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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 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 36700 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 100 | 22300 | 0.9939 | 6,029 | 1080 | 0.834 | |
4 | Colby College | 5100 | 90200 | 0.9432 | 2,412 | 1497 | 0.0709 | |
5 | Wesleyan University | 5800 | 91100 | 0.9367 | 3,805 | 1405 | 0.1649 | |
6 | Johns Hopkins University | 5900 | 88600 | 0.9333 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
7 | Sisseton Wahpeton College | 6900 | 12600 | 0.4527 | 215 | 0 | 0.8208 | |
8 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
9 | Florida Atlantic University | 12100 | 24800 | 0.5112 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
10 | Franklin and Marshall College | 12700 | 90100 | 0.8587 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
11 | Duke University | 13000 | 93500 | 0.8613 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
12 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13200 | 39000 | 0.6621 | 22,672 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
13 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
14 | Centre College | 14200 | 69900 | 0.7965 | 1,337 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,164 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
17 | Lindsey Wilson College | 14700 | 47600 | 0.6905 | 1,722 | 1035 | 0 | |
18 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16100 | 64800 | 0.7523 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
19 | Central Washington University | 16800 | 22700 | 0.2596 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
20 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 17800 | 45800 | 0.611 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
21 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 17900 | 27900 | 0.3579 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
22 | Illinois College | 18400 | 52300 | 0.6472 | 940 | 1054 | 0.7819 | |
23 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
24 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 29900 | 0.3676 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
25 | Brown University | 19400 | 93900 | 0.7932 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
26 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
27 | Glenville State University | 20600 | 30900 | 0.3334 | 1,583 | 980 | 0.9924 | |
28 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 21300 | 63200 | 0.663 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
29 | Columbia College | 22000 | 36800 | 0.4027 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
30 | East Texas Baptist University | 22100 | 49900 | 0.5566 | 1,634 | 1025 | 0.5776 | |
31 | Life Pacific University | 22700 | 47200 | 0.5195 | 396 | 1055 | 0.9395 | |
32 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22800 | 35400 | 0.3555 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
33 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23000 | 28100 | 0.1825 | 946 | 1095 | 0.8271 | |
34 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23200 | 58700 | 0.6046 | 2,934 | 1160 | 0.9004 | |
35 | Utica University | 23400 | 57900 | 0.5961 | 2,330 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
36 | Northern Michigan University | 24200 | 32900 | 0.2648 | 6,511 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
37 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 24500 | 44200 | 0.4456 | 857 | 1075 | 0.5941 | |
38 | University of Kansas | 25000 | 37600 | 0.3347 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
39 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,313 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
40 | Point Park University | 26100 | 56800 | 0.5409 | 2,326 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
41 | Cornell College | 26200 | 72200 | 0.637 | 1,037 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
42 | University of Tulsa | 27100 | 62700 | 0.5681 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
43 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1110 | 0.8808 | |
44 | Concordia University-Irvine | 27500 | 64500 | 0.5736 | 1,465 | 1172 | 0.5986 | |
44 | Villanova University | 27500 | 88800 | 0.6901 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
46 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27700 | 31400 | 0.1178 | 14,019 | 1115 | 0.7781 | |
47 | George Fox University | 28200 | 67100 | 0.5801 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
47 | Mercy University | 28200 | 44500 | 0.3664 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
49 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29300 | 46100 | 0.3649 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
50 | Albright College | 30300 | 48700 | 0.3779 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
51 | University of West Georgia | 30700 | 36000 | 0.1473 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
52 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
52 | Missouri Baptist University | 31000 | 53800 | 0.4242 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
54 | University of North Florida | 31200 | 37900 | 0.1768 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
55 | The University of Montana-Western | 31400 | 41600 | 0.2454 | 1,440 | 990 | 0.995 | |
56 | Saint Francis University | 32500 | 61500 | 0.4715 | 2,448 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
57 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
58 | Taylor University | 33800 | 57600 | 0.4136 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
59 | California Baptist University | 34600 | 65200 | 0.4693 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
60 | Andrews University | 34800 | 47100 | 0.2609 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
61 | Seton Hill University | 35300 | 63800 | 0.4464 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
62 | Florida International University | 36100 | 36800 | 0.019 | 56,786 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
63 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37700 | 38900 | 0.0309 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
64 | Wayne State University | 38800 | 45500 | 0.1472 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
65 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
66 | University of Vermont | 39800 | 64100 | 0.3796 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
67 | Quinnipiac University | 41800 | 79200 | 0.4721 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
68 | Rochester University | 42600 | 45400 | 0.0623 | 1,144 | 980 | 0.653 | |
69 | University of Delaware | 47000 | 53200 | 0.117 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
70 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49300 | 56400 | 0.1258 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
71 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
72 | University of Iowa | 50400 | 53200 | 0.0532 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
73 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
74 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1134 | 0.5915 | |
75 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58200 | 67000 | 0.1318 | 5,151 | 1131 | 0.9502 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.