North Carolina System, and has been classified as a Liberal Arts I institution since 1992.
=== Administration ===
The university operates under the guidance and policies of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Members of the board are appointed by the governor of North Carolina. As part of the seventeen-campus University of North Carolina System, UNC Asheville also falls under the administration of the system's president, Peter Hans. The UNC System is administered by the UNC Board of Governors, which is elected by the North Carolina Legislature, and advised by the UNC Faculty Assembly. Kimberly van Noort, former interim provost and interim chancellor of UNC Asheville, became the university's chancellor on January 1, 2024.
=== Chief executive officers ===
==== President or dean ====
1927–1932: S.B. Conley, Dean
1932–1936: A.C. Reynolds, President
1936–1941: Charles A. Lloyd, Dean
1945–1946: William H. Morgan, Dean
1946–1947: Clarence N. Gilbert, Dean
1947–1947: R.A. Tomberlin, …
