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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 California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3800 | 86800 | 0.9559 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
5 | Harvard University | 5900 | 86900 | 0.9325 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
5 | Johns Hopkins University | 5900 | 88600 | 0.9333 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
7 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90300 | 0.9168 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
8 | CUNY City College | 7700 | 31200 | 0.7533 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
9 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
10 | Vanderbilt University | 8700 | 95000 | 0.9083 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
11 | Cornell University | 9400 | 92000 | 0.8975 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
13 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9800 | 27200 | 0.6405 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
14 | University of Pennsylvania | 10000 | 93000 | 0.8926 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10100 | 34400 | 0.7055 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
16 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 37800 | 0.7293 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
17 | Marshall University | 10800 | 27100 | 0.6005 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
18 | University of California-San Diego | 11600 | 34000 | 0.6583 | 34,808 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
19 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11800 | 26200 | 0.5495 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
20 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 11900 | 20300 | 0.4128 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
20 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
22 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
23 | Boston University | 12400 | 88800 | 0.8608 | 18,310 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
24 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12500 | 38500 | 0.6752 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
25 | Florida State University | 12600 | 23100 | 0.4544 | 32,709 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
26 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 17100 | 0.2454 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
27 | Duke University | 13000 | 93500 | 0.8613 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
28 | University of Houston | 13100 | 23600 | 0.4455 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
29 | University of Delaware | 13200 | 32500 | 0.5923 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
30 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 13300 | 38000 | 0.6505 | 16,946 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
31 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 24900 | 0.4611 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13500 | 17900 | 0.2465 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
33 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
35 | Wichita State University | 13800 | 29800 | 0.5369 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
36 | Case Western Reserve University | 13900 | 80400 | 0.8266 | 6,519 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
37 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
38 | University of Mississippi | 14500 | 27000 | 0.4628 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
39 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
40 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4624 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
41 | California State University-Long Beach | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4109 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
41 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
41 | University of California-Riverside | 15200 | 36500 | 0.5831 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
44 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4981 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
44 | University of Akron Main Campus | 15400 | 25000 | 0.3837 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
46 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 85700 | 0.8196 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
47 | Tufts University | 15700 | 92400 | 0.8305 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
48 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2916 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
49 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16100 | 64800 | 0.7523 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
50 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3751 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
51 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16700 | 24700 | 0.3234 | 8,764 | 1209 | 0.8799 | |
52 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 17100 | 18200 | 0.0606 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
52 | The College of New Jersey | 17100 | 38200 | 0.5519 | 7,435 | 1248 | 0.6235 | |
52 | University of Maine | 17100 | 29000 | 0.4093 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
52 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17100 | 33600 | 0.4907 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
56 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 17600 | 29800 | 0.4101 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
56 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3655 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
56 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
56 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17600 | 17700 | 0.0057 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
60 | Union College | 17700 | 91000 | 0.8055 | 2,063 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
61 | Bucknell University | 17800 | 88400 | 0.7984 | 3,915 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
62 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
62 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3041 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
64 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.395 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
64 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3643 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
66 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.4823 | |
67 | Brown University | 19400 | 93900 | 0.7932 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
68 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3627 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
69 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19800 | 36200 | 0.454 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
70 | George Mason University | 19900 | 33500 | 0.4061 | 28,292 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
71 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20200 | 69400 | 0.7093 | 2,702 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
72 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38100 | 0.4667 | 11,356 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
72 | West Virginia University | 20300 | 28800 | 0.2954 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
74 | Montana State University | 20600 | 27100 | 0.2395 | 14,913 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
75 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 21000 | 28500 | 0.2635 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
76 | University of California-Irvine | 21200 | 35300 | 0.3999 | 29,799 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
77 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
78 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21800 | 35400 | 0.3837 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
79 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22100 | 26900 | 0.1796 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
80 | University of Memphis | 22200 | 30000 | 0.2604 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
81 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22400 | 30300 | 0.2605 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
82 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22600 | 48800 | 0.537 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
83 | Temple University | 22700 | 36300 | 0.375 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
84 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
84 | University of Rochester | 22900 | 93100 | 0.7542 | 6,554 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
84 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
84 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
88 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23200 | 71600 | 0.6762 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
88 | University of South Dakota | 23200 | 26000 | 0.1088 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
90 | Oral Roberts University | 23300 | 55600 | 0.58 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
90 | University of Kentucky | 23300 | 36000 | 0.3523 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
92 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
