University of North Carolina at Asheville Top Questions

very dedicated and interesting.

Teachers and students alike openly express their own unique perspectives, each contributing to the life and essence of the campus.

The UNCA student body contains a lot of different types of people as mentioned above. While certain types of people hang out together, there are by no means cliques. A lot of students float between groups and are very resistant to judging others. The racial diversity is low, but the school is making a lot of efforts to change this. Socioeconomically, there is very little feeling of wealthiness among students. UNCA students are very politically aware, and very consistently lean to the left.

My classmates tend to be either disinterested in class or focused on making a really good grade.

There are many LGBT identifying people on campus, and they aren't judged or scrutinized. The prominent class is middle-class white Americans, most being NC residents - go figure. You have a few true Southerners who are pretty religious and have their own thing going on, so not everyone's a total hippie democrat. I'd be lying if I said it was a diverse campus, though. We don't have too many international students (though we do have some). It's exactly what you'd expect from a small college in a liberal, artsy town in Western North Carolina.

open minded happy people

White environmentally conscious smokers who love being in the great outdoors and going to music festivals.

Interesting concerned individuals who care about the environment and learning about one another.

They are there because they want to learn.

Open-minded