All timelines are intended as highlights and are not comprehensive.
| 1927: |
Buncombe County Junior College founded under the aegis of the Buncombe County Public School system |
| 1930: |
Name changes to Biltmore Junior Collge. Tuition fees introduced |
| 1934: |
Board of Trustees formed for Biltmore Junior College, replacing the faculty who had held governing authority for the previous three years
College is chartered as Biltmore College |
| 1936: |
Control passes from the trustees of Biltmore College to the Asheville City School Board and the chartered name is changed to Asheville-Biltmore College. |
| 1939: |
First edition of the college year-book The Summit |
| 1947 |
First parking lot built, accomodating around 80 cars
Alumni Association is formed with Roy Taylor ('29) as the first president |
| 1955: |
The North Carolina legislature gives its first appropriation for the college |
| 1957: |
Asheville-Biltmore College becomes the first institution to qualify as a state-supported community college under the newly-enacted state community College Act. |
| 1958: |
Asheville-Biltmore College is accredited as a junior college
Residents of Buncombe County vote three-to-one in favor of a bond issue to expand and improve Asheville-Biltmore College. |
| 1959: |
Asheville-Biltmore College acquires a 160-acre tract of land in north Asheville |
| 1963: |
By an act of the state legislature, Asheville-Biltmore college becomes a state-supported senior college under a new Board of Trustees
On July 1, all legal documents for all school property, including land and building titles and all money within the university, transferred to the state of North Carolina, and the institution officially became a state-funded university |
| 1984 |
UNCA women's basketball team wins national NAIA title |
| 1985: |
Chancellor's Medallion established |
| 1987: |
UNCA is a founding member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) |
| 1988: |
Center for Creative Retirement established |
| 1989 |
Men's basketball team wins Big South, and women's tennis team wins third straight Big South championship |
| 2000: |
North Carolina voters approve the 2000 Higher Education Bond Referendum, appropriating $50.2 million towards upgrading UNCA's buildings and facilities. |
| 2007: |
Dedication of the University Seal and the Quadrangle Clock |
| 2009: |
National headquarters for the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) established at UNCA |
| 2016: |
Men and women's basketball teams both win the Big South Championships and earn a place in the NCAA Chamionship Tournaments |
