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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 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 8200 | 32800 | 0.7493 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 9400 | 30100 | 0.6872 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 5 | Grinnell College | 9600 | 91400 | 0.8951 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 24000 | 0.5721 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 8 | Georgetown College | 10400 | 46500 | 0.7756 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
| 9 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 10 | University of Central Florida | 12400 | 23600 | 0.4746 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12400 | 21500 | 0.4227 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 12 | Northern Illinois University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5679 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12800 | 27100 | 0.5269 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4863 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 14000 | 38000 | 0.6321 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 16 | University of Houston | 14100 | 23600 | 0.4031 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 17 | Peru State College | 14200 | 25500 | 0.4439 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14400 | 41100 | 0.6502 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 19 | Missouri Southern State University | 14500 | 20100 | 0.2793 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
| 20 | Saginaw Valley State University | 14700 | 28600 | 0.4855 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 21 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.8324 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 40600 | 0.6257 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 28100 | 0.4555 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4565 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 24 | Georgetown University | 15500 | 92200 | 0.832 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 27 | Grand Valley State University | 16000 | 25300 | 0.368 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 28 | University of Georgia | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3734 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17600 | 18900 | 0.0689 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 30 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 30 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 18000 | 32100 | 0.4399 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 32 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 33 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 34 | Saint Cloud State University | 18900 | 24500 | 0.2318 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 35 | Texas Southern University | 19000 | 42400 | 0.5514 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 36 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3271 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 38 | The College of Idaho | 20100 | 49100 | 0.5904 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
| 38 | University of Northern Iowa | 20100 | 24000 | 0.1618 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 38 | Western Michigan University | 20100 | 26500 | 0.2417 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 41 | McMurry University | 20300 | 46600 | 0.5649 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 42 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 43 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 20500 | 57300 | 0.6421 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
| 44 | Thomas University | 20600 | 29000 | 0.2899 | 882 | 1030 | 0.4316 | |
| 44 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20600 | 38100 | 0.4588 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 46 | Niagara University | 20700 | 57400 | 0.6391 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 47 | Beloit College | 20900 | 75600 | 0.7239 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 48 | King's College | 21500 | 63000 | 0.6583 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 48 | Swarthmore College | 21500 | 88900 | 0.7582 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 50 | Union Adventist University | 21600 | 45000 | 0.52 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
| 51 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 52 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21900 | 56900 | 0.6141 | 533 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
| 52 | Madonna University | 21900 | 50400 | 0.5655 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 54 | Guilford College | 22100 | 57400 | 0.6149 | 1,160 | 1025 | 0.8376 | |
| 54 | St Lawrence University | 22100 | 87600 | 0.7478 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 22200 | 48300 | 0.5396 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 57 | South Dakota State University | 22300 | 25200 | 0.1144 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 58 | Newman University | 22600 | 54000 | 0.5824 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
| 59 | Buena Vista University | 22700 | 59100 | 0.6166 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 59 | Ursuline College | 22700 | 59000 | 0.6157 | 637 | 1085 | 0.8401 | |
| 61 | North Park University | 22900 | 52900 | 0.5672 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
| 62 | Daemen University | 23100 | 54400 | 0.5757 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
| 62 | Ouachita Baptist University | 23100 | 52200 | 0.558 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 62 | University of South Dakota | 23100 | 26000 | 0.1109 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 65 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23300 | 40800 | 0.4287 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 66 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23500 | 38000 | 0.3811 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 67 | Edgewood College | 23600 | 51900 | 0.5454 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
| 67 | Springfield College | 23600 | 63300 | 0.6269 | 1,764 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
| 69 | University of Lynchburg | 23900 | 54900 | 0.5648 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 70 | Fontbonne University | 24000 | 50200 | 0.5221 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 71 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 72 | McDaniel College | 24400 | 61700 | 0.6049 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 73 | Franklin College | 24500 | 59700 | 0.5901 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
| 74 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24700 | 60000 | 0.5885 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 75 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 76 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 76 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 78 | Houghton University | 25100 | 35500 | 0.2928 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 78 | Scripps College | 25100 | 94800 | 0.735 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 80 | Huntingdon College | 25800 | 44100 | 0.4152 | 880 | 1105 | 0.6793 | |
| 81 | Russell Sage College | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5507 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 82 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5966 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 83 | Corban University | 26200 | 57300 | 0.5422 | 785 | 1124 | 0.8974 | |
