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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 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
2 | Utah State University | 2400 | 20300 | 0.8805 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
3 | College of the Ozarks | 7600 | 36900 | 0.7944 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
4 | Cornell University | 9400 | 92000 | 0.8975 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10100 | 34400 | 0.7055 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 37800 | 0.7293 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
7 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 24000 | 0.5724 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
8 | California State University-Fresno | 11100 | 19600 | 0.4328 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 11500 | 29900 | 0.6153 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
10 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
11 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
12 | University of Delaware | 13200 | 32500 | 0.5923 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
13 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 24900 | 0.4611 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
13 | West Virginia University | 13400 | 23300 | 0.4248 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
15 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
17 | Kansas State University | 13800 | 26100 | 0.4709 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
18 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 26400 | 0.4731 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
19 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14100 | 17500 | 0.1943 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
19 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
21 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 27800 | 0.4903 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
22 | Arkansas State University | 14600 | 28100 | 0.4807 | 9,984 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,164 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
24 | University of Arizona | 15200 | 30900 | 0.5089 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
25 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16200 | 25700 | 0.3696 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
26 | University of Maine | 17600 | 29000 | 0.3932 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
27 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17700 | 31000 | 0.4273 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
28 | University of Georgia | 18000 | 27100 | 0.3365 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
29 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
30 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,613 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
30 | University of Vermont | 18900 | 37200 | 0.4926 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
32 | Iowa State University | 19300 | 24200 | 0.2016 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
32 | University of Wyoming | 19300 | 26700 | 0.2779 | 8,045 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
34 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20100 | 26800 | 0.25 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
35 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
36 | North Dakota State University | 20300 | 25700 | 0.2112 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
37 | Murray State University | 20500 | 25100 | 0.1814 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
38 | Montana State University | 20600 | 27100 | 0.2395 | 14,913 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
39 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
40 | Sul Ross State University | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4157 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
41 | Buena Vista University | 22000 | 59100 | 0.6275 | 801 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
42 | Fort Valley State University | 22800 | 38900 | 0.4136 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
43 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
44 | Wilson College | 23900 | 43300 | 0.4472 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
45 | Tuskegee University | 24000 | 42100 | 0.4304 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
46 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
47 | South Dakota State University | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0396 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
48 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 24600 | 37400 | 0.3427 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
49 | Dordt University | 24800 | 52300 | 0.5256 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
49 | Unity Environmental University | 24800 | 27700 | 0.1045 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
51 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 24900 | 34600 | 0.2798 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
52 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25000 | 28600 | 0.1253 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
53 | The University of Findlay | 25400 | 50200 | 0.4943 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
54 | University of Arkansas | 26300 | 30800 | 0.144 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
55 | Clemson University | 27200 | 35800 | 0.241 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
56 | Alabama A & M University | 27400 | 42800 | 0.3596 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
57 | Mississippi State University | 27500 | 32300 | 0.1493 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
58 | Oregon State University | 28500 | 35000 | 0.1842 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
59 | Centenary University | 28700 | 63600 | 0.5486 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
60 | California State University-Chico | 29500 | 41000 | 0.2807 | 13,337 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
60 | Lubbock Christian University | 29500 | 49000 | 0.3978 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
62 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30100 | 42400 | 0.2902 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
62 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30100 | 31100 | 0.0322 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
64 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2276 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
65 | University of Rhode Island | 30600 | 46700 | 0.3447 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
66 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30800 | 41100 | 0.2508 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
67 | Angelo State University | 31100 | 35400 | 0.1224 | 9,778 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
67 | Sam Houston State University | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2205 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
69 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
70 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33000 | 42800 | 0.229 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
71 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 33400 | 51300 | 0.3492 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
72 | Andrews University | 34800 | 47100 | 0.2609 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
72 | Delaware Valley University | 34800 | 63800 | 0.4544 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
74 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
75 | Abilene Christian University | 35400 | 60700 | 0.4165 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36700 | 62000 | 0.4081 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
77 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36800 | 41600 | 0.116 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
78 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
79 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
80 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,356 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
81 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 40600 | 59200 | 0.3138 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
82 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 52100 | 0.2073 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
83 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 55100 | 0.2415 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
84 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42100 | 52900 | 0.2042 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
85 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 42500 | 46200 | 0.0807 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
86 | University of Florida | 43000 | 45600 | 0.057 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
87 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
88 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,943 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
89 | University of Kentucky | 49700 | 56000 | 0.1112 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
90 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
91 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56100 | 58900 | 0.048 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.