Accredited massage therapy programs
197 massage therapy programs at accredited schools, approved for WIOA funding in 41 states and territories
That is 65% of the 305 massage therapy programs that states have approved for workforce funding. The schools are on the US Department of Education's list of accredited schools. The Department doesn't accredit schools itself: it reviews accrediting agencies and lists the ones it recognizes as reliable judges of the quality of the education they accredit.1
The program itself can be accredited too: the Department's list records that for the massage therapy program at 3 of these schools.
WIOA funding doesn't require accreditation: besides colleges, a state can approve other public and private training providers.2 Funding comes through your own state's list, so pick your state below.
All massage therapy programs by state, accredited or not, with costs and results
Accredited massage therapy programs in each state
- Alaska1accredited school, 1 program
- Arizona5accredited schools, 8 programs
- California11accredited schools, 14 programs
- Colorado5accredited schools, 5 programs
- Connecticut2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Florida4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Hawaii1accredited school, 1 program
- Idaho2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Illinois8accredited schools, 8 programs
- Indiana3accredited schools, 9 programs
- Iowa9accredited schools, 10 programs
- Kentucky1accredited school, 1 program
- Louisiana7accredited schools, 7 programs
- Maine1accredited school, 2 programs
- Maryland2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Massachusetts1accredited school, 5 programs
- Michigan5accredited schools, 5 programs
- Minnesota7accredited schools, 13 programs
- Missouri1accredited school, 1 program
- Nebraska1accredited school, 1 program
- Nevada4accredited schools, 4 programs
- New Hampshire2accredited schools, 2 programs
- New Jersey2accredited schools, 2 programs
- New Mexico4accredited schools, 4 programs
- New York1accredited school, 1 program
- North Carolina9accredited schools, 10 programs
- North Dakota2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Ohio15accredited schools, 18 programs
- Oregon2accredited schools, 4 programs
- Pennsylvania1accredited school, 2 programs
- Puerto Rico4accredited schools, 5 programs
- Rhode Island1accredited school, 1 program
- South Carolina1accredited school, 1 program
- Tennessee4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Texas5accredited schools, 5 programs
- Utah1accredited school, 1 program
- Virginia8accredited schools, 12 programs
- Washington7accredited schools, 9 programs
- West Virginia2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Wisconsin6accredited schools, 6 programs
- Wyoming1accredited school, 1 program
Schools with massage therapy programs that the state approved for WIOA funding and that are on the Department of Education's list. A school approved in two states counts in each.
How the accredited massage therapy schools were found
Which programs are counted?
Programs that states approved for WIOA funding, from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).3 The two lists share no ID number, so we matched each school by its website and name in the same state, and checked every unclear case by hand. A school that only hosts a college's classes doesn't count as the college.
How current is the accreditation?
We read the Department's list of October 24, 2026 and count only current accreditation. The Department notes that agencies report this information, that it isn't audited, and that the agency itself has the latest status.1
Sources for the accreditation facts about massage therapy programs
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- US Department of Education, Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), data files of 2026-10-24
- 20 CFR 680.410, What is an eligible training provider? (eCFR)
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List