Which Southwest Institute of Healing Arts certificate program has the lowest debt?

Cosmetology and Massage Therapy graduates leave with a median of $9,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Southwest Institute of Healing Arts certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Southwest Institute of Healing Arts cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $15,975 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $43,883.

How many Southwest Institute of Healing Arts programs report graduate pay?

One associate's program and 5 certificate programs at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Southwest Institute of Healing Arts Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private for-profit school
Tempe, AZ
534 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 Southwest Institute of Healing Arts certificate programs report what graduates earn. Foods and Nutrition pays the most in the first year ($28,738), and Massage Therapy the least ($21,070). The median program pays $26,795. Southwest Institute of Healing Arts also has one associate's program that reports pay.

Tuition for the largest program$15,975Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$43,883After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate67%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

One associate's program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Arizona" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Arizona.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Arizona
Alternative MedicineAbout 7 graduates a year	$22,884	$36,429	$19,250	1st of 1

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Arizona" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Arizona. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Arizona
1	Foods and NutritionAbout 15 graduates a year	$28,738	Not reported	$12,363	1st of 1
2	Alternative MedicineAbout 120 graduates a year	$27,262	$27,484	$12,125	1st of 1
3	CosmetologyAbout 165 graduates a year	$26,795	$26,798	$9,500	1st of 12
4	Movement and Mind-Body TherapiesAbout 41 graduates a year	$23,768	$29,021	$13,007	1st of 1
5	Massage TherapyAbout 71 graduates a year	$21,070	$27,605	$9,500	1st of 4

Program names link to the program's own page, and Arizona ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Arizona programs in the field do too.

Common questions

Foods and Nutrition graduates earn a median of $28,738 in their first year, the most of 5 Southwest Institute of Healing Arts certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
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 Arizona rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels