770 Hour Holistic Massage Career Program

Perfect for New Hampshire Licensing and More Versatility

A program that includes Deep Tissue, Sports and Clinical Massage as well as Polarity Therapy and RYSE and meets the New Hampshire license requirements.

For years people have been asking for this program. Now it's here.

This is a holisticly oriented massage and bodywork program that gives you a more extensive skill set than is offered in the 650 hour programs that focus only on massage therapy. Graduates of this program have a professional advantage over people who have only studied massage. But the best reason to take it is because you want to have the strongest set of skills possible and the ability to get excellent results.

In the past people would have to graduate from one program and then come back to take the additional information. Now, with the 770 hour program you can take it all at once.

Program Content

This is our top level massage and bodywork program that combines the most important skills into a unified program. The new 770 hour program includes all the information and techniques of the 650 Hour Therapeutic Massage Career Program with the added benefit of Polarity Therapy and RYSE. This program prepares you for licensing in more states, including New Hampshire, at the same time that it gives you a broader set of skills sought out by spas and healing facilities that demand higher standards. Polarity Therapy is a powerful adjunct to Massage and the skills from RYSE will allow you to reach new levels of clarity and strength.

 
Includes everything from the 650 Hour Therapeutic Massage Career Program plus:

Polarity Realization Therapy : This powerful new way of working with the healing process allows for faster progress on a number of issues as well as the ability to work with more people and situations. Using Polarity Therapy allows you to work with people at higher levels of sensitivity who are unable to receive typical massage. Additionally, Polarity Therapy opens a wider range of options to help people reach their healing or transformational goals at the same time that it makes every session more interesting and diverse. But the best part is that Polarity sessions are cumulative which allows clients to continually evolve and reach new levels of wellness. This creates a much more successful practice that is more interesting and varied.

RYSE ®1-4 - RYSE® is a 16-hour in-depth sophisticated awareness program for burnout prevention, alignment and clarity.  The content of RYSE® also gives you an added business skill knowledge base for the creation of a successful practice. RYSE opens the door for perceiving client's issues more clearly, allowing you to design sessions that are more powerful and produce deeper, more long lasting value. RYSE is also a critical component of supporting you to stay clear and aligned as you see more clients and avoid the pitfall of burnout that many therapists with full practices fall into. It's a life changing education developed by Nancy Risley, RPP, RPE .

 

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What students and graduates say about our programs

Massage Graduate and Student Testimonials

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Consumer Information Required by the US Department of Education

Final regulations published in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010, [75 FR 66665 and FR 66832], by the U.S. Department of Education (the Department), require institutions that participate in the student financial assistance programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (the HEA), to report certain information about students who enrolled in Title IV-eligible educational programs that lead to gainful employment in a recognized occupation (GE Programs). Those regulations also provide that institutions must disclose to prospective students certain information about their GE Programs. Finally, the new regulations require an institution to notify the U.S. Secretary of Education (the Secretary) if it wishes to add additional GE Programs to its list of Title IV-eligible programs. All of these requirements are effective July 1, 2011.

In order to be eligible for funding under the Title IV programs, an educational program must lead to a degree (associate, bachelor's, graduate, or professional) or prepare students for "gainful employment in a recognized occupation." In addition, virtually all programs - degree and nondegree - offered by proprietary institutions must prepare students for "gainful employment in a recognized occupation."

CIP and SOC Codes and Links

The CIP Code Descriptions can be found at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/search.aspx?y=55 and the SOC Code Descriptions can be found at http://www.bls.gov/SOC/ if you would like to do additional research into the training and occupational outlook.

Employment Related Links

It’s important as you review the employment information to remember that these occupations have a lot of self-employed individuals and that they are cash businesses that include tips and product sales. The information from the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics may not properly account for the actual income and employment outlook due to these issues. It’s recommended that you talk to people who have been successful in the profession to find out more about these careers.

The following links and information are used as a reference to aid you in your decision around your educational choices. It is grouped by occupational category to assist you in learning more. Go to http://www.bls.gov/oco/  and http://www.onetonline.org/ for additional information on employment and enter the codes listed above.

Completion Rate Information

The completion rate information gives the student an opportunity to understand the expected time for completion of a program. The department of education guidance on completion information includes “On-Time Completion”. The definition of On-Time Completion is not clearly defined by the US DE. In a Dear Colleague Letter http://ifap.ed.gov/fregisters/FR102910Final.html it’s states as follows:

Therefore, to minimize burden on institutions while providing

meaningful information to prospective students, an institution must

calculate an on-time completion rate for each program subject to the

gainful employment provisions by:

    (1) Determining the number of students who completed the program

during the most recently completed award year.

