Florida School of Massage
About
The Florida School of Massage is a vocational training institution located in Gainesville, Florida, that offers massage therapy programs with a focus on personal growth and empowerment. Founded in 1973, the school occupies over 11,000 square feet and provides various educational resources and facilities for its students.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
Action history · 2
- Apr 2022Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
- Oct 2020Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 50 students received $231K in Pell grants, alongside $236K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 122 borrowers who entered repayment, 7 (5.7%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Florida School of Massage
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Florida School of Massage vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Florida School of Massage selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectFlorida School of Massage | 45% | — | 25 | $12,902 | — |
Allen School-Phoenix | — | — | 8 | $21,433 | — |
Allied Health Careers Institute | — | — | 26 | $12,114 | — |
American Institute of Healthcare & Technology | — | 100.0% | 100 | $29,865 | — |
ASI Career Institute | — | — | 62 | $10,692 | — |
Augusta School of Massage | — | — | 34 | $14,371 | — |
Austin Medical Assistant Training | — | — | 328 | — | — |
Carlson College of Massage Therapy | — | — | 39 | $13,205 | — |
Center for Massage | — | — | 51 | $16,242 | — |
Florida Professional Institute | — | — | 117 | $31,590 | — |
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing | — | 100.0% | 31 | $9,672 | — |
Lexington Healing Arts Academy | — | — | 78 | — | — |
Modern Technology School | — | 51.5% | 101 | $23,046 | — |
Myotherapy Massage College | — | — | 50 | $18,198 | — |
Orion Institute | — | — | 44 | $21,032 | — |
Palladium Technical Academy Inc | — | — | 49 | $16,761 | — |
PiBerry Institute | — | — | — | — | — |
Rexburg College of Massage Therapy | — | — | 37 | — | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Ann Arbor | — | — | 51 | $19,408 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Brighton | — | — | 39 | $20,239 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Davison | — | — | 53 | $23,187 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Midland | — | — | 57 | $21,194 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-New Baltimore | — | — | 33 | $21,755 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Ontario | — | — | 79 | $22,346 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro | — | — | 38 | $19,784 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Port Huron | — | — | 38 | $20,375 | — |
San Joaquin Valley College-Porterville | — | — | 78 | $23,531 | — |
Sarasota School of Massage Therapy | — | — | 82 | $18,119 | — |
Sutter County Career Training Center | — | 100.0% | 54 | $24,876 | — |
The Rapha School | — | 38.5% | 27 | $13,018 | — |
Universal Training Institute | — | — | 158 | $37,693 | — |
Zion Massage College | — | — | 56 | $20,095 | — |
| Peer group median | 45% | 100.0% | 51 | $20,167 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
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