UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE: Address: One University Heights Asheville, NC 28804-3299 Phone: (704) 251-6481 Originally founded in 1927 as Buncombe County Junior College, and became the University of Asheville in 1969, one of the 6 campuses of the Consolidated University. The remaining ten joined the membership in 1972. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fall 1997 Facts: (includes some information from 1996-97) Enrollment Total: 3,179 Undergraduate: 3,137 Graduate: 42 Degree Programs: 26 undergraduate 1 masters Freshmen Applications: 2,221* Accepted: 60.4% (1,342)* Newly Enrolled Freshmen: 455* Other Freshman: 216* SAT Average: 1,141* Students in Undergraduate Research: 200* NC Teaching Fellows: 90 Sex Distribution* Male: 43% (1,324) Female: 57% (1,768) Race Distribution* White: 92% (2,833) Black: 4% (117) Other minority: 3% (101) Foreign: 1% (41) Age Distribution* Under 24: 62.9% (1,946) 24 to 29: 16.1% (498) 30 to 39: 10.9% (338) 40 and older: 10% (310) Geographic Origin of New Freshmen North Carolina: 89% Western: 72% U.S., Out-of-State: 11% Average Class Size: 19 Full-time Faculty: 273 Tenured: 87* Holding Terminal Degrees: 82.3%* Tuition/Fees for residential students: In-state: $5,646 Out-of-state tuition: $12,214 (includes room and board) On-Campus Students: 30.6% (946)* Off-Campus Students:69.4% (246) Residence Hall: 35.6% (946) Commuter: 64.4% (1,711) *from 1996-97 school year ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chancellor: Dr. Patsy B. Reed (828)251-6716 Vice Chancellors: Dr. James Pitts, academic affairs (828)251-6470 Dr. Eric Yovacchini, student affairs Beverly Cutter Modlin, university relations (828)251-6525 Arthur Foley, financial affairs Other officers: Merianne Miller Epstein, public information director (828)251-6142 Tom Byers, special assistant to the chancellor (828)251-6716 Archer Gravely, institutional research director (828)251-6619 UNC-ASHEVILLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Members serve from July to July. appt. term exp. phone Chappell A. Carter 01 (800)999-3960/(828)684-6232 Arden Robert L. Cranford BOG 99 (828)693-5396/694-0431 Morrow Insurance Company Hendersonville J. Wells Greeley 01 (828)456-3535 Wells Funeral Homes, Inc. George M. Groome 01 (828)252-1816,ext 114 Colton, Groome & Company Asheville Thomas R. Haber BOG 99 932-7512/920-0240 Europa Center Chapel Hill Sue H. McClinton 01 (828)254-3724 Asheville Alfred O. Munk GOV 99 (828)692-7035 Hendersonville William Carter Orr BOG 01 716-7236/676-1412 First Citizens Bank Raleigh Jesse G. Ray, Jr. GOV 01 (828)252-5521/(828)684-2625 Ray and Allen Funeral Services Asheville Alfonso Donaldson, Jr. 01 (828)251-6587 Student Government President UNC Charlotte Michael S. Tanner (828)286-2354 Rutherfordton Pamela Mills Turner GOV 01 (828)252-4024 Asheville Julienne M. Winner BOG 99 (828)252-2206 Asheville ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Marianne Epstein, Public Information Officer, at (828)251-6676 New 1998-99 facts and figures will be available in October. NOTE: Addresses for the board members are available in the vertical files located in NRD. For more detailed statistics, see the Statistical Abstract of Higher Education in North Carolina in the NRD Stacks, LC175.N8 S7 1997 LAST UPDATED: August 6, 1998 ljames@nando.com