Medical Institute of Palm Beach Massage Therapy (Certificate): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Certificate in Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
- Private for-profit school
- Greenacres, FL
- About 17 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Medical Institute of Palm Beach massage therapy graduates earn about what massage therapy graduates earn nationally, $18,996 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $6,320 in federal loans, less than at 96% of massage therapy programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying massage therapy programs in Florida.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Florida and national columns are the medians across all massage therapy certificate programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Florida massage therapy program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Florida medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $67 a month, or 4.2% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
95% of graduates (18 of 19) were working in Florida one year after graduating. Prices in the Miami area are about 14% above the national average, so a $18,996 salary here buys what about $16,641 buys in a typical US city.
The median Florida massage therapist earns $49,680, compared with a national median of $58,450. After adjusting for Florida prices, that pay is worth about $48,040, which puts Florida behind.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to massage therapy, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Massage Therapists
$49,680Median pay in Florida. 9,280 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 15% from 2025 to 2035, with about 20,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.
About Medical Institute of Palm Beach
Massage Therapy ranks 2nd of 2 certificate programs at Medical Institute of Palm Beach by first-year earnings. The other is Allied Health and Medical Assisting ($28,406).
Other massage therapy certificate programs near Greenacres
Common questions
The median graduate earns $18,996 one year after graduating. Massage therapists in the Miami metro area earn a median of $48,370 across all experience levels.
The median federal loan balance is $6,320, which ranks 3rd lowest of 22 massage therapy certificate programs in Florida. That works out to about $67 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 33% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 41%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Florida programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 95% (18 of 19) were working in Florida one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Florida comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the massage therapy program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024