Choosing a Massage School in Seattle

How to Choose a Massage School

1. Get a massage from a graduate of each of the programs you are considering. Your experience receiving a massage will tell you a lot about how well prepared a graduate is.

2. Get a massage at the school’s student clinic. You will not only get a sample of their student’s work (at a great price!), you will also get a glimpse of how the school operates.

3. Talk to graduates of several schools and ask how well they think their education prepared them for their career.

4. Talk to the admissions staff at several schools. Do they pitch you with a “hard sell”? How concerned are they with your ability – financially, emotionally, and otherwise – to cope with the rigors of massage school?

5. Talk to faculty members at each school you are considering. How well does their communication and teaching style match your learning style?

Seattle Area Massage Schools

• Bellevue Massage School

• BodyMind Academy

• Cortiva Institute (this organization has swallowed up the two best-known schools in town, the Brian Utting School of Massage (my alma mater) and the Brenneke School of Massage)

• Everest College (this is the newest name of the school formerly known as Ashmead College and before that the Seattle Massage School)

• Northwest Academy for the Healing Arts

• Northwest School of Massage

• Port Townsend School of Massage

• Renton Technical College

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This page created 6/9/04; last updated 9/17/09.