93 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24400 | 32200 | 0.2422 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
94 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 24900 | 34600 | 0.2798 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
95 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,665 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
95 | Walla Walla University | 25000 | 51100 | 0.51 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
97 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
98 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25300 | 35700 | 0.2915 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
99 | Marquette University | 25400 | 65700 | 0.613 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
100 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25600 | 40300 | 0.3646 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
101 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0988 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
101 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 41900 | 0.3841 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
103 | University of Arizona | 26000 | 35200 | 0.2612 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
104 | Dartmouth College | 26100 | 91100 | 0.7132 | 4,508 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
104 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
104 | University of Mount Union | 26100 | 50900 | 0.487 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
107 | Trine University | 26200 | 56100 | 0.5321 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
108 | Alfred University | 26300 | 60300 | 0.5641 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
109 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26500 | 83600 | 0.6833 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
110 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 26800 | 31400 | 0.1465 | 14,019 | 1115 | 0.7781 | |
111 | University of North Texas | 27000 | 37400 | 0.2782 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
112 | Clemson University | 27200 | 35800 | 0.241 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
113 | Grand Valley State University | 27500 | 35700 | 0.2297 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
114 | Regis College | 27800 | 70400 | 0.6049 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
115 | Michigan Technological University | 28100 | 34700 | 0.1903 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
115 | University of Hartford | 28100 | 70100 | 0.5983 | 4,222 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
117 | George Fox University | 28200 | 67100 | 0.5801 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
117 | University of Utah | 28200 | 32000 | 0.1197 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
119 | University of Iowa | 28300 | 31100 | 0.091 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
120 | University of Toledo | 28800 | 32600 | 0.1175 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
121 | Messiah University | 28900 | 54100 | 0.466 | 2,602 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
122 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
123 | Gannon University | 29800 | 45300 | 0.3422 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
123 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 29800 | 41800 | 0.2872 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
125 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
125 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 29900 | 39700 | 0.2466 | 1,880 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
127 | University of Rhode Island | 30600 | 46700 | 0.3447 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
128 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
129 | Widener University | 32200 | 75300 | 0.5721 | 2,806 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
130 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
131 | Rockhurst University | 32500 | 62500 | 0.4799 | 2,293 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
132 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 65800 | 0.4996 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32900 | 34700 | 0.0518 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
134 | LeTourneau University | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3845 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
135 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 35100 | 0.037 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
137 | Valparaiso University | 34000 | 62700 | 0.4572 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
138 | California Baptist University | 34600 | 65200 | 0.4693 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
138 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34600 | 74600 | 0.5365 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
140 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,487 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
141 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35100 | 42400 | 0.1721 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
142 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,087 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
143 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
144 | Florida International University | 36100 | 36800 | 0.019 | 56,786 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36100 | 38900 | 0.0727 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
146 | Lawrence Technological University | 36300 | 67800 | 0.4644 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
146 | University of the Pacific | 36300 | 72100 | 0.4967 | 3,210 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
148 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36700 | 62000 | 0.4081 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
149 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 41800 | 0.1125 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
150 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37200 | 38500 | 0.0338 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
151 | Wayne State University | 38800 | 45500 | 0.1472 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
152 | Loyola University Chicago | 39800 | 67600 | 0.4114 | 12,529 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
152 | University of Vermont | 39800 | 64100 | 0.3796 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
154 | Endicott College | 40400 | 63200 | 0.3607 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
155 | Western New England University | 40500 | 67000 | 0.3957 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
156 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 40600 | 59200 | 0.3138 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
157 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41200 | 42500 | 0.0306 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
158 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 52100 | 0.2073 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
159 | Hofstra University | 41400 | 74600 | 0.4449 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
160 | Fairfield University | 41500 | 77900 | 0.467 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
161 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 42500 | 46200 | 0.0807 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
161 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
163 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 66400 | 0.344 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
164 | Duquesne University | 44700 | 70500 | 0.3664 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
165 | Saint Louis University | 45700 | 74500 | 0.3867 | 10,390 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
166 | University of California-Merced | 47600 | 52300 | 0.0898 | 8,161 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
167 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47700 | 85700 | 0.4432 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
168 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
168 | Oregon State University | 48100 | 58900 | 0.1838 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
168 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48100 | 56200 | 0.1441 | 3,963 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
171 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 85800 | 0.4312 | 4,219 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
172 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49900 | 81000 | 0.3837 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
173 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
174 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51600 | 56100 | 0.0808 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
175 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
176 | Santa Clara University | 55600 | 84800 | 0.3445 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
177 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
178 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58100 | 60900 | 0.0465 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
179 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
180 | 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.