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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 | Swarthmore College | 6400 | 93800 | 0.9319 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 2 | CUNY City College | 7500 | 31200 | 0.7597 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 7900 | 47200 | 0.8331 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 8100 | 92900 | 0.913 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8300 | 27100 | 0.6927 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 7 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 8 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 9400 | 53000 | 0.8234 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 24000 | 0.5727 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 10 | Georgetown College | 10500 | 75600 | 0.8611 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11600 | 45600 | 0.7453 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 13 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 41900 | 0.7083 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 14 | Georgetown University | 12300 | 92700 | 0.8673 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 16 | Missouri Southern State University | 13000 | 20100 | 0.3541 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5434 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 19 | University of Houston | 13500 | 23100 | 0.4157 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 20 | Peru State College | 13900 | 22100 | 0.3707 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
| 20 | University of West Florida | 13900 | 39000 | 0.6431 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 14100 | 37000 | 0.6188 | 3,289 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4911 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 25 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14500 | 50800 | 0.7152 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
| 26 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 27 | University of Georgia | 14800 | 26600 | 0.4445 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 28 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.832 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 29 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 36300 | 0.5732 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 30 | University of North Florida | 15800 | 33000 | 0.5216 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 31 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 32 | Delaware State University | 16000 | 46500 | 0.656 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 33 | Morehead State University | 17300 | 28000 | 0.3819 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 33 | University of Rhode Island | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4898 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 35 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 35200 | 0.5059 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 36 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 17600 | 57300 | 0.6927 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
| 37 | North Park University | 17700 | 53200 | 0.6672 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 20700 | 0.1449 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 39 | Salem State University | 18200 | 28500 | 0.3614 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 39 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3427 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 41 | North Carolina Central University | 18600 | 27600 | 0.3259 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18600 | 43800 | 0.5748 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 43 | Grand Valley State University | 18700 | 29500 | 0.366 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 43 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 45 | Saint Cloud State University | 18900 | 24500 | 0.2306 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 46 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19000 | 34400 | 0.4471 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 46 | McMurry University | 19000 | 60400 | 0.6852 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 48 | La Sierra University | 19300 | 70200 | 0.7249 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 49 | Western Michigan University | 19500 | 31200 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 50 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 51 | Niagara University | 19800 | 57400 | 0.6548 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 51 | Texas Southern University | 19800 | 25500 | 0.2239 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 51 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 54 | Bradley University | 20100 | 48500 | 0.5849 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 55 | The College of Idaho | 20200 | 70400 | 0.7131 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
| 55 | Ursuline College | 20200 | 71300 | 0.7164 | 637 | 1085 | 0.8401 | |
| 57 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20500 | 30700 | 0.3297 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 58 | Thomas University | 20600 | 32000 | 0.356 | 882 | 1030 | 0.4316 | |
| 59 | Beloit College | 20700 | 97600 | 0.7878 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 59 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 38200 | 0.4582 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 61 | McDaniel College | 20800 | 63900 | 0.6741 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 62 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 21000 | 50000 | 0.5797 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 62 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 64 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21100 | 22700 | 0.0705 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 65 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21300 | 49800 | 0.5721 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 65 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21300 | 42500 | 0.4994 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 67 | King's College | 21600 | 63100 | 0.658 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 67 | Union Adventist University | 21600 | 45000 | 0.52 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
| 69 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21700 | 56900 | 0.618 | 533 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
| 70 | Guilford College | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6184 | 1,160 | 1025 | 0.8376 | |
| 70 | Tabor College | 21900 | 65000 | 0.6635 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 70 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.5999 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 73 | South Dakota State University | 22000 | 25200 | 0.1271 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 74 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.588 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
| 75 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 76 | St Lawrence University | 22500 | 87800 | 0.7435 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22600 | 47900 | 0.5278 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 78 | Ouachita Baptist University | 22900 | 65200 | 0.6485 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 79 | Northern Arizona University | 23000 | 32000 | 0.2815 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 80 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 80 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 23100 | 29800 | 0.223 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 82 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 23200 | 72100 | 0.6784 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 83 | University of South Dakota | 23800 | 26000 | 0.0848 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 84 | Houghton University | 23900 | 61900 | 0.6142 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 85 | Daemen University | 24000 | 55100 | 0.5645 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
| 85 | Fontbonne University | 24000 | 49800 | 0.5183 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 87 | Huntingdon College | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5652 | 880 | 1105 | 0.6793 | |
| 88 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 89 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 90 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1335 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 91 | Franklin College | 25000 | 61800 | 0.5954 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
| 92 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25500 | 75700 | 0.6635 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 93 | Methodist University | 25600 | 73900 | 0.654 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
| 94 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 94 | Saginaw Valley State University | 25900 | 38900 | 0.3347 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 96 | Corban University | 26000 | 57300 | 0.5456 | 785 | 1124 | 0.8974 | |
| 97 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 77000 | 0.6614 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 98 | University of Evansville | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5954 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 99 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39700 | 0.325 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 100 | Springfield College | 27000 | 65600 | 0.5883 | 1,764 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
| 101 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41600 | 0.341 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 102 | Marquette University | 27700 | 66200 | 0.5813 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 104 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 105 | Radford University | 28800 | 32800 | 0.122 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma City University | 29500 | 62200 | 0.5256 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | Edgewood College | 29600 | 75800 | 0.6098 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
| 109 | New England College | 29700 | 65800 | 0.5487 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 110 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 111 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29900 | 46100 | 0.3514 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 112 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 114 | Russell Sage College | 30600 | 71000 | 0.569 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 117 | St. Andrews University | 31500 | 44700 | 0.2953 | 806 | 985 | 0.3048 | |
| 118 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 119 | St. John's University-New York | 32500 | 78000 | 0.583 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 120 | Alvernia University | 32700 | 69400 | 0.5287 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 121 | Alverno College | 33300 | 55500 | 0.4001 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
| 122 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 123 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 124 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 33800 | 84100 | 0.5979 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 125 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 126 | Scripps College | 34200 | 94900 | 0.6399 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 127 | Siena College | 34700 | 65100 | 0.4671 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 128 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 129 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 130 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 131 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36200 | 57000 | 0.3647 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 131 | University of New England | 36200 | 67900 | 0.4666 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 133 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 135 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 136 | Nazareth University | 37700 | 63300 | 0.4039 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 137 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 138 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 139 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1087 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 140 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2948 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 141 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 142 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 143 | Saint Joseph's University | 40600 | 92400 | 0.5605 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 143 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40600 | 83400 | 0.5134 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 145 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 145 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 147 | Marist College | 41400 | 90500 | 0.5428 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 148 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 149 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42100 | 69900 | 0.3977 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 150 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 151 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 152 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 153 | Biola University | 45000 | 71200 | 0.3681 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 154 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 155 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 156 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 157 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 275 | 1245 | 0.7515 | |
| 158 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 67700 | 67700 | 0 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 159 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.