Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy
The Soma Institute focuses on training clinical massage therapists with a hands-on, clinical-first approach. The school offers a 600-hour Clinical Massage Therapy Diploma Program that can be completed in as little as 9 months for full-time students, or 11 months for those choosing the evening program. Students gain real-world experience through an on-campus clinic and receive career support, including job placement assistance and resume help, even after graduation.
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All Programs at Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy
1 trade program at Soma Institute, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Massage Therapy
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40 | $23,044/yr | $7,916 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.