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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 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
2 | College of the Ozarks | 7600 | 36900 | 0.7944 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
3 | Grinnell College | 8800 | 91400 | 0.9039 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
4 | Cornell University | 9400 | 92000 | 0.8975 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
5 | Swarthmore College | 9700 | 88900 | 0.8909 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
6 | University of Pennsylvania | 10000 | 93000 | 0.8926 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
7 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 24000 | 0.5724 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
8 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,943 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
9 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
10 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5755 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
11 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 17100 | 0.2279 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
12 | Georgetown University | 13300 | 92200 | 0.8558 | 7,776 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
12 | University of North Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4068 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
14 | University of Houston | 13400 | 23600 | 0.4328 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
15 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
16 | Peru State College | 14100 | 25500 | 0.4478 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
17 | University of Michigan-Flint | 14500 | 36600 | 0.6038 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
18 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 40600 | 0.6356 | 10,208 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
19 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 14900 | 25800 | 0.4202 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
20 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8335 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
21 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
22 | Grand Valley State University | 15300 | 25300 | 0.3957 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
23 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15400 | 28500 | 0.46 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
24 | The College of Idaho | 16500 | 48900 | 0.6629 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
25 | Morehead State University | 17200 | 28000 | 0.3859 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
25 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3673 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
27 | University of Rhode Island | 17600 | 34400 | 0.4881 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
28 | Saint Cloud State University | 17900 | 24500 | 0.269 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
29 | Georgetown College | 18000 | 46500 | 0.6123 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
30 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3427 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
31 | Missouri Southern State University | 18500 | 24800 | 0.2536 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
32 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 48,857 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
33 | University of Northern Iowa | 19200 | 24000 | 0.2011 | 7,715 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
34 | Western Michigan University | 19500 | 26500 | 0.2644 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
35 | McMurry University | 19600 | 46600 | 0.5799 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
36 | Salem State University | 20100 | 28500 | 0.2947 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
37 | Niagara University | 20200 | 57400 | 0.6478 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
37 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 20200 | 57300 | 0.6473 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
39 | Texas Southern University | 20300 | 25700 | 0.2104 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
40 | Thomas University | 20500 | 29000 | 0.2934 | 882 | 1030 | 0.4316 | |
41 | University of Central Oklahoma | 20700 | 22700 | 0.0881 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
42 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
43 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21300 | 56900 | 0.6254 | 529 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
43 | Guilford College | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6289 | 1,160 | 1025 | 0.8376 | |
45 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
45 | King's College | 21500 | 63000 | 0.6583 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
45 | Madonna University | 21500 | 50400 | 0.5734 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
45 | Tabor College | 21500 | 55600 | 0.613 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
49 | Union Adventist University | 21600 | 45000 | 0.52 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
50 | Newman University | 21700 | 54000 | 0.599 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
51 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 21900 | 29800 | 0.263 | 8,362 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
52 | Buena Vista University | 22000 | 59100 | 0.6275 | 801 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
53 | University of South Dakota | 22200 | 26000 | 0.1472 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
54 | Daemen University | 22500 | 54400 | 0.5868 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
55 | Ursuline College | 22600 | 59000 | 0.6174 | 637 | 1085 | 0.8401 | |
56 | North Park University | 22800 | 52900 | 0.5691 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
57 | Eastern Kentucky University | 22900 | 38000 | 0.3969 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
57 | Ouachita Baptist University | 22900 | 52200 | 0.5618 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
59 | Beloit College | 23000 | 75600 | 0.6961 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
59 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 23000 | 25700 | 0.1051 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
59 | Russell Sage College | 23000 | 57600 | 0.601 | 1,251 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
62 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
63 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23200 | 40800 | 0.4311 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
63 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23200 | 39200 | 0.4083 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
65 | McDaniel College | 23400 | 61700 | 0.6212 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
66 | Springfield College | 23600 | 63300 | 0.6269 | 1,760 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
67 | Fontbonne University | 23700 | 50200 | 0.5281 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
68 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 23800 | 26600 | 0.1062 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
69 | Franklin College | 23900 | 59700 | 0.6003 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
70 | University at Buffalo | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2942 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
70 | University of Lynchburg | 24000 | 54900 | 0.562 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
72 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24300 | 60000 | 0.5952 | 1,043 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
72 | South Dakota State University | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0396 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
74 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24500 | 51700 | 0.5267 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
75 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
76 | Scripps College | 25100 | 91600 | 0.7257 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
77 | Saginaw Valley State University | 25300 | 38900 | 0.3507 | 6,130 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
78 | St Lawrence University | 25500 | 87600 | 0.709 | 1,947 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
