Private for-profit · Community college
Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage
Falls Church, Virginia · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
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- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $44,892
- Median earnings
Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Falls Church, Virginia (large suburb setting), enrolling 101 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Falls Church, Virginia
Falls Church is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The first known government in the area was the Iroquois Confederacy. After exploration by Captain John Smith, England began sending colonists to what they called Virginia. The principal characters in the television series The Americans, Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, and their children Paige and Henry, as well as FBI agent Stan Beeman, live in Falls Church. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 7 miles to Washington, DC
- To the ocean
- 5 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) · major hub
How Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage compares
Higher than 83% · #13 of 62 in Virginia
Lower than 90%
Lower than 86%
Larger than 29%
Percentiles compare Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic 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 Virginia.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women6968%
- Men3232%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White31%
- Black36%
- Hispanic13%
- Asian7.9%
- Other or multiracial13%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 101
- Student–faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 18%
- First-generation students
- 38%
- Students over 25
- 83%
- Median family income
- $19,599
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $26,148
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $44,892
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 30%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 68%
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%.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $44,892
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 14%
- Out-earn a HS grad
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Typical debt would take roughly 1.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
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
- 88°F
- Winter low
- 26°F
- Annual rain
- 48.5″
- Annual snow
- 5.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Dalecarlia Rsvr, MD US station (5.2 mi from campus).
What Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage graduates study — and earn
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.