Access Asheville

Demonstrating our longstanding commitment to access and affordability, UNC Asheville is proud to expand Access Asheville for the 2025–2026 school year. This innovative financial aid program is designed to make an exceptional, transformative education attainable for low- and middle-income families across North Carolina, and now Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Access Asheville offers an affordable path to a college degree for students who may have previously believed it was financially out of reach. For eligible North Carolina residents with a household adjusted gross income of $90,000 or less, well above the median household income of $65,000, Access Asheville guarantees full tuition and fee coverage through grants and scholarships during the fall and spring semesters. This is a minimum annual savings of $7,501, potentially impacting more than half of North Carolina families and residents.

Beginning in Fall 2025, eligible residents from Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia will receive a guaranteed tuition and fee reduction to $10,000, resulting in a minimum annual savings of $14,849.

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