Stop settling. Start something that matters.
Become a Licensed Massage Therapist in 20 Weeks.
Tuition payments begin after you graduate.
Start 100% online for your first 10 weeks — from home, no commute. Then come in and get your hands on real clients, in a real clinic, in Austin. Two live class days a week to start — so you can keep working while you train.
Not just another massage school.
We go deeper than relaxation massage. You'll learn deep tissue, trigger point, and fascia-focused work — the skills clients actually come back for.
This isn't for everyone.
It's for people who want more.
If you're looking for a meaningful career that helps people and gives you room to grow, you're in the right place.
Different starting points.
Same 500 hours.
Our students come from coffee shops, classrooms, kitchens and gyms. What they share is real curiosity about the body.
What if your work actually mattered?
Imagine spending your day:
This is more than a class.
It's a profession.
Why The DEEPACADEMY?
Pay After You Graduate
No tuition payments while you're in school. Your energy goes into learning — the bills can wait until you've graduated.
Online, Then In Person
Two days of live class. The rest on your own time. All from home — for your first 10 weeks. Then go hands-on, in person. Licensed in 20 weeks.
Eligible for the MBLEx
Finish the 500-hour, TDLR-approved curriculum and you can sit for the MBLEx and apply for your Texas license.
A Fascia-Focused Curriculum
Anatomy, physiology and kinesiology, with a special focus on fascia, plus technique practice you can feel.
Learn first.
Pay after you graduate.
Upfront cost keeps a lot of great people out of this field. So we built our school differently: tuition payments begin after you graduate. Show up, learn, get licensed — then your payment plan starts.
Questions about tuition? We’ll walk you through it in your Phase 1 interview.
From student to professional
Apply
Complete Your Interview
Start Training
Take Your License Exam
Start a career you love
Meet the people who took the leap
"I was working in hospitality and had no idea what I wanted to do next."
"Now I have a career helping people every day."
"I wanted purpose and stability."
"The DEEPACADEMY gave me both."
"I never thought I'd find something I genuinely loved."
"Now I can't imagine doing anything else."
Life at The DEEPACADEMY
Real people. Real students. Real culture.
Not stock massage photos. Real culture.
Our profession matters. The way it’s taught should keep up.
I’ve been a licensed massage therapist since 1997. In 2002 I founded AUSTINDEEP, a therapeutic massage practice in Austin that today has three locations: Lake Austin, Downtown and Barton Creek.
Over those years I kept seeing the same thing: work that changes people’s lives, taught in ways that haven’t kept pace. So I created The DEEPACADEMY to do it differently. Online first, then hands-on in Austin with live instructors.
And because everyone needs a little push to get started, you won’t make a tuition payment until after you graduate.
Jessica Price
Founder, The DEEPACADEMY & AUSTINDEEP
Limited Cohort.
Selective Admissions.
We intentionally keep classes small.
Applications close when seats are filled.
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