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For-profit College

Mountain State
School of Massage

For-profit College in Charleston, WV. Median 10-year earnings $27,545.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Mountain State School of Massage · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$27,545
Federal loan default
0%
Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
Transfer-out rate
Student:faculty
20:1

This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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. At 33 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$25,354
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
91%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
100%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 33 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Net price lands at $25,354 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. 91% of students get grant aid averaging $205, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 100% take federal loans to cover the gap.

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.

% receiving grants
100%
Average grant
$615

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 10 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 $25,354
$30–48k
$48–75k
$75–110k
$110k+

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 33 of these 33 students, totalling $8,097 — an average of $245 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Kanawha County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$714/mo
1 bedroom
$829/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,036/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
1
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
No

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Mountain State School of Massage

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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