2024 Best Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
18Associate Degrees
If you plan on getting your associate degree in massage therapy/therapeutic massage, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #195 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 18 associate degrees in massage therapy/therapeutic massage to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage School for Your Associate Degree
The massage therapy/therapeutic massage associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to massage therapy/therapeutic massage students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other massage therapy/therapeutic massage students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized massage therapy/therapeutic massage related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for massage therapy/therapeutic massage students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage in the Far Western US Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in massage therapy/therapeutic massage.
Top Far Western US Region Schools for an Associate in Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage
Rankings in Majors Related to Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage
One of 3 majors within the Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services area of study, Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage has other similar majors worth exploring.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.