Colleges

Private for-profit · Community college

Center for Massage

Asheville, North Carolina · Small city

#3 graduation rate in North Carolina
0%
Transfer rate
$18,631
Avg net price
90%
Grad / completion
$19,244
Median earnings

Center for Massage is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Asheville, North Carolina (small city setting), enrolling 51 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 51 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Before the arrival of the European Colonists, the land where Asheville now exists lay within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation, which had homelands in modern western North and South Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia. Live music is a significant element in the tourism-based economy of Asheville and the surrounding area. Seasonal festivals and numerous nightclubs and performance venues offer opportunities for visitors and locals to attend a wide variety of live entertainment events. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
Asheville, NC
To the ocean
232 miles
Nearest airport
11 miles to Asheville (AVL)

How Center for Massage compares

Graduation rate90%

Higher than 90% · #3 of 90 in North Carolina

Earnings, 10 years after entry$19,244

Higher than 4% · #82 of 84 in North Carolina

Average net price$18,631

Cheaper than 37% · #74 cheapest of 90 in North Carolina

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 86%

Undergraduate enrollment51

Larger than 14%

Percentiles compare Center for Massage with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in North Carolina.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

51undergrads
  • Women4384%
  • Men816%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White80%
  • Black9.8%
  • Hispanic5.9%
  • Asian2.0%
  • Other or multiracial2.0%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
51
Student–faculty ratio
9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
30%
First-generation students
—
Students over 25
72%
Median family income
$15,666

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
—
Room & board
—
Total cost of attendance
—
Average net price
$18,631

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
90%
First-year retention
—
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$14,564
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$19,244
Median debt at graduation
$6,333
Students with federal loans
41%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
57%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$50

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$18,297
$30–48k
$20,904
$48–75k
$22,089
$75–110k
—
$110k+
—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

18%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$472
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 18% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $472. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 49 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$19,244
Typical debt at graduation
$6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay
33%
Out-earn a HS grad
—

Typical debt would take roughly 3.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

Campus climate

Summer high
86°F
Winter low
29°F
Annual rain
40.6″
Annual snow
11.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.04.1JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Asheville, NC US station (0.3 mi from campus).

What Center for Massage graduates study — and earn

Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
41 grads$15k 1 yr$24k 5 yr$6k debt

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.