Sarasota School of Massage Therapy
About
The Sarasota School of Massage Therapy is an accredited institution located in Sarasota, Florida, founded in 1978. The school focuses on training students to become skilled massage therapists and offers a comprehensive curriculum and professional development opportunities.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
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
Council on Occupational Education
Action history · 5
- Dec 2024Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Occupational Education
- Sep 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2021Approved for Distance EducationCouncil on Occupational Education
- Dec 2020Approved for Distance EducationCouncil on Occupational Education
- Feb 2019Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Occupational Education
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, 66 students received $275K in Pell grants, alongside $324K 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 74 borrowers who entered repayment, 5 (6.7%) 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 SSMT
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.
SSMT vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions SSMT 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSarasota School of Massage Therapy | 76% | — | 82 | $18,119 | — |
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 | — |
Florida School of Massage | — | — | 25 | $12,902 | — |
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 | — |
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 | 76% | 100.0% | 51 | $20,167 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Sarasota School of Massage Therapy
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