Massage Therapy Schools in the St. Louis area

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (Illinois, Missouri)

Programs

2 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$59,020

massage therapists, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$13,500

of 2 with a cost, IPEDS

Massage Therapy Schools in the St. Louis area at a glance

Open to the public: 4 programs: 4 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from St. Louis: 2 within 10 miles; nearest 5.1 miles, farthest 20.2 miles
Listed program cost: 2 of 4 list one: $13,500 to $16,409 (IPEDS)
Program length: 2 colleges list a length: 8 months to 12 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 1 listed program gives weeks: 50 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 103 massage therapy awards at the 4 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 1 of 4 on Missouri's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $59,020 median for massage therapists ($28.38 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $43,680 to $96,310; 1,010 employed in the metro area; Missouri median $62,050 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
St. Louis Med Tech	St. Louis, MO	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	19	5.1
Healing Arts CenterWIOA list	St. Louis, MO	Certificate	$13,500	12 months	64	5.9
Midwest Institute	Earth City, MO	Certificate	$16,409	8 months	15	15.0
Southwestern Illinois College	Belleville, IL	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	5	20.2

WIOA in Missouri: 3,841 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 8 of them Massage therapy.
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