| If you are planning on pursuing a degree in | | | | given each year to students pursuing a degree in |
| massage therapy, there are many different | | | | massage or touch therapy at a school |
| scholarships and grants available to help you pay | | | | participating in the Massage Magazine Schools |
| for your schooling. Some of these awards are | | | | Program. |
| available from the school itself, and some are | | | | - Massage Therapy Foundation: This foundation |
| national awards for future massage therapists. | | | | awards several research grants ranging from |
| The following are thought to be the top 10 | | | | $1,000 to $20,000 each year to students and |
| scholarships and grants for massage therapy: | | | | professionals pursuing massage therapy research. |
| - American Specialty Health (ASH): ASH provides | | | | - Massage Therapy Training Institute Scholarship: |
| scholarships usually valued at around $500 for | | | | This institution offers scholarships and grants |
| alternative therapy students, including those at | | | | three times each year to full-time massage |
| massage therapy schools. | | | | therapy students who meet GPA requirements at |
| - Austin Schools of Massage: This school offers | | | | its Missouri and Kansas campuses. |
| $1,000 scholarships for students in the Clark | | | | - The Regents Professional Opportunity |
| Foundations Program and the Clark Advanced | | | | Scholarship: There are more than 200 scholarships |
| Clinical Program class, as well as the Dottie | | | | that range all the way up to $5,000 for minority |
| Scholarship Fund to help with tuition for students | | | | and disadvantaged students studying for licensed |
| who qualify. | | | | professions such as massage therapy in the state |
| - The Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy | | | | of New York. |
| Scholarship Program: There are four $1,000 | | | | - The Spa Foundation: Students pursuing a degree |
| scholarships and grants for massage therapy | | | | in massage therapy self-help and financial |
| students at this school each year. | | | | management resources may qualify for awards |
| - Great Lakes Institute of Technology Medical | | | | from this foundation. |
| Careers Scholarship: This school in Erie, | | | | - Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences |
| Pennsylvania offers scholarships to qualifying | | | | Massage Therapy Program: This New York City |
| students that equal 25 percent of their tuition | | | | school offers three different scholarships in honor |
| cost. | | | | of alumni who have contributed to the field of |
| - MASSAGE Magazine: Five $1000 scholarships are | | | | massage therapy. |