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University of North Carolina Asheville

University of North Carolina Asheville is a public campus in Asheville proper — federal locale codes class it as urban.

What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$6,513

family income
under $30k

$8,674

$30–48k

$13,105

$48–75k

$16,977

$75–110k

$17,721

over $110k

Average net price

$12,2502023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at University of North Carolina Asheville rose from $8,734 (2008) to $12,250 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$8,734
2009	$9,469
2010	$9,272
2011	$10,458
2012	$11,765
2013	$12,421
2014	$14,623
2015	$12,145
2016	$12,799
2017	$12,794
2018	$12,061
2019	$12,551
2020	$13,069
2021	$13,637
2022	$12,865
2023	$12,250

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$21,6852024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at University of North Carolina Asheville rose from $14,544 (2009) to $21,685 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$14,544
2010	$14,970
2011	$15,617
2012	$16,303
2013	$17,468
2014	$18,574
2015	$19,760
2016	$18,424
2017	$19,086
2018	$19,710
2019	$19,884
2020	$20,127
2021	$20,515
2022	$21,030
2023	$21,061
2024	$21,685

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition (in-state vs out-of-state)

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

In-stateOut-of-state

Tuition — data
Year	In-state	Out-of-state
2000	$2,063	$8,909
2001	$2,426	$9,888
2002	$2,884	$11,289
2003	$3,031	$11,856
2004	$3,323	$12,523
2005	$3,525	$13,325
2006	$3,811	$13,936
2007	$4,045	$15,035
2008	$4,174	$15,504
2013	$6,241	$20,063
2014	$6,392	$21,263
2015	$6,605	$22,219
2016	$6,977	$23,372
2017	$7,145	$23,868
2018	$7,145	$23,868
2019	$7,231	$24,579
2020	$7,244	$24,592
2021	$7,319	$24,667
2022	$7,380	$24,728
2023	$7,461	$24,809

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

University of North Carolina Asheville reports tuition of $7,501 for in-state students and $24,849 for out-of-state students. Check University of North Carolina Asheville’s residency rules, attendance budget and aid offer. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

At 2,910 undergrads, University of North Carolina Asheville is a mid-sized campus by U.S. standards.

54.5% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at University of North Carolina Asheville within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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54.5%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at University of North Carolina Asheville rose from 45.2% (entered 1991) to 54.5% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	45.2%
1992 cohort	51.6%
1993 cohort	55.3%
1994 cohort	48%
1995 cohort	53.9%
1996 cohort	51.1%
1997 cohort	51.5%
1998 cohort	51.7%
1999 cohort	53.3%
2000 cohort	53.4%
2001 cohort	54.3%
2002 cohort	60.1%
2003 cohort	59%
2004 cohort	55.3%
2005 cohort	60.7%
2006 cohort	55.2%
2007 cohort	59.5%
2008 cohort	64.2%
2009 cohort	60.1%
2010 cohort	62%
2011 cohort	61.6%
2012 cohort	63.4%
2013 cohort	59.2%
2014 cohort	62.4%
2015 cohort	64.6%
2016 cohort	58.7%
2017 cohort	54.9%
2018 cohort	54.5%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$10,876	$3,000
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$11,000	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$12,283	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$12,301	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$12,577	$4,229
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$13,090	$4,003
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$13,273	$3,750
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$13,625	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$14,125	$3,735
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$14,923	$4,250
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$15,103	$4,997
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$14,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$15,250	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$16,439	$5,718
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$16,500	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$18,508	$6,251
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$20,500	$6,486
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$21,429	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$20,714	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$20,116	$6,946
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$20,888	$6,884
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$21,484	$6,891
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$20,987	$6,438
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$20,500	$7,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$36,947

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$41,255

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$44,030

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

University of North Carolina Asheville admitted 6,782 of 7,378 applicants in Fall 2024. The 91.9% rate describes that application pool.

91.9%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $7,461 in-state tuition · 2023–24 2,910 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1170–13601600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, University of North Carolina Asheville received 7,378 applications and admitted 6,782 (91.9%), with 725 enrolling.

University of North Carolina Asheville reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For University of North Carolina Asheville’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 600–700 and Math was 570–660 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1170–1360 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	600	650	700
SAT Math	570	605	660
ACT Composite	23	26	29

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

91.9%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	64.2%
Fall 2002	67%
Fall 2003	67%
Fall 2004	72.5%
Fall 2005	72.9%
Fall 2006	62.7%
Fall 2007	71.2%
Fall 2008	75.9%
Fall 2009	73.1%
Fall 2010	75.7%
Fall 2011	77.4%
Fall 2012	68.5%
Fall 2013	64%
Fall 2014	73.1%
Fall 2015	78.5%
Fall 2016	75.9%
Fall 2017	80.4%
Fall 2018	93.6%
Fall 2019	84%
Fall 2020	79.4%
Fall 2021	81.6%
Fall 2022	74.3%
Fall 2023	93.9%
Fall 2024	91.9%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1170–1360Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1050	1270
Fall 2002	1050	1270
Fall 2003	1050	1270
Fall 2004	1060	1270
Fall 2005	1060	1270
Fall 2006	1080	1300
Fall 2007	1050	1270
Fall 2008	1060	1260
Fall 2009	1050	1270
Fall 2010	1070	1270
Fall 2011	1060	1270
Fall 2012	1070	1260
Fall 2013	1100	1290
Fall 2014	1100	1290
Fall 2015	1060	1250
Fall 2016	1040	1250
Fall 2017	1080	1260
Fall 2018	1060	1250
Fall 2019	1090	1270
Fall 2020	1060	1270
Fall 2021	1130	1330
Fall 2022	1145	1340
Fall 2023	1170	1350
Fall 2024	1170	1360

