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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 Pennsylvania | 4500 | 93100 | 0.9521 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5000 | 43700 | 0.8861 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 4 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8347 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 5 | Morehead State University | 8100 | 26300 | 0.6915 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 6 | Florida Atlantic University | 8900 | 26900 | 0.6703 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 7 | Grinnell College | 9000 | 93600 | 0.9035 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10100 | 41500 | 0.7567 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 10 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 11 | Dine College | 10300 | 13700 | 0.2473 | 1,432 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 13 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10900 | 22900 | 0.525 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 14 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11100 | 32800 | 0.6612 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 15 | Georgetown University | 11200 | 92700 | 0.8792 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 16 | Georgetown College | 11300 | 86600 | 0.869 | 1,123 | 1145 | 0.9337 | |
| 17 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11400 | 31400 | 0.637 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11500 | 20500 | 0.4386 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 19 | Missouri Southern State University | 11600 | 26700 | 0.5655 | 3,917 | 1109 | 0.9656 | |
| 20 | University of West Florida | 12000 | 22200 | 0.459 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5969 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 22 | Peru State College | 13100 | 20700 | 0.3697 | 1,308 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5121 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 23 | University of North Florida | 13200 | 30500 | 0.5671 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 25 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32100 | 0.5856 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 25 | University of Houston | 13300 | 21800 | 0.3898 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 25 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4067 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 28 | Lewis University | 13400 | 57700 | 0.7675 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 29 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14100 | 30100 | 0.5334 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 30 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14200 | 27600 | 0.4864 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 30 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14200 | 57400 | 0.7527 | 9,897 | 1015 | 0.8416 | |
| 30 | Salem State University | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6288 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 33 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15100 | 44000 | 0.6571 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 35 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 36 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 36 | Rogers State University | 15400 | 39200 | 0.6064 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 38 | St Lawrence University | 15500 | 88000 | 0.8235 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 39 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 40 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 41 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 42 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | 16300 | 77300 | 0.7891 | 1,262 | 980 | 0.8026 | |
| 43 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6306 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 44 | Guilford College | 16800 | 66300 | 0.7461 | 1,132 | 1100 | 0.8 | |
| 44 | Sam Houston State University | 16800 | 30300 | 0.4452 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 17000 | 22400 | 0.2415 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 47 | Radford University | 17200 | 33100 | 0.4818 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17200 | 20700 | 0.169 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 49 | Whitman College | 17400 | 85500 | 0.796 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 50 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.801 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 51 | North Carolina Central University | 18400 | 33000 | 0.4426 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 51 | University of Lynchburg | 18400 | 58900 | 0.6882 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 53 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 33900 | 0.4544 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 54 | Delaware State University | 18700 | 62600 | 0.7012 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 54 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18700 | 48900 | 0.6172 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 56 | McMurry University | 19000 | 71400 | 0.7343 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 57 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19300 | 65400 | 0.7047 | 1,715 | 1193 | 0.7072 | |
| 57 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3563 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 59 | The College of Idaho | 19400 | 81100 | 0.7611 | 1,042 | 1189 | 0.491 | |
| 60 | University of Saint Mary | 19500 | 53700 | 0.6363 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 61 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 19600 | 57300 | 0.6578 | 1,923 | 1095 | 0.7415 | |
| 62 | Thomas University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3386 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 63 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20300 | 35200 | 0.4229 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 60700 | 0.6655 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 65 | Bradley University | 20400 | 59500 | 0.6564 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 65 | Ripon College | 20400 | 68900 | 0.7035 | 665 | 1225 | 0.8186 | |
| 67 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 39200 | 0.4722 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 68 | King's College | 20800 | 63100 | 0.6707 | 1,559 | 1135 | 0.9193 | |
| 68 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51200 | 0.5943 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 70 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 71 | Daemen University | 21100 | 56700 | 0.6276 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 71 | McDaniel College | 21100 | 63900 | 0.6694 | 1,641 | 1155 | 0.7817 | |
| 73 | University of Northern Iowa | 21200 | 24800 | 0.144 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 74 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 21700 | 25200 | 0.1414 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 76 | Southwestern Adventist University | 22100 | 58700 | 0.6239 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 77 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 78 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 26000 | 0.1421 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma City University | 22400 | 74100 | 0.6979 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 80 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22500 | 56900 | 0.6039 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 80 | Newman University | 22500 | 55800 | 0.5964 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 82 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 83 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 84 | Seattle Pacific University | 22900 | 98900 | 0.7688 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 85 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 85 | Millikin University | 23100 | 43700 | 0.4709 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 87 | Huntingdon College | 23700 | 65000 | 0.6353 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 88 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.4928 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 89 | Franklin College | 24200 | 61800 | 0.6084 | 894 | 1189 | 0.7254 | |
| 90 | University of South Dakota | 24300 | 26900 | 0.0955 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 91 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25000 | 34300 | 0.2701 | 1,234 | 990 | 0.9649 | |
| 92 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25100 | 43400 | 0.4215 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 25600 | 33900 | 0.245 | 3,379 | 1065 | 0.743 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 94 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 97 | Loyola University Maryland | 25800 | 78800 | 0.6727 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 98 | North Park University | 25900 | 55200 | 0.5308 | 1,825 | 1075 | 0.6949 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26100 | 49600 | 0.4735 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26100 | 28000 | 0.0677 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 99 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 26100 | 43400 | 0.3983 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 99 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5963 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 103 | George Fox University | 26400 | 92800 | 0.7157 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 104 | Oakland University | 26700 | 39600 | 0.3258 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 105 | Mars Hill University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5056 | 1,062 | 1100 | 0.6822 | |
| 105 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 26900 | 32000 | 0.1583 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 107 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 27300 | 82000 | 0.6673 | 1,320 | 1230 | 0.6744 | |
| 108 | New England College | 27400 | 65900 | 0.5844 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 109 | Mississippi Christian University | 27500 | 45100 | 0.3897 | 2,583 | 1222 | 0.8416 | |
| 110 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27600 | 33800 | 0.1833 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 111 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29300 | 112100 | 0.7385 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 112 | Edgewood University | 29700 | 58200 | 0.4894 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 113 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 114 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30100 | 78300 | 0.6157 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 114 | Scripps College | 30100 | 97800 | 0.6921 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 114 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 117 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 30700 | 101400 | 0.6971 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 117 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 119 | Columbia International University | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3029 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 119 | Western Michigan University | 31200 | 31200 | 0 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 121 | Marquette University | 31400 | 75900 | 0.5862 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 122 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 123 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 124 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 125 | Alverno College | 32900 | 55500 | 0.4066 | 525 | 1000 | 0.8223 | |
| 126 | Morningside University | 33100 | 80100 | 0.5871 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 128 | Siena University | 33700 | 66300 | 0.4917 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 129 | St. John's University-New York | 33900 | 83800 | 0.5958 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 130 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 131 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 131 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 133 | Washburn University | 34500 | 38400 | 0.1015 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 135 | New York Institute of Technology | 35100 | 83600 | 0.5799 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 136 | Wilmington College | 35400 | 58500 | 0.3945 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 137 | Rowan University | 36500 | 53600 | 0.3189 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 138 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37000 | 53600 | 0.3099 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 138 | Springfield College | 37000 | 68000 | 0.4559 | 1,724 | 1260 | 0.7421 | |
| 140 | Beloit College | 37100 | 81700 | 0.5457 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 141 | Union Adventist University | 37400 | 51200 | 0.2681 | 625 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 142 | Xavier University | 37600 | 68100 | 0.4481 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 143 | Howard Payne University | 37900 | 54500 | 0.3039 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 144 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 145 | Nazareth University | 38500 | 67200 | 0.4269 | 1,862 | 1275 | 0.7409 | |
| 146 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 38800 | 44400 | 0.1254 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 147 | Cumberland University | 38900 | 47500 | 0.1805 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 148 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40100 | 66900 | 0.4008 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 149 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 150 | Montreat College | 41500 | 58100 | 0.2852 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 151 | Biola University | 41800 | 71100 | 0.4121 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 151 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 85600 | 0.5116 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 153 | Marist University | 43000 | 75800 | 0.4326 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 154 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 155 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 57300 | 0.2215 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 156 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 157 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 158 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 159 | Quinnipiac University | 49000 | 79700 | 0.3854 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 160 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49100 | 74900 | 0.3446 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 161 | Northwest Nazarene University | 51500 | 87600 | 0.412 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 162 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 164 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53200 | 53300 | 0.0019 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63600 | 0.0834 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 167 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 168 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 169 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 60500 | 65600 | 0.0778 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.