University of North Carolina Asheville
Asheville, NC
University of North Carolina Asheville is a public liberal arts college in Asheville, North Carolina, a small city, with 2,910 undergraduates. The arts and natural resources are its signature fields: together they make up 20% of its bachelor's degrees, three and a half times their share across the colleges we cover. 55% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $44,030 ten years after starting.
University of North Carolina Asheville admitted 5,131 of 5,465 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (93.9%).
- Acceptance rate
- 93.9%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $7,501
- $24,849 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $12,250
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 22–29
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of North Carolina Asheville is known for
Measured by the 684 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
The arts
11.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 4.9% share across the colleges we cover.
Natural resources
8.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: about seven times the 1.2% share across the colleges we cover.
- Psychology8011.7% of degrees$40,673−20% vs $50,706 nationally
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research598.6% of degrees$46,518−15% vs $55,012 nationally
- English Language and Literature487.0% of degrees$33,714−31% vs $48,590 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations476.9% of degrees$56,479−17% vs $68,257 nationally
- Biology426.1% of degrees$47,302−17% vs $57,214 nationally
- Communication and Media Studies385.6% of degrees$42,743−24% vs $56,359 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Small city
Asheville, NC
Undergraduates
2,910
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Baccalaureate college, arts and sciences focus
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
13 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
2%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of North Carolina Asheville
Three things University of North Carolina Asheville published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
10% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 23% sent an ACT. University of North Carolina Asheville files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
University of North Carolina Asheville asks for no supplemental essay.
Of the 1 prompt we track for this application, none is one you would have to write.
Source: the prompts we track for this application
Families paid $12,250 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
93.9%
5,131 admitted of 5,465 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 600–690Math 570–660
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
22–29
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
10%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
23%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at University of North Carolina Asheville?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of North Carolina Asheville costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $7,501 ($24,849 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $21,685. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $12,250 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$7,501
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$24,849
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$21,685
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$12,250
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $21,685 full cost.
- Under $30k$8,219Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$8,735Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$11,570Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$15,854Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$18,786Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
55%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
72%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$44,030
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,500
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What University of North Carolina Asheville says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 is optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in North Carolina
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Appalachian State University93.9%
- Campbell University94.3%
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke93.3%
- Pfeiffer University95.3%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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