Sarasota School
of Massage Therapy
For-profit College in Sarasota, FL. Median 10-year earnings $30,237.
Students who entered Sarasota School of Massage Therapy reach a median of $30,237 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,916.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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. The undergraduate body is just 118, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 118 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,100 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($16,958 versus $23,471), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 69% get grants averaging $5,869, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 82% 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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 28 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 | $16,958 |
| $30–48k | $18,417 |
| $48–75k | $20,051 |
| $75–110k | $20,472 |
| $110k+ | $23,471 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 97 of these 118 students, totalling $718,392 — an average of $7,406 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Manatee 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)