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Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• 2012-2013 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• Summer 2012 Tuition and Fees, and Room

Student Responsibility For Charges 

The University of North Carolina at Asheville attempts to make sure each student is notified of charges to his/her student account. However, charges go on at various times throughout each semester depending upon when the student registers and the student’s particular activity. Failure to receive a billing statement does not relieve any student from financial responsibility for charges on their account. It is the student’s responsibility to monitor their student account and to pay for any charges on their account in a timely manner. Failure of the student to pay charges on their account may result in not being able to register for future classes, not being able to receive a transcript and being assessed late charges and interest on past due balances.

General Payment Rule

Students are expected to pay by the dates noted below for any portion of their tuition, fees, room and board that will not be covered by financial aid, scholarships, Voc Rehab, VA benefits, or who do not have a payment plan through Tuition Management Systems.

Billing Dates

Bills for students who have pre-registered for a semester will be emailed as follows:

• Fall semester bills for pre-registered students will be emailed by July 15th.
• Spring semester bills for pre-registered students will be emailed by November 25th.
• Summer term bills for pre-registered students will be emailed by April 20.

Payment Due Dates 

Pre-registered Students

For students who have pre-registered for the semester they plan to attend:

• Fall semester payment for pre-registered students is due by August 1st.
• Spring semester payment for pre-registered students is due by December 15th.
• Summer term payment for pre-registered students is due by May 20th.

Students Who Are Not Pre-registered

Students who have not pre-registered for the semester they plan to attend are required to pay in full for the classes they intend to take prior to registering for any classes.  These students can get an estimate of their charges from the Cashier's Office. Be advised that any estimate given is based on the information provided to the Cashiers and final charges may be different depending on the student's specific classification or situation. If the student's charges change the student is responsible for any difference.

Billing Method

The official billing method of the University is via email.  Billing emails will be sent to the student' UNCA email address with the bill attached.  Students who will not be paying the bill themselves are responsible for forwarding the bill to the appropriate party.

Health Insurance Requirement

All undergraduate and graduate students taking 6 or more credit hours are required to have health insurance coverage.   Students can meet this requirement by being covered under their own individual health insurance plan or through their parents' plan. 

Students who have insurance coverage must go to www.studentinsurance.com, provide information regarding the policy under which they are covered, and apply for a waiver of the insurance requirement.   Once their insurance information is received, it will be reviewed and verified.  If the insurance coverage is verified, a waiver for the student will be approved.  This waiver will offset the  insurance charge.

Students who fail to apply for the insurance waiver or whose insurance coverage cannot be verified will be added to a UNC Asheville group policy and will have to pay the $709.00 charge per semester for the health insurance, even if they have existing health coverage. 

Tuition Surcharge

The North Carolina General Assembly imposes a tuition surcharge on those students initially entering the University of North Carolina system as undergraduates if they take more than 140 attempted hours to complete degree requirements. Students seeking a second baccalaureate degree are allowed attempted hours to 110 percent of degree requirements before the surcharge is imposed. Students who exceed the attempted credit hour limits within the equivalent of four academic years of regular term enrollment, or within five academic years of regular term enrollment in a degree program officially designated by the Board of Governors as a five-year program, are not subject to the surcharge. The tuition surcharge approved by the General Assembly is 50 percent of the cost of tuition.

For more information regarding Tuition Surcharge please visit the Registrar's website.

Historical Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• 2002 - 2003 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• 2003 - 2004 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• Summer 2004 Tuition and Fees, and Room

• 2004 - 2005 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• Summer 2005 Tuition and Fees, and Room

• 2005 - 2006 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• Summer 2006 Tuition and Fees, and Room

• 2006 - 2007 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• Summer 2007 Tuition and Fees, and Room

• 2007 - 2008 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• Summer 2008 Tuition and Fees, and Room

• 2008 - 2009 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• Summer 2009 Tuition and Fees, and Room

• 2009 - 2010 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• Summer 2010 Tuition and Fees, and Room

• 2010 - 2011 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

• Summer 2011Tuition and Fees, and Room

• 2011-2012 Tuition and Fees, Room, and Board

The University of North Carolina at Asheville is a publicly supported institution.  Tuition payments and other required student fees meet only a part of the total cost of the education of students enrolled.  On average, for each full-time student enrolled in an institution of the University of North Carolina, the State of North Carolina appropriated $11,292 per year in public funds to support the educational programs offered. 

The University of North Carolina Board of Governors adopted a Plan to make tuition and fee rates for undergraduate North Carolinians predictable and affordable.  Pursuant to the Plan, the maximum rate of annual increase for undergraduate residents for campus-initiated tuition is 6.5% and the increase in general fees (Athletics, Health Services, Student Activities, and Educational and Technology Fees) is 6.5%.  Exceptions to the Plan were allowed to help address academic quality, to partially remedy the cumulative negative impact of several years of state budget reductions and to help the University protect the quality of a UNC education. Specific information, including maximum allowable increases in tuition and fees per academic year by UNC campuses is available at www.northcarolina.edu/finance/tuition.UG_Resident-projected_tuition.pdf.

Tuition and fee rates included in bills are based on rates approved by the Board of Governors in February 2012.  G.S. 116-11(7) requires that the Board of Governors set tuition and required fees at the institutions, not inconsistent with the actions of the General Assembly.

Students and parents can also find detailed information concerning the total cost of college at www.cfnc.org.

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