disability identities.
- Rural: Students from rural areas who demonstrate a commitment to work in and serve an area designated as rural by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
- Military: Students who are active-duty service members, veterans, or spouses of active-duty service members or veterans.
Apply here. Applications are due October 31, 2024
Applicants will be notified of awards December 1, 2024
The International Grant is awarded to degree-seeking international students who do not qualify for the Nordic Grant. $7,000 is awarded for the first year of the program and $3,500 awarded for the second year (only for 2-year program options). (If awarded the International Grant, applicants are not eligible to receive PLU Alumni or Graduate Academic Scholarships.)