South College - Asheville Campus

140 Sweeten Creek Road
Asheville, NC 28803-0000

Tel: 8283982500

The mission of the college is to identify and facilitate quality programs of study that bring students together in an academic setting which encourages the development of educated, responsible professionals who meet the demands of our employment market.

School Highlights

South College - Asheville Campus serves 303 students (82% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 9:1 is lower than the state community college average of 20:1.
Minority enrollment is 16% of the student body (majority Black and Hispanic), which is less than the state average of 37%.
South College - Asheville Campus is one of 2 community colleges within Buncombe County, NC.
The nearest community college is Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (4.60 miles away).

The teacher population of 33 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	South College - Asheville Campus	(NC) Community College Avg.
Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges	Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges
Institution Level	Less than 2 yrs	At least 2 but less than 4 years
Institution Control	Private, for profit	Public
Total Faculty	33 staff	139 staff

The student population of 303 has grown by 17% over five years.
The student:teacher ratio of 9:1 has stayed the same over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.29 is less than the state average of 0.55. The school's diversity has grown by 203% over five years.

Total Enrollment	303 students	2,380 students

Student : Teacher Ratio	9:1	20:1

# Full-Time Students	249 students	1,019 students

# Part-Time Students	54 students	1,361 students


% Asian	1%	2%

% Hispanic	6%	6%

% Black	7%	21%

% White	84%	63%

% Two or more races	2%	1%


Diversity Score	0.29	0.55

Average Graduate Earnings (10 Years)	$23,800	$27,500

% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	100%	78%

Median Debt for Graduates	$24,750	$10,500

Median Debt for Dropouts	$6,334	$6,092

Source: 2016 (or latest year available) IPEDS

A private, co-educational, nonsectarian academic institution, South College-Asheville offers varied and well-balanced programs at the associate and certificate levels. Robert Talmadge Cecil founded South College-Asheville, formerly Cecils Business College, in 1905. The college's first classes were held in the Oates Building on North Pack Square but was relocated throughout the years to several different locations in downtown Asheville, including College, Haywood, and Broadway Streets, as enrollment and faculty numbers grew. The college soon became one of the highest rated schools of its kinds in the Carolinas and was one of the first colleges to identify itself with the National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools, an organization of more than 100 of the best business colleges in the United States. In October of 2016, South College-Asheville and South College, located in Knoxville, TN, compleated a merger endeavor. South College, Asheville Campus, is now a learning site of South College. South College is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.