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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 3 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 4 | Harvard University | 5900 | 90900 | 0.9353 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 5 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 6600 | 70200 | 0.9065 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 6800 | 91800 | 0.9264 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 96500 | 0.9194 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 8100 | 92900 | 0.913 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 12 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9000 | 30000 | 0.6998 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 13 | Marshall University | 9200 | 34400 | 0.732 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 15 | University of California-Merced | 11100 | 39600 | 0.7189 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 16 | Boston University | 11300 | 91600 | 0.8769 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 17 | Duke University | 11400 | 93600 | 0.8784 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 18 | Brown University | 11600 | 94000 | 0.8763 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 41900 | 0.7083 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1065 | 0.9721 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 36900 | 0.6476 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 23 | University of California-Riverside | 13000 | 36500 | 0.6434 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 27 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5435 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 28 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13300 | 20300 | 0.344 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13300 | 18700 | 0.2891 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 13500 | 23100 | 0.4157 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 32 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 33 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2353 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 33 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 13700 | 38900 | 0.6471 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 36 | Union College | 14100 | 92400 | 0.8473 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 36 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 38 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 94800 | 0.8448 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 38 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 83100 | 0.8229 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 38 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 41 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5967 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 41 | Grand Valley State University | 15300 | 25300 | 0.3957 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 43 | Wayne State University | 15400 | 32900 | 0.5316 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 44 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 44 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15500 | 27600 | 0.4385 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 46 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 47 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 29900 | 0.4745 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15700 | 24700 | 0.3669 | 8,765 | 1209 | 0.8799 | |
| 49 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 50 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 51 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 52 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 53 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17000 | 32200 | 0.4719 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 54 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4898 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 56 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 57 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3585 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 58 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 58 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 52500 | 0.659 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 61 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26700 | 0.3221 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 63 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18300 | 30600 | 0.4019 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 63 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 65 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 66 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 67 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 27600 | 0.2966 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3339 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 70 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 19700 | 75200 | 0.7382 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 71 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 72 | University of Rochester | 20300 | 93100 | 0.7822 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 73 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20600 | 42500 | 0.5159 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 74 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 75 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 76 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 77 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 78 | Northwestern University | 22200 | 88100 | 0.7483 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 22200 | 41100 | 0.46 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 80 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32500 | 0.3046 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 81 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22800 | 26900 | 0.1537 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 82 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1205 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 83 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 84 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23400 | 48800 | 0.5206 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
| 85 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | Miami University-Oxford | 24800 | 28400 | 0.1267 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 86 | University of Mount Union | 24800 | 50900 | 0.512 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 88 | Temple University | 24900 | 36400 | 0.3162 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 89 | Marquette University | 25000 | 63100 | 0.6034 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 89 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25000 | 56100 | 0.5541 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 91 | Regis College | 25100 | 70700 | 0.645 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 92 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5031 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 93 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 94 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 95 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5251 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 96 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26900 | 40500 | 0.3359 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 97 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 98 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 99 | George Fox University | 27700 | 76800 | 0.6393 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 100 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 101 | The College of New Jersey | 28000 | 42300 | 0.3379 | 7,435 | 1248 | 0.6235 | |
| 102 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 103 | Messiah University | 28400 | 54200 | 0.4762 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 104 | Dartmouth College | 28600 | 96000 | 0.7021 | 4,570 | 1507 | 0.054 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 104 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 107 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2888 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 109 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 111 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 112 | Alfred University | 30500 | 67100 | 0.5446 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
| 112 | Gannon University | 30500 | 52900 | 0.4238 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 112 | University of North Texas | 30500 | 37400 | 0.1844 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 115 | George Mason University | 30800 | 35700 | 0.1371 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 117 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 118 | Rockhurst University | 32000 | 62500 | 0.487 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 119 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32800 | 43100 | 0.2392 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 119 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 121 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.3008 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 122 | Lawrence Technological University | 33300 | 82500 | 0.5961 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 123 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 124 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 125 | Loyola University Chicago | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5008 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 126 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 126 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34100 | 58500 | 0.4177 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 126 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 129 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 130 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 131 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 132 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5753 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 133 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 133 | University of the Pacific | 36500 | 71500 | 0.4898 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 135 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 135 | University of Illinois Chicago | 37300 | 49300 | 0.2432 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 137 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66500 | 0.4373 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 138 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 140 | Western New England University | 40400 | 67300 | 0.3994 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 142 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3865 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 144 | Endicott College | 41400 | 64200 | 0.3551 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 145 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 146 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 147 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 147 | Widener University | 42300 | 79400 | 0.4674 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 149 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57700 | 0.2615 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 150 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 150 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 152 | Fairfield University | 43500 | 84300 | 0.4838 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
| 153 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 154 | Saint Louis University | 44600 | 80900 | 0.4485 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 155 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 156 | Duquesne University | 45400 | 70500 | 0.3565 | 5,371 | 1270 | 0.8356 | |
| 157 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 158 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 159 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 61300 | 0.2229 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 160 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 161 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 162 | University of California-San Diego | 49300 | 77100 | 0.3603 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 163 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49400 | 85800 | 0.4242 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 164 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 82600 | 0.3887 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 165 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0404 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 166 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 167 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 168 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 169 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 170 | Santa Clara University | 57700 | 85400 | 0.3244 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 171 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 172 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 173 | Michigan Technological University | 59300 | 59300 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 174 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 175 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0324 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 176 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 177 | University of California-Berkeley | 70600 | 75900 | 0.0698 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 178 | University of California-Irvine | 72800 | 74700 | 0.0254 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 179 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.