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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 Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
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 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
1 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
6 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4800 | 86800 | 0.9444 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
8 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
9 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,405 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
10 | Princeton University | 7600 | 81800 | 0.9069 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 96200 | 0.9035 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10000 | 94100 | 0.894 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
13 | University of Notre Dame | 10100 | 86100 | 0.8826 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
14 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
15 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
16 | University of Pennsylvania | 10800 | 93000 | 0.884 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
17 | Mount Holyoke College | 12000 | 89700 | 0.8667 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
18 | Middlebury College | 12100 | 89800 | 0.8651 | 2,751 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
19 | Northern Illinois University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.574 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
21 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
22 | University of Central Florida | 12700 | 23600 | 0.4619 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
23 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 13200 | 21900 | 0.3978 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
23 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13200 | 24400 | 0.4595 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
25 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13600 | 24900 | 0.4531 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
26 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5821 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
28 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
29 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14100 | 41100 | 0.6576 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
29 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
31 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4616 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
32 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28100 | 0.4733 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
33 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 23200 | 0.3489 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
34 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
35 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4981 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
36 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8268 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
37 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15800 | 87300 | 0.8188 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
37 | Lehigh University | 15800 | 85700 | 0.8161 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
39 | Tufts University | 16400 | 92400 | 0.8229 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
40 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16600 | 78300 | 0.7881 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
41 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
42 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.808 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
42 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 26000 | 0.3388 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
44 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
45 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3484 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
46 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 34400 | 0.4707 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
47 | University of Southern California | 19000 | 76000 | 0.7499 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
48 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19700 | 26300 | 0.2506 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4804 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
51 | Brown University | 20400 | 93900 | 0.7825 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
52 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
53 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
54 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21900 | 81100 | 0.7297 | 1,767 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34400 | 0.3604 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
56 | University of Memphis | 22500 | 30000 | 0.2504 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
57 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22800 | 30300 | 0.2473 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
58 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
59 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
60 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3383 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
61 | La Roche University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5652 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
61 | University of New Orleans | 24100 | 31000 | 0.2226 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
63 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.507 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
63 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
65 | South Dakota State University | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0396 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
66 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.532 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
67 | California State University-Fresno | 25000 | 35900 | 0.3035 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
68 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
69 | University of Kansas | 25300 | 37600 | 0.3267 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
70 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25900 | 0.0193 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
71 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26000 | 31800 | 0.1825 | 26,994 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
72 | Marywood University | 26400 | 55500 | 0.5246 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
73 | Indiana State University | 26600 | 30900 | 0.1393 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
74 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26700 | 83600 | 0.6809 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
74 | University of North Alabama | 26700 | 41500 | 0.3568 | 8,076 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
76 | Florida Atlantic University | 27800 | 39200 | 0.291 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
76 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
78 | Clemson University | 27900 | 35800 | 0.2221 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
79 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,719 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
79 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1285 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
81 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
82 | Connecticut College | 28500 | 83300 | 0.6583 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
83 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
84 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
84 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 30000 | 39700 | 0.2441 | 1,880 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
86 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30400 | 31100 | 0.0225 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
87 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30600 | 42400 | 0.2784 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
87 | University of Houston | 30600 | 35200 | 0.1308 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
89 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30700 | 39500 | 0.2225 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
90 | Portland State University | 31100 | 43000 | 0.2757 | 15,675 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
91 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1372 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
92 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
93 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
94 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
94 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 34700 | 0.0662 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
96 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1411 | 20,509 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
97 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 57100 | 0.4164 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
98 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
99 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
100 | Norwich University | 33800 | 70900 | 0.5234 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
101 | California State University-Sacramento | 34000 | 44900 | 0.2429 | 28,139 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
102 | Morgan State University | 34100 | 37200 | 0.0833 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
102 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 34100 | 51300 | 0.336 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
104 | Prairie View A & M University | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1364 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
105 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
105 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34400 | 35100 | 0.0199 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
107 | Andrews University | 34800 | 47100 | 0.2609 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
108 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,551 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
109 | Delaware Valley University | 35100 | 63800 | 0.4497 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
110 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35400 | 42400 | 0.1651 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
111 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
112 | Lawrence Technological University | 36500 | 67800 | 0.4614 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
113 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0554 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
114 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 62000 | 0.4017 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
115 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
116 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38700 | 48900 | 0.2086 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
117 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39500 | 53700 | 0.2644 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
118 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2482 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
119 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39900 | 56700 | 0.2964 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
120 | SUNY Maritime College | 40100 | 40900 | 0.0195 | 1,283 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
121 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
122 | Endicott College | 40600 | 63200 | 0.3575 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
122 | Temple University | 40600 | 56100 | 0.2762 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
124 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
125 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42200 | 55100 | 0.2343 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
125 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54900 | 0.2315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
127 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0661 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
128 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45600 | 0.0504 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
129 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43400 | 50300 | 0.1372 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
130 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47600 | 49800 | 0.0442 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48200 | 85700 | 0.4374 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
132 | Drexel University | 48700 | 82600 | 0.4103 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 49500 | 57200 | 0.1355 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
134 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
135 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
136 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52000 | 56100 | 0.0723 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
137 | University of San Francisco | 53300 | 83200 | 0.3592 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
138 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
139 | Otis College of Art and Design | 58000 | 79000 | 0.266 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
140 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 58900 | 61100 | 0.0353 | 48,857 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
143 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,167 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.