| 84 | La Sierra University | 26300 | 55100 | 0.5231 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 85 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26600 | 68400 | 0.6111 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 86 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3268 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 87 | Methodist University | 27200 | 51900 | 0.4763 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 30400 | 0.103 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 89 | Morehead State University | 27500 | 32600 | 0.1564 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 90 | Christian Brothers University | 27700 | 54600 | 0.4926 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 90 | Rowan University | 27700 | 40500 | 0.316 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 90 | Seattle Pacific University | 27700 | 62600 | 0.5576 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 27700 | 36700 | 0.2452 | 3,289 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
| 94 | California State University-Bakersfield | 27800 | 42200 | 0.3409 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
| 95 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28900 | 44100 | 0.3449 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 97 | Radford University | 29000 | 32800 | 0.1159 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 98 | University of Iowa | 29200 | 31100 | 0.0606 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 99 | Delaware State University | 29300 | 36700 | 0.2018 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 99 | Southern Adventist University | 29300 | 44900 | 0.3483 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 101 | Salem State University | 29400 | 38900 | 0.244 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 102 | New England College | 29800 | 64600 | 0.539 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 103 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29900 | 52900 | 0.435 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 104 | University of South Alabama | 30000 | 35000 | 0.1429 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 105 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30200 | 46100 | 0.3444 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 106 | Mississippi College | 30500 | 45400 | 0.3282 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 107 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | Auburn University | 31300 | 34400 | 0.0902 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 109 | University of Rhode Island | 31300 | 46700 | 0.3298 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 111 | University of North Florida | 31700 | 37900 | 0.1636 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 112 | St. Andrews University | 31800 | 44700 | 0.2881 | 806 | 985 | 0.3048 | |
| 113 | Sam Houston State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1955 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 114 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 115 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 116 | Alverno College | 33600 | 55500 | 0.3944 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
| 117 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 118 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 35100 | 0.0285 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 119 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 34700 | 42200 | 0.1776 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 119 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 121 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 121 | California Baptist University | 35400 | 65200 | 0.457 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 123 | Siena College | 35600 | 65100 | 0.4532 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 124 | Biola University | 36300 | 52900 | 0.3141 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 125 | Alvernia University | 36500 | 68700 | 0.4688 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 126 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36600 | 53300 | 0.3132 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 127 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37100 | 39400 | 0.0584 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 128 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37600 | 38500 | 0.0234 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 129 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 129 | Nazareth University | 37900 | 63300 | 0.4017 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 131 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 38100 | 80700 | 0.5278 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 132 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 133 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38600 | 52100 | 0.2591 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 134 | Oakwood University | 38900 | 43300 | 0.1013 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 135 | Montreat College | 39100 | 55000 | 0.2889 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 136 | New York Institute of Technology | 39200 | 78600 | 0.5005 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 137 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 39400 | 63600 | 0.3807 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 138 | Fresno Pacific University | 40300 | 52200 | 0.2276 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 140 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40800 | 68600 | 0.405 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 141 | Saint Mary's College of California | 41200 | 78700 | 0.4767 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 142 | Marquette University | 41400 | 75100 | 0.4489 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 143 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 144 | Howard Payne University | 41800 | 57700 | 0.2754 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 145 | St. John's University-New York | 42100 | 80100 | 0.4742 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 146 | Quinnipiac University | 42200 | 79200 | 0.4671 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 147 | Saint Joseph's University | 42300 | 74500 | 0.4321 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 148 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 148 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 150 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42500 | 52100 | 0.1843 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 151 | Marist College | 42600 | 90500 | 0.5295 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 151 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 55100 | 0.227 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 153 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 154 | Florida Institute of Technology | 44500 | 66400 | 0.3298 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 155 | University of New England | 51500 | 67700 | 0.2392 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 156 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 157 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52400 | 56100 | 0.0657 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 158 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 54000 | 60200 | 0.1029 | 275 | 1245 | 0.7515 | |
| 159 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.