You may be familiar with “Yahoo Answers.”  The way it works is anyone with a Yahoo account (Yahoo mail, Yahoo messenger) can log in and post a question about any subject.  People post their answers and earn credits.  We came across one question that asked where one could find a list of the top ranked massage therapy schools.  One person posted this answer:

“Check out Utah College of Massage Therapy….they have an Arizona campus I believe…I went there. If you can ignore politics, the education is absolutely amazing.”

Out of sheer curiosity, we did.  The Utah College of Massage Therapy (UCMT for short) is a family of schools with locations in Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado.  The Utah campus is located in Lindon County. It will take you seven months to complete the program on full time enrollment, twelve months if done part time. You should complete 51 quarter credit hours and 815.5 clock hours.  The UCMT in Utah combines class theory, lab work and business concepts and methods to prepare students for the market place.  This is especially useful if you’re thinking of setting up your own practice after graduation.  Because the Utah College of Massage Therapy trains health care specialists as well, it includes CPR and First Aid training and certification.  They have interesting courses like Cranial Sacral Therapy, Russian Sports Therapy and Trigger Point Therapy.  UCMT also offers the Master Bodyworker Program, which students can also take after they have completed the Professional Massage Therapy Program.

If someone were to ask us to name one USP (unique selling point) of the Utah College of Massage Therapy in Utah, it would have to be the fact that they are a part of the Steiner Education Group.  This company owns massage therapy schools and skin care schools in nine states and 17 locations.  The Group is wholly owned by Steiner Leisure Limited which provides spa services globally; two of the industries they service are the cruise ship industry (about 130 cruise ships) and the spa resort industry.

We’ve read some of the stories by graduates of UCMT.  There’s Noel Olsen who says he set up a part-time private practice and worked in the military to introduce massage therapy into the athletic programs of the military.  There’s Jay Fultz who fulfilled his dream of volunteering for the 2002 Winter Olympics and Paralymptics which to him.  He says it’s one of the best things he has ever done.  And then there’s Nicole Weston, a Canadian resident, who went to UCMT to do the Professional Massage Therapy Program.  When she returned to her native British Columbia, she thought she might have a difficult time landing a job but was surprised to learn that she was immediately hired by one of the province’s top resorts.  Her starting fee was $35.00 an hour plus tips.  That was in 1998.  Imagine what she’s making now!

Make your dream of becoming a massage therapist come true…just like UCMT graduates did!