Programs Overview

MTI offers programs with flexibility to help support students from many different backgrounds. We have two tracks and you can transfer into a different program if you change your mind. Our flagship program is our 650-Hour Massage Therapist Program, designed to best prepare you for a career as a bodyworker. Our 500-Hour Program is designed to help students who want to meet the minimum CAMTC requirement in order to get state certified. Your training may begin with the Massage Therapy Fundamentals class or an Anatomy class or any elective class with no prerequisite. This allows you flexibility and many different start date options every year. This comprehensive training provides you with the skills and technique to begin working immediately as a massage therapist. We offer these classes on weekdays and on the weekends (generally 9am-6pm).

If you have completed training elsewhere, you may be able to transfer your prior educational hours into one of our programs. CAMTC will only allow 250 hours total to be transferred into a program. Please check with CAMTC to make sure your previous hours will be accepted by them prior to requesting a transfer with MTI.  

Currently, we have 2 programs offered at our school:

• 650 Hour Massage Therapist Program 
• 500 Hour Massage Therapist Program 

To work as a Massage Therapist in California
We do not have massage therapy state licensing in California, though this may change in the near future. You have the option to apply to CAMTC for certification if you have taken at least 500 hrs of approved training. California does not currently require a test (MBLEx) in order to receive your CAMTC certification. You need to have a business license for the city or county you wish to work in. Different cities and counties have different requirements with reference to educational hours and background checks to obtain a business license.  Please speak to your City Hall or County Seat to find out what you need where you plan to work. This credential will allow you to apply for a business license in any California city or county.

To obtain a business license you must
1. Be in compliance with any city or county ordinance applying to Massage Therapy; 
                                                                          OR
2. Apply for certification through the California Massage Therapy Council (camtc.org) and then take CAMTC paperwork to your city or county to apply for a business license without needing to comply with city or county massage ordinances.