Programs - Tucson
At Cortiva, our curriculum is designed for serious students who are willing to challenge themselves in the pursuit of a massage career that is both personally and professionally rewarding. We offer two diploma programs: the 750-hour Professional Massage Therapy Program, and the 1000-hour Extended Professional Massage Therapy Program. Our programs are well-balanced, integrating theory, technique, anatomy and physiology, practical experience, and personal and professional development.
Classes begin four times per year with day and evening/weekend schedules available. The 750-hour program is offered as a 9 month full-time program of three quarter terms and typically 25 hours of study per week; or as a 12 month part-time program of four quarter terms. Towards the end of the program completion students are given the option to continue their training with one additional quarter term of advanced studies, and complete the 1000-hour Extended Professional Massage Therapy Program.
The Tucson campus has provided massage therapy training as its educational focus continuously since 1982. Our programs are constantly updated to employ new modalities, techniques of training and learning materials.
Our programs are comprehensive and grounded in the value of client-centered care. You will learn massage theory and practice; business; communication and ethics in therapeutic relationships; and gain valuable hands-on experience. Our faculty members are engaged and passionate in your studies – and they are also practitioners so they bring relevant and current expertise and knowledge to the classrooms. And perhaps most exciting of all, you will have the opportunity to bring together the skills you learn in your science, business and hands-on courses, and apply them in the Massage Therapy Center, an instructor-led massage therapy clinic.
Graduating students will be competent massage therapists, and prepared to take the National Certification Exam.
Program Overview
- Massage Therapy Theory and Practice
- Anatomy, Physiology, Kinesiology, and Pathology
- Business Practices for Massage Therapists
- Professional Ethics and Communication
- Research and Clinical Reasoning
- Massage Clinic
Please contact an Admissions Representative to discuss class schedules: (520) 623-2160.
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| Additional Program Information |
| Name and Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for this program | Massage Therapist 31-9011.00 |
| U.S. Dept of Labor O*Net for this program | http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/31-9011.00 |
| On-time graduation rate for this program(1) | 86% |
| Job Placement rate(2) | 82% |
| Median Title IV Federal student loan debt incurred(3) | $9,358 |
| Median private loan student debt incurred(3) | $0 |
| Median institutional student loan debt incurred(3) | $0 |
| Tuition, books, and fees | http://www.cortiva.com/locations/tucson-massage-school/tuition-financial-aid.aspx |
Federal regulation 34 CFR 668.6 (b) (2) requires educational institutions to disclose this information to prospective students with the following guidelines:
(1) Rate calculated for the period July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011
(2) Rates are as reported on the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges annual report submitted November 2010 for the period December 2007 to November 2008 for students that started their program within the listed period as prescribed by the accrediting commission guidelines.
(3) Median amount calculated for all students who completed the program between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011
