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Massage Therapy Scholarships
You don't need to be pursuing a traditional career such as accounting or teaching to qualify for scholarships. Students interested in massage therapy will be pleased to know that there are scholarship opportunities for them as well.
National Scholarships
MASSAGE Magazine
- Awards $1000 scholarships to 5 students of massage or touch therapy. Students need to be studying at a school that participates in the Massage Magazine Schools Program.
The Spa Foundation
- Provides not only scholarships to students studying massage therapy but also provides self-help and financial management resources to recipients. They are committed to helping their scholarship recipients be successful both while in school and after graduation.
American Specialty Health (ASH)
- Offers scholarships to students studying various alternative therapies including massage therapy. Past awards were valued at $500.
Massage Therapy Foundation
- Awards research grants ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 to be used towards independent research involving massage therapy.
School-Specific Scholarships
Lane Community College-Continuing Education Department
- Small scholarship program awarding $250 to students.
Healy Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Available at Northwestern Health Sciences University to either massage therapy or chiropractic students with a minimum GPA of 2.5.
Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences - Massage Therapy Program - New York, New York
Offers the following three scholarships all of which honor professionals who were formerly affiliated with the school and contributed to the field of massage therapy:
- Patricia J. Eckardt Scholarship Fund
- Richard G. Gilbert Scholarship Fund
- Jennifer A. Plumhoff Scholarship Fund
Great Lakes Institute of Technology Medical Careers Scholarship - Erie, PA
- Students who qualify for this scholarship receive 25% off the cost of tuition.
Austin Schools of Massage Scholarships
- $1000 scholarship available to each Clark Foundations Program and each Clark Advanced Clinical Program class.
- The Dottie Scholarship Fund, honoring a former team member at the school, provides Tuition Assistance Scholarships to qualifying students.
The Remy Orticelle Massage Therapy Awards
- $500 each to both a returning student and graduating student of North Country Community College, State University of New York.
The Regents Professional Opportunity Scholarship
- Over 200 scholarships valued at up to $5000 for minority and disadvantaged individuals in New York State who are pursuing study leading to employment in the licensed professions. Massage Therapy is a qualifying area of study for this scholarship.
Massage Therapy Training Institute Scholarship
- Offered three times a year to full-time students who meet criteria, including having a 2.75 cumulative GPA, at MTTI which has a campus in Missouri and a second campus in Kansas.
The Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy Scholarship Program
- Includes a total of four awards valued at $1000 each and offered to new students.
