This allied health and trades career school, with three campuses in Virginia, traces its history to 1969. It was long known as Tidewater Tech.
The 24-credit-hour MT certificate program requires eight months of full-time study. Enrollees choose whether to attend day or night classes. Graduates receive diplomas. The curriculum involves standard courses such as anatomy and physiology, kinesiology, and massage techniques and therapies.
Students also take classes in massage theory, integrative therapies, clinical massage, energy theory, myology, business and ethics, and success in college and the workplace. An exam review course prepares prospective practitioners for the national certification test.