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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 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 2 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Harvard University | 5900 | 86900 | 0.9325 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | CUNY City College | 8900 | 31200 | 0.7148 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 9000 | 95000 | 0.9051 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 10300 | 88800 | 0.8844 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 34400 | 0.6706 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 16 | Marshall University | 11400 | 27100 | 0.5784 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 17 | University of California-San Diego | 12000 | 34000 | 0.6466 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 18 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12300 | 26200 | 0.5304 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5679 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 24400 | 0.4759 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 21 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 12900 | 20300 | 0.3637 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13400 | 38500 | 0.6518 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 24 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 24900 | 0.4451 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | Duke University | 13900 | 93500 | 0.8516 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 14200 | 23300 | 0.3905 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 29 | Kansas State University | 14300 | 26100 | 0.4526 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14400 | 41100 | 0.6502 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 31 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14700 | 25700 | 0.4275 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 32 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 33 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 80400 | 0.8142 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 34 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 35 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 28100 | 0.4555 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 36 | California State University-Long Beach | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3993 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 36 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 38 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23100 | 0.3246 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 39 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 39 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2916 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 41 | University of California-Riverside | 16000 | 36500 | 0.5612 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 42 | Brown University | 16700 | 93900 | 0.8219 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 44 | Tufts University | 17300 | 92400 | 0.8132 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17300 | 24700 | 0.2989 | 8,765 | 1209 | 0.8799 | |
| 46 | Bucknell University | 17600 | 88400 | 0.8007 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 47 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3567 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 47 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 34400 | 0.4823 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 18200 | 29800 | 0.3899 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 50 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 51 | Union College | 18600 | 91000 | 0.7957 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 52 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 53 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19000 | 27000 | 0.2967 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 54 | University of Memphis | 19100 | 26400 | 0.277 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 45500 | 0.5807 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 56 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.4823 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3542 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19500 | 27200 | 0.2834 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 61 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 62 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 63 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20500 | 69400 | 0.705 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 64 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 21000 | 28500 | 0.2635 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 65 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 66 | Northwestern University | 22200 | 87700 | 0.7469 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 67 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22900 | 30300 | 0.244 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 67 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 69 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 23000 | 26900 | 0.1444 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 70 | University of South Dakota | 23100 | 26000 | 0.1109 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 71 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23400 | 48800 | 0.5206 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
| 72 | Oral Roberts University | 23800 | 55600 | 0.572 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 73 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23900 | 71600 | 0.6664 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 74 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 32200 | 0.2359 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 75 | Montana State University | 24900 | 31400 | 0.207 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 75 | University of Rochester | 24900 | 93100 | 0.7328 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 77 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 77 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 80 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51100 | 0.4996 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 81 | The College of New Jersey | 25800 | 42000 | 0.386 | 7,435 | 1248 | 0.6235 | |
| 82 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25900 | 35700 | 0.2747 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 83 | University of Arizona | 26500 | 35200 | 0.247 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 84 | University of Mount Union | 26600 | 50900 | 0.4771 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 85 | Alfred University | 26800 | 60300 | 0.5551 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
| 85 | Trine University | 26800 | 56100 | 0.5224 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 87 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 27600 | 37400 | 0.2622 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 89 | University of Louisville | 27900 | 42200 | 0.3387 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 90 | Grand Valley State University | 28200 | 35700 | 0.2101 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 91 | Lehigh University | 28300 | 85700 | 0.6702 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 92 | Regis College | 28500 | 70400 | 0.595 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 93 | George Fox University | 28700 | 67100 | 0.5727 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 94 | University of Hartford | 28800 | 70100 | 0.5897 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 95 | Messiah University | 29300 | 54100 | 0.4586 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 96 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 97 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 98 | Gannon University | 30500 | 45300 | 0.3268 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 99 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 99 | University of Houston | 30900 | 35200 | 0.1223 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 101 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 102 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 31300 | 33200 | 0.0568 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 103 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31700 | 36400 | 0.129 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 104 | Dartmouth College | 31900 | 91100 | 0.6495 | 4,570 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 104 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 106 | Rockhurst University | 32000 | 62500 | 0.4873 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 107 | Widener University | 32400 | 75300 | 0.5695 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 108 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 109 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 110 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 111 | Valparaiso University | 34000 | 62700 | 0.4572 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 112 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 113 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 113 | University of Vermont | 34700 | 66300 | 0.4767 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 115 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34800 | 74600 | 0.5338 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 116 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 117 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 118 | California Baptist University | 35400 | 65200 | 0.457 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 119 | University of Maine | 36000 | 45100 | 0.2018 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 120 | Fairfield University | 36200 | 77900 | 0.535 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
| 121 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 121 | University of the Pacific | 36600 | 72100 | 0.4925 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 123 | Lawrence Technological University | 36700 | 67800 | 0.4585 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 124 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 125 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 62000 | 0.3968 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 126 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37600 | 38500 | 0.0234 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 126 | Wichita State University | 37600 | 39600 | 0.0504 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 128 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38900 | 48900 | 0.2045 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39300 | 52900 | 0.2569 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 129 | Wayne State University | 39300 | 45500 | 0.1362 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 131 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 57800 | 0.315 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 132 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 133 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 134 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40300 | 56700 | 0.2893 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 135 | Western New England University | 40500 | 67000 | 0.3957 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 136 | Loyola University Chicago | 40600 | 67600 | 0.3996 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 137 | Endicott College | 40800 | 63200 | 0.3544 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 137 | Temple University | 40800 | 56100 | 0.2726 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 139 | Marquette University | 41400 | 75100 | 0.4489 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 140 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 140 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 142 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54900 | 0.2261 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 144 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 55100 | 0.227 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 144 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 146 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 147 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43500 | 50300 | 0.1352 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 148 | Florida Institute of Technology | 44500 | 66400 | 0.3298 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 149 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 150 | Saint Louis University | 45100 | 74500 | 0.3947 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 151 | Duquesne University | 45600 | 70500 | 0.353 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
| 152 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 153 | University of California-Merced | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 154 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56000 | 0.1241 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 155 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 156 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 50000 | 85800 | 0.4172 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 157 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50200 | 52300 | 0.0401 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 158 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50500 | 56200 | 0.1014 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 160 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 161 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 162 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 162 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51700 | 56300 | 0.0816 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 164 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 165 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52400 | 56100 | 0.0657 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 166 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 166 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1226 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 168 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 54100 | 81000 | 0.3319 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 169 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54300 | 59200 | 0.0825 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 170 | University of California-Irvine | 55000 | 64800 | 0.1512 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 171 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 172 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 56200 | 66500 | 0.1549 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 173 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 174 | Santa Clara University | 57200 | 84800 | 0.3256 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 175 | Hawaii Pacific University | 59000 | 60900 | 0.031 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 176 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 177 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 178 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 179 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 180 | The Catholic University of America | 79400 | 82500 | 0.0376 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.