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Which colleges are most affordable for Illinois residents ? The answer may surprise you.
These rankings of the most affordable colleges for Illinois residents are based on the estimated net price for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Illinois.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of the school paid by the student and family, after factoring in merit and grant aid from the college federal programs and work study.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
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1 | United States Air Force Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,124 | 1344 | 0.1393 | |
1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 36700 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
1 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3800 | 86800 | 0.9559 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
6 | University of Notre Dame | 9400 | 86100 | 0.8907 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10100 | 34400 | 0.7055 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
8 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 37800 | 0.7293 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 22900 | 0.5381 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
10 | University of Central Florida | 11400 | 23600 | 0.517 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
11 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11900 | 26200 | 0.5457 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
11 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
13 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
14 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13800 | 25700 | 0.4624 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
15 | Case Western Reserve University | 13900 | 80400 | 0.8266 | 6,519 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
17 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14400 | 22700 | 0.3651 | 4,213 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
18 | University of North Texas | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4298 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
19 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
20 | Elizabeth City State University | 14900 | 21000 | 0.2901 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
21 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4981 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
22 | University of Florida | 15700 | 22300 | 0.2961 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
23 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16000 | 30300 | 0.4729 | 7,923 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16000 | 78300 | 0.7958 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
25 | Delta State University | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3079 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
25 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3751 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
27 | University of Kansas | 17000 | 34900 | 0.5133 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
28 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3673 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
29 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
30 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
31 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.395 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
32 | San Jose State University | 19100 | 29900 | 0.3609 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
32 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
34 | Florida Memorial University | 19900 | 46100 | 0.5684 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
35 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 31200 | 0.3586 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
36 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
37 | West Virginia University | 20300 | 28800 | 0.2954 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
38 | Henderson State University | 20600 | 32700 | 0.3702 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
39 | Minnesota State University-Mankato | 20700 | 27100 | 0.2358 | 12,897 | 1110 | 0.9133 | |
40 | University of California-Irvine | 21500 | 35300 | 0.3914 | 29,799 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
40 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
42 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21800 | 34400 | 0.3662 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
43 | Lewis University | 22000 | 57000 | 0.6142 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
44 | University of Memphis | 22200 | 30000 | 0.2604 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
45 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3276 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
46 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
46 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
48 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23200 | 71600 | 0.6762 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23400 | 24500 | 0.0448 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
50 | Tuskegee University | 24000 | 42100 | 0.4304 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
51 | Iowa State University | 24100 | 41400 | 0.4175 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
52 | South Dakota State University | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0396 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
53 | Geneva College | 25000 | 48900 | 0.4887 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
54 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25600 | 39000 | 0.3435 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
54 | Westminster University | 25600 | 59500 | 0.5694 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
56 | University of Arizona | 26000 | 35200 | 0.2612 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
57 | Indiana State University | 26200 | 30900 | 0.1523 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
58 | Fairmont State University | 26400 | 32000 | 0.1752 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
59 | Tennessee State University | 26700 | 39300 | 0.3209 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
60 | Morehead State University | 27000 | 32600 | 0.1717 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
61 | Southern Utah University | 27100 | 35600 | 0.2385 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
62 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 38400 | 0.2816 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
62 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
64 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
65 | University of Hartford | 28100 | 70100 | 0.5983 | 4,222 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
66 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28200 | 31500 | 0.1048 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
67 | Bridgewater State University | 29200 | 37000 | 0.2101 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
67 | University of North Dakota | 29200 | 32500 | 0.1023 | 11,023 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
69 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29400 | 38200 | 0.2306 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
70 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
71 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
72 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30800 | 41100 | 0.2508 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
73 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31700 | 39200 | 0.1916 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
74 | Hampton University | 31800 | 47000 | 0.3235 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
74 | Southern New Hampshire University | 31800 | 47600 | 0.3318 | 28,581 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
76 | Middle Georgia State University | 32600 | 33100 | 0.0151 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
77 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 70,898 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
78 | LeTourneau University | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3845 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
79 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 35100 | 0.0399 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
80 | Andrews University | 34800 | 47100 | 0.2609 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
81 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
82 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 35800 | 45500 | 0.2133 | 4,243 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
83 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
84 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36700 | 62000 | 0.4081 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
85 | Wichita State University | 37100 | 39600 | 0.0631 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
87 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
88 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
89 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39200 | 56700 | 0.3087 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
90 | University of California-San Diego | 39500 | 61100 | 0.3536 | 34,808 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
91 | San Diego State University | 39800 | 40500 | 0.0173 | 34,805 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
92 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 55100 | 0.2415 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
93 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42100 | 52900 | 0.2042 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
94 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,791 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
95 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
96 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 66400 | 0.344 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
97 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
98 | Saint Louis University | 45700 | 74500 | 0.3867 | 10,390 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
99 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
100 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46000 | 63800 | 0.2793 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
101 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 46700 | 66500 | 0.298 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
102 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47700 | 85700 | 0.4432 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
103 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
103 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 48800 | 57200 | 0.1473 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
105 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49900 | 81000 | 0.3837 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
106 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
107 | Lynn University | 50900 | 64200 | 0.2072 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
107 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50900 | 56300 | 0.0958 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
109 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51600 | 56100 | 0.0808 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
110 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.