UNC Asheville offers an adaptive, affordable, and relevant education as the designated liberal arts and sciences campus in the UNC System. Small, dynamic classes, award-winning faculty, and a nationally acclaimed undergraduate research program foster connections between curiosity and critical thinking, imagination and impact, opportunity and responsibility.
Focusing on undergraduate studies, the university emboldens students to dig into learning, whether they participate in faculty-mentored research projects, undertake internships, study abroad, or design their own innovative majors. These experiences prepare students for meaningful lives and careers that make an impact—all in the thriving mountain town of Asheville, where every path leads to a new vista.
#8
in National Public Liberal Arts Colleges – U.S. News & World Report’s “2020 Best Colleges”
>65%
of students complete undergraduate research
16
NCAA Division I Teams
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