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Massage therapy schools in Arizona
Arizona has 12 accredited campuses awarding massage therapy credentials. If you finish and work as a massage therapist in Arizona, expect to start around $37,800–$51,620 and reach a median of $62,400 with experience; the top quarter earn $72,800 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Arizona). Graduates of these Arizona programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $17,873 in their first year, against $19,383 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What massage therapists earn in Arizona
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 2,530 employed in Arizona. National median: $58,450.
Campuses in Arizona, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: CoolidgeFlagstaffGlendaleHolbrookLake Havasu CityMesaPhoenixTempeTucson
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrington College-Tucson | Tucson | for-profit career college | 20 | $18,354 | $8,441 | 66% | $38,722 |
| Arizona School of Integrative Studies | Mesa | for-profit career school | 122 | $17,873 | $8,444 | 83% | $19,304 |
| Arizona College-Glendale | Glendale | for-profit career college | 68 | $16,167 | $8,973 | 85% | not reported |
| Southwest Institute of Healing Arts | Tempe | for-profit career college | 71 | not reported | $9,500 | 67% | $45,279 |
| Phoenix College | Phoenix | Public community college | 29 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| East Valley Institute of Technology | Mesa | Public technical college | 26 | not reported | not reported | 68% | not reported |
| GateWay Community College-Central City | Phoenix | Public community college | 22 | not reported | not reported | 55% | $17,257 |
| Central Arizona College | Coolidge | Public community college | 6 | not reported | not reported | 27% | not reported |
| Charles of Italy Beauty College | Lake Havasu City | for-profit career college | 4 | not reported | not reported | 74% | $15,845 |
| Northland Pioneer College | Holbrook | Public community college | 1 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Phoenix Therapeutic Massage College - Flagstaff | Flagstaff | career school | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Phoenix Therapeutic Massage College - Phoenix | Phoenix | career school | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.