FAST FACTS
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Location:Asheville
Setting:Urban
Population:424,858
Enrollment:3,429
On Campus:32%
Language:English
Calendar:Semester
Approximate:
  • Fall 08/20
  • Spring 01/14

Tuition & Payments
PLAN B: UNEVEN
You will pay your normal tuition/fees to your home campus.
UNEVEN - Host campus accepts a few more students than it sends out.

Estimated Per Semester
Costs For Room And Meals: $3,792

Additional Information
Receive From Canada
PLAN B

Campus Diversity
87%Caucasian
2%African American
4%Hispanic
1%Asian American
1%Native American
1%International
4%Other


Campus Links
Home Page
Catalog
Outgoing Students
Incoming Students


NSE Links
Policies & Procedures
Campus Detail Info
Member Campus Links

How to Apply
Applications are submitted through your home campus coordinator.
Find Your NSE Office


UNC Asheville is the designated public liberal arts university in the 16-campus UNC system. UNC Asheville is on a 265-acre campus one mile north of downtown Asheville in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains. UNC Asheville focuses on undergraduates and devotes its resources to helping students achieve their full potential, offering a wide range of courses to study, a diversity of people and ideas to engage and an emphasis on learning as a way of life. With an enrollment of 3500 and an average class size of 20, the University promotes a personalized undergraduate education. Each year UNC Asheville draws praise from the national college guidebooks for its strong academics, close faculty-student interaction and small classes in a beautiful mountain setting.

Campus Location - UNC Asheville is located in Western North Carolina in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Programs
Undergraduate Majors Open to NSE Students

Anthropology: Anthropology

Art/Design/Fine Art: Art, Art History, Fine Art

Biological Sciences: Biology/Life Science, Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Biology

Business: Accounting, Business Administration, Industrial Management, Management, Marketing

Chemistry: Chemistry

Communications: Mass Communication, Multimedia

Earth Sciences: Atmospheric Sciences

Economics: Economics, International Economics

English: Creative Writing, Literature

Environmental Studies: Ecology, Environmental Biology, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources

Foreign Language: Classical Languages, French, German, Greek, Latin, Spanish

General Studies: Interdisciplinary Studies

Health and Safety Sciences: Wellness

History: History

Information Studies: Computer Science, Information Systems

International Studies: International Studies

Mathematics: Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Statistics

Performing Arts: Acting, Design/Technical, Music, Music Technology, Theater Production

Philosophy/Religious Studies: Philosophy, Religious Studies

Physics: Physics

Political Science: Political Science

Psychology: Psychology

Sociology/Social Work: Sociology, Women and Gender Studies



Closed Programs
Engineering

Limitations
Art, education, music

Notable Academic Programs
Psychology, Literature, Environmental Studies, Art, Wellness

Special Options
Honors Access: Yes

Conditions
GPA and Other Academic Requirements
  • No students accepted from NSE members within my own state
  • 2.5 GPA
  • None.
Exchange Preferences
  • Full-year exchange Accepted
  • Single term exchange Accepted
Mid-Year Exchange (Exchange that begins with the Spring/Winter Term)
  • Available
Non-Native English Speakers
  • TOEFL: must have a score of 550 paper, 213 computer or N/A Internet
Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate Students
  • Available
Summer Exchange
  • Not available
International Students (Visa Students)
  • Will not accept
Tuition/Fees
  • Fees are subject to change without notice.
  • Two semesters = one academic year
  • Three quarters = one academic year
Tuition and Fees - Plan B Students
  • No tuition/fees are paid to the host campus.
  • Figures do not include costs you will incur for course specific enrollment (e.g., laboratory courses, student teaching, studio art)
  • See below for credit hour restrictions and/or miscellaneous fees applicable to Plan B students.
Maximum Credit Hours Per Semester
  • Plan B: 18
Miscellaneous Fees - Per Semester
Figures are current as of 6/27/2012.

Purpose Amount Period Plan Status
Health Insurance: $709 Semester Plan B Optional

Exchange with Canada - Health Insurance
Students must purchase campus health insurance at $0 per semester.

Financial Aid
Plan B
For Plan B students, aid is awarded by and disbursed from your home campus.

Canada
Regardless of Plan A or Plan B, students exchanging to or from Canada, apply for financial aid at their home campus.
Room/Meals
  • Figures are current as of 6/27/2012.
  • Expect 5% or more increase for the subsequent academic year.
  • Figures are based on the average room and meal plan selected by NSE students. Actual costs may be greater or less depending upon your selected room type and meals.
  • Two semesters = one academic year
  • Three quarters = one academic year
On-Campus Housing Per Semester
  • Double: $2,174
  • Per semester unless otherwise noted
Off-Campus Housing
  • Appoximate monthly cost: $0
  • Proximity to campus: Walking Distance
Meal Plans Per Semester
  • Meal purchase is required for on campus living.
  • $1618 per semester for 21 meals per week.


All data in this document is the responsibility of the campus and has been provided by the campus NSE coordinator.