Most Popular Schools for Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to provide relief and improved health and well-being to clients through the application of manual techniques for manipulating skin, muscles, and connective tissues. Includes instruction in Western (Swedish) massage, sports massage, myotherapy/trigger point massage, myofascial release, deep tissue massage, cranio-sacral therapy, reflexology, massage safety and emergency management, client counseling, practice management, applicable regulations, and professional standards and ethics.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	National Holistic Institute	710	100%	N/A
2	Praxis Institute	269	79%	N/A
3	Dayton School of Medical Massage	235	97%	$17,620
4	Cortiva Institute-Las Vegas	223	100%	N/A
5	Rosemead Beauty School	212	41%	N/A
6	Instituto de Banca y Comercio Inc	184	3%	N/A
7	Cortiva Institute-Houston	169	100%	N/A
8	Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage	154	100%	N/A
9	Arizona School of Integrative Studies	152	100%	N/A
10	Cortiva Institute-Arlington	152	100%	N/A
11	Palace Beauty College	146	56%	N/A
12	Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy	145	100%	N/A
13	East West College of the Healing Arts	137	100%	N/A
14	Cortiva Institute-Baltimore	133	54%	N/A
15	Cortiva Institute-Phoenix	131	60%	N/A
16	Healing Hands School of Holistic Health	130	100%	N/A
17	Cortiva Institute-Tempe	130	71%	N/A
18	Cortiva Institute-Salt Lake	128	80%	N/A
19	Cortiva Institute-Newington	126	100%	$14,050
20	Cortiva Institute-King of Prussia	126	100%	N/A
21	Cortiva Institute-Florida	125	100%	$12,685
22	Irene's Myomassology Institute	119	100%	N/A
23	Atlanta School of Massage	117	47%	N/A
24	Cortiva Institute-Maitland	115	44%	N/A
25	Cortiva Institute-Orem	114	100%	N/A
26	New York College of Health Professions	109	72%	$16,251
27	Cortiva Institute-Aurora	107	100%	N/A
28	Cortiva Institute-Dallas	105	67%	N/A
29	Finger Lakes School of Massage	104	100%	N/A
30	Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences	102	37%	$23,525
31	Finger Lakes School of Massage	99	100%	N/A
32	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus	95	4%	$7,520
33	Florida School of Massage	95	100%	N/A
34	Cortiva Institute-Westport	91	100%	$14,050
35	Cortiva Institute-Westminster	90	100%	N/A
36	Colorado School of Healing Arts	89	100%	$12,118
37	Cortiva Institute-Seattle	87	100%	N/A
38	WellSpring School of Allied Health-Kansas City	84	60%	N/A
39	Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy	83	100%	N/A
40	Indiana Massage College	83	100%	N/A
41	Downey Adult School	80	13%	N/A
42	Cortiva Institute-Seattle	79	100%	N/A
43	Platt College-STVT-McAllen	77	25%	N/A
44	European Massage Therapy School-Las Vegas	77	100%	N/A
45	Sarasota School of Massage Therapy	76	100%	N/A
46	Healing Arts Center	75	100%	N/A
47	Healing Mountain Massage School	73	95%	N/A
48	Cortiva Institute-Pompano	71	47%	N/A
49	American Massage & Bodywork Institute	69	100%	N/A
50	Cortiva Institute-Scottsdale	68	100%	N/A
51	Finger Lakes School of Massage	68	100%	N/A
52	Ivy Tech Community College	67	0%	$5,788
53	Southeastern Institute-Charlotte	66	30%	N/A
54	Cortiva Institute-Tucson	63	100%	N/A
55	Georgia Career Institute	61	20%	N/A
56	Platt College-Miller-Motte-Fayetteville	60	11%	$12,537
57	Southern California Health Institute	60	24%	N/A
58	Parker University	59	31%	$16,364
59	Myotherapy College of Utah	59	100%	N/A
60	Cuyahoga Community College District	58	1%	$5,136
61	Medical Training College	58	34%	N/A
62	Lee Professional Institute	57	100%	N/A
63	Rexburg College of Massage Therapy	56	100%	N/A
64	Gwinnett College	55	44%	N/A
65	Orion Institute	55	100%	N/A
66	Cortiva Institute-Chicago	54	100%	N/A
67	Universal Therapeutic Massage Institute	53	100%	N/A
68	Southeastern Institute-Charleston	53	40%	N/A
69	Sunstate Academy	52	29%	N/A
70	Cortiva Institute-Groton	52	100%	N/A
71	Center for Massage	52	100%	N/A
72	Baker College	50	1%	$21,000
73	Milan Institute-San Antonio Ingram	50	32%	N/A
74	Northwest Career College	50	10%	N/A
75	Hands on Therapy	50	82%	N/A
76	Cortiva Institute-York	50	100%	N/A
77	Intellitec College-Grand Junction	49	8%	N/A
78	Western Technical College	49	16%	N/A
79	Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook	49	34%	N/A
80	Pinnacle Career Institute-South Kansas City	47	20%	$14,957
81	Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln	47	13%	N/A
82	Alaska Career College	46	17%	N/A
83	Saint Paul College	46	3%	$6,761
84	Aveda Institute-South Florida	46	12%	N/A
85	American Institute-Clifton	45	15%	N/A
86	Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage-Rochester	45	100%	N/A
87	Estelle Medical Academy	44	100%	$9,300
88	Healing Arts Institute	44	100%	N/A
89	American Institute of Massage Therapy	43	100%	N/A
90	Clover Park Technical College	42	2%	$6,580
91	Harris School of Business-Cherry Hill Campus	42	23%	N/A
92	Acupuncture and Massage College	42	55%	$11,116
93	American Career College-Ontario	42	5%	N/A
94	Avenue Five Institute	42	19%	N/A
95	Aveda Institute-Minneapolis	41	13%	N/A
96	Sunstate Academy	41	17%	N/A
97	Southeastern Institute-Columbia	41	41%	N/A
98	Clary Sage College	41	15%	N/A
99	Lexington Healing Arts Academy	41	59%	N/A
100	Rizzieri Institute	40	100%	N/A

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.