    (2) Determining the number of students in step (1) who completed

the program within normal time, regardless of whether the students

transferred into the program or changed programs at the institution.

For example, the normal time to complete an associate degree is two

years. The two-year timeframe would apply to all students who enroll in

the program. In other words, if a student transfers into the program,

regardless of the number of credits the institution accepts from the

student's attendance at the prior institution, the transfer credits

have no bearing on the two-year timeframe. This student would still

have two years to complete from the date he or she began attending the

two-year program. To be counted as completing on time, a student who

enrolls in the two-year program from another program at the institution

would have to complete the two-year program in normal time beginning

from the date the student started attending the prior program.

    (3) Dividing the number of students who completed within normal

time in step (2) by the total number of completers in step (1) and

multiplying by 100.

    With regard to the commenter who believed that a student could not

miss a single day of classes to complete a program on time, we note

that under Sec.  668.4(e) a student can be excused from attending

classes. Under this section, a student may be excused for an amount of

time that does not exceed the lesser of (1) any thresholds established

by the institution's accrediting agency or State agency, or (2) 10

percent of the clock hours in a payment period. Absent any State or

accrediting agency requirements, for a typical payment period of 450

clock hours a student could miss 45 hours. In the commenter's example

of a 1,500 clock hour program, the student could miss 150 hours and

still complete on time for this requirement. Also, under Sec. 

668.41(a), normal time for a certificate program is the time published

in the institution's catalog and that time may include make-up days.

So, an institution could schedule make-up days, as part of normal time,

to enable students who missed classes to complete the number of hours

required for State licensing purposes.

 

 Institutional Completion, License and Placement Rates

It’s very important to the school that you fully understand the institutional completion, license and placement rates for the school as reported to the US DOE. These figures are updated on an ongoing basis as part of the school’s reporting process so the rates may change depending on the time of the year you look at the rates.

The individual school rates can be found at the following online resource.

 

Massachusetts

Ipswich Campus: http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=spa+tech&;;s=MA&id=445638

Plymouth Campus: http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=spa+tech&;;s=MA&id=445656

Westboro Campus: http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=spa+tech&;;s=MA&id=445647

Consolidated from NACCAS Annual Report

The following information is part of a specific group of Spa Tech Institute Schools with a Main Campus in Westbrook, ME and Additional Locations in Ipswich, Plymouth and Westboro, MA. Differences in tuition are noted by campus and program where applicable. The completion and placement rates are based on the NACCAS annual report.

Completion, License and Placement Rates for 1/1/09-12/31/09 taken from NACCAS annual report calculation:
Completion Rate: 79.07,    Licensure Rate: 98.45        Placement Rate: 83.25

 

Listed below is the Tuition and Fee Schedule as of 6/1/2012. Changes in tuition, fees, books and supplies will be posted as they occur. The changes will only apply to programs that start after the effective date of the new pricing and will not affect currently enrolled students. These charts reflect all approved Title IV eligible programs offered by Spa Tech Institute campuses in the states of Maine and Massachusetts.

 

Program	Clock Hours	Tuition	Fees*	Books & Supplies Kit	Total
Massachusetts Additional Location Prices
770 Holistic Massage Program	770	$12,925	$50	$  1,050	$14,025

 

*Fees: The only fee is the non-refundable application fee which covers the administrative costs of processing an application and doing preliminary Financial Aid processing.

Median Debt by Program

"Median Loan Debt" reflects the median loan debt incurred by students who completed the program, between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, including Title IV program loans, private educational loans and institutional financing plans.

Program	Title IV Loans	Private Loans	Institutional Financing
770 Holistic Massage Program	$8,089	$0	$0

Net Price Calculators for various campuses.

The Net Price Calculators are rough calculations of the total cost of your education, including factors such as if you are living at home or on your own, cost of transportation and other expenses. These calculations are based on a computation supplied by the Department of Education. These calculations are based on the largest program at the campus. Your actual cost may vary depending on the program you attend as well as the schedule you choose. The calculators can be found by going to the following links:

Ipswich Net Price Calclulator

Plymouth Net Price Calclulator

Westboro Net Price Calclulator

Employment Related Links

The following links and information is used as a reference to aid you in your decision around your educational choices. It is grouped by occupational category to assist you in learning more. Go to http://www.bls.gov/oco/  and http://www.onetonline.org/ for additional information on employment and enter the codes listed above.