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 University History
The University of North Carolina at Asheville
 As the
University of North Carolina at Asheville celebrates eighty years of excellence in higher education, the campus community welcomes new
challenges and greater successes as one of the nation’s leading liberal arts
colleges. From its beginnings as Buncombe County Junior College, where 86
students enrolled in 1927 to further their educations beyond high school, the
University has valued liberal arts ideals and community engagement. Its special
commitment to student learning and undergraduate education was reaffirmed when it
joined the University of North Carolina system in 1969 as the University of
North Carolina at Asheville. The University maintains its liberal arts
imperative, as the designated undergraduate liberal arts University of the
17-campus University of North Carolina system.
A Brief History of UNC Asheville
Ramsey Special Collections (2006)
Looking Backward...Looking Forward:
1927-1969
Ramsey Library Special Collections Web Exhibit (2004)
A Short History of Buncombe County Junior College,
Asheville-Biltmore College
Professor Virginia Schreiber (circa 1966)
This page is
maintained by the UNC Asheville Alumni Office please direct any comments or
questions to alumni@unca.edu
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