Dayton School
of Medical Massage
For-profit College in Dayton, OH. Median 10-year earnings $31,071.
Ten-year median earnings of $31,071 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,432.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 72% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The 30:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 425 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $30,819 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($30,819 versus $30,819), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 93% of students get grant aid averaging $4,175, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 93% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 260 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $30,819 |
| $30–48k | $30,819 |
| $48–75k | $30,819 |
| $75–110k | $30,819 |
| $110k+ | $30,819 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 394 of these 425 students, totalling $3,104,244 — an average of $7,879 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Montgomery County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)