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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 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 3 | Dine College | 10200 | 13700 | 0.2546 | 1,432 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Georgetown University | 11100 | 92700 | 0.8803 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 5 | Georgetown College | 11500 | 61900 | 0.814 | 1,123 | 1145 | 0.9337 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 11800 | 25800 | 0.5433 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11800 | 20500 | 0.4247 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11900 | 25700 | 0.5363 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 12000 | 25300 | 0.525 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12200 | 28900 | 0.5787 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12500 | 28100 | 0.5551 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 15 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12800 | 46300 | 0.7233 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 16 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 17100 | 0.2454 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 49100 | 0.7312 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | Peru State College | 13600 | 22300 | 0.3892 | 1,308 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 13600 | 34600 | 0.6076 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 20 | California State University-Bakersfield | 13700 | 45000 | 0.696 | 9,897 | 1015 | 0.8416 | |
| 20 | University of Houston | 13700 | 22000 | 0.3766 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 22 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 22 | Grand Valley State University | 14100 | 25300 | 0.4432 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14200 | 40600 | 0.6496 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 25 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 28800 | 0.5048 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 26 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 27 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 28 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 28 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 31200 | 0.5059 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3992 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 30 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 32 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 33 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38500 | 0.5888 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 34 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28200 | 0.4329 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 35 | Morehead State University | 16100 | 28000 | 0.4247 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 36 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6306 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 37 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 27000 | 0.3705 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 38 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | 17100 | 54700 | 0.6871 | 1,262 | 980 | 0.8026 | |
| 39 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 25700 | 0.3307 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 40 | Whitman College | 17400 | 85500 | 0.796 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 42 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 43 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 44 | North Carolina Central University | 18400 | 27600 | 0.3331 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 44 | Rogers State University | 18400 | 49200 | 0.6261 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 47 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18900 | 31400 | 0.3981 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 48 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 19200 | 22400 | 0.1431 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 50 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19500 | 58200 | 0.6651 | 1,715 | 1193 | 0.7072 | |
| 51 | Lee University | 19600 | 37400 | 0.4762 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 52 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 52 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 54 | McMurry University | 19800 | 51900 | 0.618 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 55 | The College of Idaho | 20000 | 59900 | 0.6661 | 1,042 | 1189 | 0.491 | |
| 56 | North Park University | 20200 | 53200 | 0.6202 | 1,825 | 1075 | 0.6949 | |
| 57 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 57 | Ripon College | 20400 | 69000 | 0.7039 | 665 | 1225 | 0.8186 | |
| 59 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2597 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 60 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 61 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 39200 | 0.4722 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 62 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21000 | 48900 | 0.5702 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 63 | Thomas University | 21100 | 25300 | 0.1662 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 64 | University of Lynchburg | 21600 | 54900 | 0.6069 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 65 | Bradley University | 21700 | 49900 | 0.5642 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 66 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1305 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 68 | McDaniel College | 22000 | 63900 | 0.6553 | 1,641 | 1155 | 0.7817 | |
| 69 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 70 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma City University | 22600 | 64400 | 0.6492 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 71 | St Lawrence University | 22600 | 87800 | 0.7424 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 73 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 73 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 75 | Newman University | 22800 | 55800 | 0.5917 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 76 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 77 | King's College | 23100 | 63100 | 0.6343 | 1,559 | 1135 | 0.9193 | |
| 78 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 79 | Missouri Southern State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 3,917 | 1109 | 0.9656 | |
| 80 | Millikin University | 23800 | 43700 | 0.4549 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 81 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 24000 | 57300 | 0.581 | 1,923 | 1095 | 0.7415 | |
| 82 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24300 | 43200 | 0.4376 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 83 | Franklin College | 24400 | 61800 | 0.6054 | 894 | 1189 | 0.7254 | |
| 84 | Huntingdon College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4457 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 85 | Guilford College | 24700 | 57400 | 0.5696 | 1,132 | 1100 | 0.8 | |
| 86 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24800 | 38400 | 0.3545 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 87 | Lewis University | 25100 | 57700 | 0.5649 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 88 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25300 | 34300 | 0.2621 | 1,234 | 990 | 0.9649 | |
| 88 | Scripps College | 25300 | 94900 | 0.7338 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 90 | Seattle Pacific University | 25700 | 70000 | 0.6328 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 91 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 25900 | 36600 | 0.2927 | 3,379 | 1065 | 0.743 | |
| 93 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 93 | Salem State University | 26000 | 43200 | 0.3984 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 93 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 96 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 41500 | 0.3564 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 98 | Mars Hill University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5056 | 1,062 | 1100 | 0.6822 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2788 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.314 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 100 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 102 | Wilmington College | 27400 | 48200 | 0.4313 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 103 | George Fox University | 27500 | 69400 | 0.6041 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 104 | Mississippi Christian University | 27800 | 45100 | 0.3836 | 2,583 | 1222 | 0.8416 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 106 | New England College | 28800 | 65800 | 0.5624 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 107 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 29100 | 60200 | 0.5168 | 1,320 | 1230 | 0.6744 | |
| 108 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 109 | Edgewood University | 29800 | 51900 | 0.4259 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 109 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 109 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 112 | University of West Florida | 30000 | 38000 | 0.2104 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 113 | Mercy University | 30100 | 44500 | 0.3237 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 114 | University of North Florida | 30400 | 33000 | 0.0788 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31000 | 77600 | 0.6003 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 117 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 118 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2967 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 119 | Marquette University | 32700 | 66500 | 0.5082 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 120 | Alverno College | 33200 | 55500 | 0.4017 | 525 | 1000 | 0.8223 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 122 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 123 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 124 | Morningside University | 33900 | 80100 | 0.5771 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 125 | Springfield College | 34000 | 66300 | 0.4873 | 1,724 | 1260 | 0.7421 | |
| 126 | Washburn University | 34300 | 38400 | 0.1067 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Maryland | 34400 | 78800 | 0.5635 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 127 | Siena University | 34400 | 65100 | 0.4717 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 129 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 130 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 130 | Beloit College | 35000 | 81400 | 0.5697 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 132 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 133 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 134 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35900 | 47500 | 0.2444 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 135 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 136 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37200 | 57000 | 0.3472 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 137 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37600 | 69900 | 0.4621 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 138 | Union Adventist University | 37700 | 51200 | 0.2627 | 625 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 139 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 139 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 141 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 142 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38400 | 63000 | 0.3907 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 142 | LeTourneau University | 38400 | 54800 | 0.2995 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 142 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 145 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 146 | Nazareth University | 38600 | 67200 | 0.425 | 1,862 | 1275 | 0.7409 | |
| 147 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 39100 | 44400 | 0.1192 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 148 | Cumberland University | 39200 | 47500 | 0.1747 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 149 | California Baptist University | 39900 | 65600 | 0.3917 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 150 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 41100 | 42300 | 0.0284 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 151 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 152 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2804 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 153 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 76800 | 0.4533 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 154 | University at Buffalo | 43300 | 46700 | 0.0728 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 155 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 156 | Marist University | 44100 | 110500 | 0.6009 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 157 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 158 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 159 | Biola University | 46700 | 71200 | 0.3442 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 160 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 161 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 162 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 163 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 164 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 57500 | 61400 | 0.0635 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 165 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 167 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 168 | University of California-Davis | 68400 | 69800 | 0.0201 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 169 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.