A privately owned, for-profit school with eight campuses in Texas, CHCP trains prospective MTs in 30 weeks. A part-time evening program takes 43 weeks.
Six hundred clock hours consist of 358 hours in lectures, 242 in labs, and 80 in an internship at the college’s on-site clinic. Students become adept in Swedish deep tissue, pregnancy, sports, chair, and hot stone massage methods.
The curriculum also features courses in Eastern cultures, spa techniques, trigger points technique, aromatherapy, client assessment, business practices, client acquisition and retention, equipment maintenance, and legal and ethical issues.