79 | Corban University | 25600 | 57300 | 0.5522 | 785 | 1124 | 0.8974 | |
79 | La Sierra University | 25600 | 55100 | 0.5358 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
81 | Oakland University | 25900 | 39800 | 0.3494 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
82 | Huntingdon College | 26100 | 44100 | 0.4084 | 880 | 1125 | 0.6793 | |
82 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5958 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
84 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26300 | 68400 | 0.6155 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
85 | Methodist University | 26700 | 51900 | 0.4859 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
86 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 41900 | 0.3603 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
87 | Seattle Pacific University | 27000 | 62600 | 0.5688 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
88 | California State University-Bakersfield | 27100 | 42200 | 0.3575 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
88 | Christian Brothers University | 27100 | 54600 | 0.5032 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
90 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 27300 | 36700 | 0.2561 | 3,277 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
91 | Mercy University | 28200 | 44500 | 0.3664 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
91 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28200 | 31500 | 0.1048 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
93 | Southern Adventist University | 28300 | 44900 | 0.3694 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28400 | 44100 | 0.3563 | 345 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
94 | Radford University | 28400 | 32800 | 0.1342 | 6,143 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
96 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4576 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
97 | Delaware State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2127 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
98 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 29200 | 41000 | 0.2876 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
99 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29300 | 46100 | 0.3649 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
99 | University of South Alabama | 29300 | 35000 | 0.1629 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
101 | New England College | 29400 | 64600 | 0.5452 | 1,011 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
101 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
103 | Mississippi College | 29500 | 45400 | 0.349 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
104 | Edgewood College | 29600 | 51900 | 0.4297 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
105 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 29900 | 39700 | 0.2466 | 1,880 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
106 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
107 | St. Andrews University | 30900 | 44700 | 0.3093 | 806 | 985 | 0.3048 | |
108 | Sam Houston State University | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2205 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
109 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
110 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
111 | Alverno College | 32700 | 55500 | 0.4114 | 666 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
112 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 70,898 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
113 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
114 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33900 | 35100 | 0.0342 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
115 | Adelphi University | 34500 | 63300 | 0.4552 | 5,322 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
116 | California Baptist University | 34600 | 65200 | 0.4693 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
117 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 34700 | 42200 | 0.1776 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
118 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 34800 | 77500 | 0.5518 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
119 | University of West Florida | 35100 | 44600 | 0.2131 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
120 | Siena College | 35300 | 65100 | 0.4578 | 3,465 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
121 | Biola University | 36000 | 52900 | 0.3197 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
122 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36100 | 38700 | 0.0673 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
123 | University of Central Florida | 36900 | 39600 | 0.0682 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
124 | Nazareth University | 37500 | 63300 | 0.4083 | 1,879 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
125 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37700 | 63600 | 0.4074 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
126 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 37900 | 52100 | 0.2725 | 18,071 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
126 | Oakwood University | 37900 | 43300 | 0.1232 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
128 | Montreat College | 38100 | 55000 | 0.3061 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
129 | Alvernia University | 38300 | 68700 | 0.4426 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
130 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 38400 | 53300 | 0.2795 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
131 | New York Institute of Technology | 38500 | 78600 | 0.5095 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
131 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
133 | Fresno Pacific University | 39400 | 52200 | 0.2457 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
134 | Saint Mary's College of California | 39900 | 78700 | 0.4932 | 1,949 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
135 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,356 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
136 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40300 | 68600 | 0.4122 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
136 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
138 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
139 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40600 | 53900 | 0.2467 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
140 | Howard Payne University | 40900 | 57700 | 0.2917 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
141 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 52100 | 0.2073 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
142 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
143 | Quinnipiac University | 41800 | 79200 | 0.4721 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
144 | St. John's University-New York | 41900 | 80100 | 0.4767 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
145 | Saint Joseph's University | 42100 | 74500 | 0.4348 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
146 | Marist College | 42300 | 90500 | 0.5328 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
147 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
147 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1115 | 0.7781 | |
149 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 66400 | 0.344 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
150 | Marquette University | 45100 | 75100 | 0.3996 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
151 | University of Iowa | 50400 | 53200 | 0.0532 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
152 | University of New England | 50500 | 67700 | 0.254 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
153 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51600 | 56100 | 0.0808 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
154 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
155 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
156 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
157 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 55700 | 66500 | 0.1624 | 16,946 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
157 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 55700 | 60200 | 0.0747 | 275 | 1245 | 0.7515 | |
159 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.