Program Highlights

  • Experience the joy of helping people feel better through therapeutic touch.
  • Manage a full-service spa offering chair, hot stone, prenatal, sports, and Swedish massages as well as body scrub treatments.
  • Assess soft tissue injury to develop a massage program for clients in the fitness, health care, and sports fields.

Career Focus

  • The first step to earning your massage therapy licensure is to successfully complete the CAVIT two-year program. At the end of the program, it’s time to earn your licensure by completing the state application process. Finally, it’s time to update your resume, apply for, and land a massage therapist position and/or continue your post-secondary education and earn a business or marketing degree.

Listing of Instructional Topics

Year One:

  • Law and Ethics
  • Chair Massage Techniques
  • Draping Techniques
  • Swedish Massage Skills
  • Bones and Muscles
  • Pregnancy and Infant Massage
  • Essential Oils
  • Lymphatic Massage

Year Two:

  • Deep Tissue Skills
  • Trigger Points
  • Thermotherapy Techniques
  • Hot Stone Massage
  • Cupping and Scraping Techniques
  • Sports Massage
  • Public Massage Clinics
  • Massage Licensure Prep

Massage Therapist Entry Level Salary Range*

  • Hourly: $15.77–$24.64
  • Annual: $27,950–$42,390

*Source – Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wages

Related Career Pathways

  • Athletic Trainer
  • Chiropractor
  • Chiropractic Assistant
  • Massage Therapist
  • Naturpathic Doctor
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Personal Trainer
  • Physical Therapist
  • Small Business Owner
  • Spa Manager