MSW Programs in Northern Kentucky

MSW programs in Northern Kentucky

Northern Kentucky’s census program is Northern Kentucky University’s CSWE-accredited MSW in Highland Heights — 60 credits standard, 30 advanced standing — delivered online with a hybrid option for advanced standing. Its defining feature is a single specialization, Clinical Behavioral Health and Community Practice, with a trauma-informed advanced curriculum: the census’s clearest clinical identity outside Louisville and Lexington.

The Northern Kentucky field placement advantage

Sitting across the river from Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky students can draw field placements from two metros: the Cincinnati region’s large hospital systems and behavioral health networks, plus Kentucky-side agencies. That cross-river access widens clinical placement options — the settings that generate LCSW-qualifying hours.

Confirm with NKU’s field office how out-of-state placements are arranged and supervised before planning around Cincinnati sites.

Cost of attendance in Northern Kentucky

NKU publishes no program-level per-credit MSW tuition rate, so this census labels its cost not published — budget conservatively and confirm the current rate with the program. The hybrid advanced standing option keeps commuting costs low for students in the Cincinnati–Northern Kentucky metro.