Massage Therapy Industry Accreditations

NMTI maintains the following accreditations, approvals and memberships.

Institution accredited by COMTA, an agency listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency:

COMTA - Commmisson on Massage Therapy Association COMTA is an independent accrediting body for the massage therapy profession.

The Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation, a non-profit independent body, seeks to improve the quality of education for students seeking education in the fields of massage therapy and bodywork through an accreditation process that reflects the current and emerging professional practice standards.

Institution Licensed and / or Approved or Certified by:

Pennslyvania Department of Education Licensed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Private Licensed Schools

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Certified by the State Council of
Higher Education for Virginia

Deleware Department of Education Approved by the Delaware Department of Education

NJ
Approved by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the New Jersey Department of Education

Members of:

The American Massage Therapy Association - AMTA The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) represents more than 51,000 massage therapists in 27 countries. AMTA works to establish massage therapy as integral to the maintenance of good health and complementary to other therapeutic processes; to advance the profession through ethics and standards, certification, school accreditation, continuing education, professional publications, legislative efforts, public education, and fostering the development of members.

Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals - ABMP Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP) is a membership organization serving the massage, bodywork, somatic and esthetic professions. ABMP competes effectively for members by providing the best value and most responsive, knowledgeable service.

National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (www.ncbmtb.com) is an independent, private, non-profit organization, founded in 1992, whose core purpose is to foster high standards for therapeutic massage and bodywork professionals and to advocate for the public acceptance of the value of these standards and the professionals who uphold them. Currently, there are more than 81,000 Nationally Certified massage therapists and bodyworkers in the United States.