Cortiva Institute

Both an art and science, massage follows a holistic method of healing and attaining good health for both the massage therapist and patient. Massage therapy training systems go back more than 3,000 years and have been recorded in civilizations around the globe, including China, Egypt, Greece, India, Japan, and Rome.

When you graduate from one of Cortiva Institute's massage schools, you will be able to start a career in massage therapy that you can practice in a number of settings while managing your own schedule. Resorts, private practices, sports teams, and spas are the work areas for massage therapists. The growing alternative health care industry is wide open for graduates and will offer you many and varied opportunities.

The outlook for growth is amazing; there is a twenty percent job growth predicted by the U.S. Department of Labor's 2008-09 Occupational Outlook Handbook in the coming months and years. Today is the best time to attend a school of massage.

A Professional Massage Therapy program is offered by Cortiva Institute. This comprehensive massage training program combines intellectual discipline and technical expertise.

In their massage therapy courses, students gain real-life clinical experience. They also learn top healing massage techniques, massage theory, benefits and practice, communication and ethics in therapeutic relationships, as well as gain real-life clinical experience. Massage therapy training is growing at an incredible rate in the health care field and as an industry.

The teachers at Cortiva Institute's massage schools combine experience, texts, technology, science, and hands-on instruction to give you the best learning experience. Their massage school program trains students to take the National Certification Exam as well as the state licensing exams. At Cortiva, they offer a strong foundation in the fundamentals. Graduates are prepared for life-long learning. Many of them return to Cortiva for continuing education programs. They offer such enriching programs as maternity and infant massage, deep tissue massage, spa modalities, and many more massage specialties. The states in which each Cortiva massage school is located provide licensure. Cortiva is also accredited by an agency that is recognized by the United States Department of Education.

Swedish, myofascial, neuromuscular, sports, and clinically oriented methods are among the many massage techniques and modalities that students are taught. Students are provided with the greatest chance for success in the marketplace of employment with this approach that is all encompassing to courses of massage training.

Cortiva Institute - Boston

Massage Therapy Program
  • Campus Address:
  • 103 Morse Street, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
  • Type:
  • < 2-year, Private for profit
  • Awards offered:
  • 1 to <2 year Certificate,
  • Campus setting:
  • Suburb: Large
  • Campus housing:
  • no
  • Student population:
  • 316 (all undergraduate)
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Cortiva Institute - Chicago

Massage Therapy Program
  • Campus Address:
  • 17 N. State Street, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60602
  • Type:
  • < 2-year, Private for profit
  • Awards offered:
  • <1 year Certificate,
  • Campus setting:
  • City: Large
  • Campus housing:
  • no
  • Student population:
  • 519 (all undergraduate)
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Cortiva Institute - Crystal Lake

Massage Therapy Program

Cortiva Institute - Florida

Massage Therapy Program
  • Campus Address:
  • 4045 Park Blvd, Pinellas Park, Florida 33781
  • Type:
  • < 2-year, Private for profit
  • Awards offered:
  • <1 year Certificate,
  • Campus setting:
  • Suburb: Large
  • Campus housing:
  • no
  • Student population:
  • 158 (all undergraduate)
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Cortiva Institute - Pennsylvania

Massage Therapy Program

Cortiva Institute - Scottsdale

Massage Therapy Program
  • Campus Address:
  • 8010 East McDowell Road #214, Scottsdale, Arizona 85257
  • Type:
  • < 2-year, Private for profit
  • Awards offered:
  • <1 year Certificate,
  • Campus setting:
  • City: Midsize
  • Campus housing:
  • no
  • Student population:
  • 145 (all undergraduate)
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Cortiva Institute - Seattle

Massage Therapy Program
  • Campus Address:
  • 425 Pontius Ave N Ste 100, Seattle, Washington 98109
  • Type:
  • < 2-year, Private for profit
  • Awards offered:
  • 1 to <2 year Certificate, <1 year Certificate,
  • Campus setting:
  • City: Large
  • Campus housing:
  • no
  • Student population:
  • 327 (all undergraduate)
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Cortiva Institute - Somerset School of Massage Therapy (Piscataway)

Massage Therapy Program

Cortiva Institute - Somerset School of Massage Therapy (Wall Township)

Massage Therapy Program

Cortiva Institute - Tucson

Massage Therapy Program
  • Campus Address:
  • 6390 E. Broadway, Suite 100, Tucson, Arizona 85710
  • Type:
  • < 2-year, Private for profit
  • Awards offered:
  • 1 to <2 year Certificate, <1 year Certificate,
  • Campus setting:
  • City: Large
  • Campus housing:
  • no
  • Student population:
  • 128 (all undergraduate)
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Cortiva Institute - Woodridge

Massage Therapy Program