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UNCA landed the #1,717 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
UNCA is also ranked #61 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.
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University of North Carolina at Asheville has an acceptance rate of 74%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 16% of students accepted to UNCA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 685. Math scores were between 545 and 655.
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At UNCA, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of North Carolina at Asheville is 74%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at University of North Carolina at Asheville is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UNCA the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 47%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of North Carolina at Asheville.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,358 undergraduates at UNCA with 2,870 being full-time and 488 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,603 | $10,476 | $13,004 | $17,063 | $18,246 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UNCA, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UNCA, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $6,410 a year. That adds up to $25,640 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UNCA are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804-8510 |
| Phone: | 828-251-6600 |
| Website: | https://unca.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UNCAsheville |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/UncAvl |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 108 | $24,666 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 59 | $25,758 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 53 | $27,682 |
| Business Administration & Management | 50 | $44,945 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 47 | $23,504 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 47 | $23,023 |
| General English Literature | 41 | $19,136 |
| Public Health | 40 | $27,913 |
| General Biology | 38 | $27,943 |
| Computer Science | 28 | $48,076 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 716 students took at least one online class at University of North Carolina at Asheville. This is an increase from the 390 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 716 | 73 |
| 2021-2022 | 390 | 85 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,896 | 443 |
| 2018-2019 | 299 | 61 |
Learn more about online learning at University of North Carolina at Asheville.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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