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Elevate Your Training Program with Massage Alliance
Give your massage training program professional recognition and align it with clear technical standards. Becoming a Massage Alliance–recognized school is a step toward structure, credibility, and long-term positioning within the profession.
Accreditation confirms that your curriculum, teaching methods, and technical content meet defined quality criteria. It allows your school to train future massage professionals under a recognized framework focused on technique, sensitivity, and professional responsibility.
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Overview
Running a Massage Training ProgramIs a Direct Way to Shape the Next Generation of Professionals
Leading a massage training program means taking responsibility for how future professionals learn technique, develop sensitivity, and understand the standards of the profession. What you teach today will define the quality of massage tomorrow. Accreditation with Massage Alliance strengthens your credibility as a training institution, connects you to an international professional network, and provides a clear framework to support both your students and the long-term development of your school. If you are ready to formalize your massage training program, align it with defined technical standards, and choose the accreditation level that best fits your institution, explore the available options to take the next step.
Choosing an Accreditation Level
Find the Right Accreditation for Your Massage Training Program
Massage Alliance offers internationally recognized accreditation pathways for massage schools and training programs, ensuring technical rigor, ethical standards, and consistency in professional education.
Each accreditation level is designed to match the structure, scope, and maturity of your training program—so your school can grow with clarity, responsibility, and professional credibility.
School Accreditation Options
A foundational training program designed to establish solid technical bases in massage. This level focuses on essential manual techniques, anatomy, body mechanics, professional ethics, and the development of tactile sensitivity.
MAS 200 accreditation confirms that your school delivers structured, coherent training aligned with fundamental professional standards.
An expanded program that builds upon foundational training, incorporating advanced techniques, clinical reasoning, and deeper anatomical and functional understanding.
MAS 350 accreditation recognizes schools that offer specialization pathways and a higher level of technical rigor in massage education.
A comprehensive training program covering advanced manual techniques, integrative approaches, supervision, and professional maturity.
MAS 500 accreditation is reserved for schools that demonstrate depth, consistency, and excellence in long-term massage education.
For schools offering continuing technical education to practicing massage professionals. This credential recognizes institutions that contribute to the ongoing refinement of technique and sensitivity in the profession.
A designation for schools that meet advanced institutional, educational, and ethical standards, positioning them as reference centers within the Massage Alliance network.
For a detailed breakdown of accreditation requirements, visit the Massage Alliance Accreditation Standards.
To review the criteria, structure, and quality requirements for each accreditation level, see the Massage Alliance School Standards.
Registration Costs
Application Fee: One-time registration fee of $400
Annual Accreditation Fee: $240 per accreditation level
Schools may hold multiple accreditation levels. Fees apply per accredited program.
This structure ensures proper evaluation, ongoing quality oversight, and alignment with Massage Alliance technical and educational standards.
Ready to accredit your school?
Becoming a Massage Alliance–Recognized School
How to Apply for Your Massage Alliance School Accreditation
Obtaining a Massage Alliance School Accreditation confirms that your training program meets defined professional standards in technique, sensitivity development, and educational structure.
Step 1 – Develop Your Training Program
Ensure your curriculum is structured around massage technique, anatomy, body mechanics, professional ethics, and supervised practice.
Define clear learning objectives, progression of technical difficulty, and evaluation methods.
Appoint lead instructors with proven professional and teaching experience.
Step 2 – Submit Your Application
Complete the online application and provide detailed information about your training program, curriculum structure, teaching staff, and methodology.
Demonstrate alignment with Massage Alliance technical and ethical standards.
Submit the one-time application fee.
Step 3 – Review & Accreditation Decision
Massage Alliance will review your documentation and may request clarifications or adjustments to ensure compliance with accreditation standards.
Once approved, your school will receive its official Massage Alliance accreditation and authorization to operate under the recognized framework.
For a detailed, step-by-step overview of the accreditation process, explore the Massage Alliance School Accreditation Guide.
Stay Accredited
Upholding Excellence in Massage Education
Accrediting your school is only the beginning. Maintaining your Massage Alliance accreditation ensures that your training program continues to meet defined technical, ethical, and educational standards, providing long-term value to your students and to the profession.
Staying accredited means committing to quality, transparency, and continuous improvement in how massage technique and sensitivity are taught.
Commit to Professional and Ethical Standards
Accredited schools must adhere to the Massage Alliance Ethical Commitment, ensuring safe, responsible, and high-quality massage education.
Engage in Transparent Quality Review
Graduates are invited to share structured feedback on their training experience, reinforcing accountability, clarity, and continuous improvement within your program.
Remain Connected to the Professional Network
Accredited schools maintain access to exclusive resources, professional development opportunities, and the global Massage Alliance network of training institutions.
Take the Next Step
Expand Your School’s Professional Impact
Your school plays a direct role in shaping how massage technique and sensitivity are transmitted to future professionals. Advancing your accreditation and educational framework strengthens not only your institution, but the profession as a whole.
Apply for School Accreditation
Begin the process to become a Massage Alliance–accredited school and align your training program with recognized technical and ethical standards.
Develop Advanced Technical Education
Explore continuing education pathways to offer advanced, structured training for practicing massage professionals and instructors.
Access Provider Benefits and Resources
Discover professional tools, resources, and institutional benefits designed to support the long-term stability and growth of your school.
Massage Alliance supports schools committed to quality, responsibility, and professional excellence in massage education worldwide.
