Gainful Employment

Therapeutic Massage and Hydrotherapy

Program Level – Undergraduate certificate

Program Length – 6 months

Students graduating on time

The share of students who completed the program within 100% of normal time (6 months):

76% of Title IV students complete the program within 6 months.

Cost

Q. How much will this program cost me?*

A. Tuition and fees: $10,700

Books and supplies: $400

On-campus room & board: not offered

Off-campus room & board: $6,612

Other costs for this program: No additional expenses

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Q. What other costs are there for this program?

A. For further program cost information click here. * The amounts shown above include costs for the entire program, assuming normal time to completion. Note that this information is subject to change.

* The amounts shown above include costs for the entire program, assuming normal time to completion. Note that this information is subject to change.

Financing

Q. What financing options are available to help me pay for this program?

A. Financing for this program may be available through grants, scholarships, loans (federal and private) and institutional financing plans. The median amount of debt for program graduates is shown below:

  • Federal loans: $7,072
  • Private education loans: $0
  • Institutional financing plan: $0

The school has elected to provide the following additional information: 70% of program graduates used loans to help finance their costs for this program.

Students Borrowing Money

60% of students who attend this program borrow money to pay for it – The share of students who borrowed Federal, private, and/or institutional loans to help pay for college.

The typical graduate leaves with $7,072 in debt – The median debt of borrowers who completed this program. This debt includes federal, private, and institutional loans.

The typical monthly loan payment is $73 per month in student loans with 4.45% interest rate – The median monthly loan payment for students who completed this program if it were repaid over ten years at a 4.45% interest rate.

The typical graduate earns $14,540 per year after leaving this program – The median earnings of program graduates who received Federal aid.

Success

Q. How long will it take me to complete this program?

A. The program is designed to take 6 months to complete. Of those that completed the program in 2014-2015, 90% finished in 6 months.

Q. What are my chances of getting a job when I graduate?

A. Both the institution’s state and accreditor require the calculation of a job placement rate for this program.

Accreditor Rate: The job placement rate for students who completed this program is 70%.

State Rate: The job placement rate for students who completed this program is 68%.

Further information about these job placement rates is below.

State Information

Name of the state this placement rate is calculated for: Florida

Click here to find out who is included in the calculation of this rate

What types of jobs were these students placed in?

Program graduates are employed in the following fields: Massage Therapist

When were the former students employed?

Be placed within 180 days after graduating

How were completers tracked?

Completer/alumni survey (45% response rate)

Accreditor Information

Name of the accrediting agency this placement rate is calculated for:

Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation

Follow the link below to find out who is included in the calculation of this rate:

http://comta.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/09/COMTA-Student-Outcomes-Tracking-Policy-Effective-2015_07.pdf

What types of jobs were these students placed in?

The job placement rate includes completers hired for: Jobs within the field

Positions that recent completers were hired for include: Massage Therapist positions

When were the former students employed?

The rate is based on program completers who were employed with 180 days of program completion.

How were completers tracked?

Completer/alumni survey (45% response rate)

Licensure Requirements

Some States require students to graduate from a state approved program in order to obtain a license to practice a profession in those States.

This program meets licensure requirements in:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

This program does not meet licensure requirements in:

Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Puerto Rico

There are no licensure requirements for this profession in:

Kansas, Minnesota, Vermont

Jobs related to this program

Click on the links below for more information on jobs related to this program:

Massage Therapists

Additional Information

Date Created 6/27/2017

These disclosures are required by the U.S. Department of Education