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

23–29Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2004	22	27
Fall 2005	22	27
Fall 2006	22	27
Fall 2007	22	26
Fall 2008	22	26
Fall 2009	21	27
Fall 2010	23	27
Fall 2011	22	27
Fall 2012	24	28
Fall 2013	24	27
Fall 2014	24	28
Fall 2015	23	28
Fall 2016	23	28
Fall 2017	22	28
Fall 2018	21	28
Fall 2019	22	27
Fall 2020	21	28
Fall 2021	22	29
Fall 2022	21	28
Fall 2023	22	29
Fall 2024	23	29

IPEDS Fall 2004–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

2,910Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at University of North Carolina Asheville has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024 — up to 3,505 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 2,910.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	2,963
Fall 2003	3,081
Fall 2004	3,232
Fall 2005	3,124
Fall 2006	3,220
Fall 2007	3,249
Fall 2008	3,150
Fall 2009	3,320
Fall 2010	3,418
Fall 2011	3,334
Fall 2012	3,259
Fall 2013	3,323
Fall 2014	3,425
Fall 2015	3,505
Fall 2016	3,462
Fall 2017	3,496
Fall 2018	3,478
Fall 2019	3,287
Fall 2020	3,206
Fall 2021	3,084
Fall 2022	2,803
Fall 2023	2,790
Fall 2024	2,910

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

72%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at University of North Carolina Asheville has held near 72% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	78%
Fall 2003 cohort	80%
Fall 2004 cohort	76%
Fall 2005 cohort	81%
Fall 2006 cohort	76%
Fall 2007 cohort	78%
Fall 2008 cohort	82%
Fall 2009 cohort	82%
Fall 2010 cohort	80%
Fall 2011 cohort	78%
Fall 2012 cohort	80%
Fall 2013 cohort	77%
Fall 2014 cohort	79%
Fall 2015 cohort	78%
Fall 2016 cohort	75%
Fall 2017 cohort	73%
Fall 2018 cohort	73%
Fall 2019 cohort	76%
Fall 2020 cohort	75%
Fall 2021 cohort	69%
Fall 2022 cohort	73%
Fall 2023 cohort	72%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about University of North Carolina Asheville

32.4% of University of North Carolina Asheville's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes University of North Carolina Asheville as a primarily residential campus of 2,910 undergraduates — and 72.1% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

University of North Carolina Asheville's SAT section-percentile sums are 1170–1360 — their midpoint is above the NC four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on University of North Carolina Asheville's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How University of North Carolina Asheville compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

University of North Carolina Asheville91.9%

North Carolina median74.9%

National median76.8%

Tuition (in-state)

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

University of North Carolina Asheville$7,501

North Carolina median$19,500

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

University of North Carolina Asheville's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

University of North Carolina Asheville$44,030

North Carolina median$45,873

National median$53,781

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University of North Carolina Asheville, North Carolina and national reference values
Metric & basis	University of North Carolina Asheville	North Carolina median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	91.9%	74.9%	76.8%
Tuition (in-state)Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$7,501	$19,500	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$44,030	$45,873	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For University of North Carolina Asheville, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

University of North Carolina Asheville federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 19 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Engineering, General	$88,346
Computer Science	$88,084
Accounting and Related Services	$69,472
Economics	$66,736
Chemistry	$60,021
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$56,479
Mathematics	$56,247
Political Science and Government	$55,698
Biology, General	$47,302
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$46,518
Sociology	$44,824
Communication and Media Studies	$42,743
Public Health	$42,267
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$41,796
Psychology, General	$40,673
Visual and Performing Arts, General	$40,444
History	$38,565
Music	$37,484
English Language and Literature, General	$33,714

These 19 fields listed for University of North Carolina Asheville measure earnings after completion. The $44,030 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 12 additional University of North Carolina Asheville fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does University of North Carolina Asheville report?

University of North Carolina Asheville's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1170–1360 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is University of North Carolina Asheville's acceptance rate?

91.9% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 6,782 admitted from 7,378 applicants.

How much does University of North Carolina Asheville cost?

In-state tuition is $7,501; out-of-state students pay $24,849. Fees, housing and aid move the real total in both directions.

What earnings data does University of North Carolina Asheville report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $44,030. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Greensboro — 88.5% admitted
North Carolina Central University — 87% admitted
William Peace University — 94.3% admitted
University of North Carolina at Pembroke — 93.3% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.