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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 | Millikin University | 7000 | 43700 | 0.8396 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 7900 | 47200 | 0.8331 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 8100 | 92900 | 0.913 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8200 | 43500 | 0.8122 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 5 | Grinnell College | 9400 | 91400 | 0.8973 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 6 | Georgetown College | 10500 | 75600 | 0.8611 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11600 | 45600 | 0.7453 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 8 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 10 | Dine College | 12100 | 13700 | 0.1164 | 1,828 | 0 | 0.6036 | |
| 10 | Georgetown University | 12100 | 92700 | 0.8694 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 12 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5156 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1065 | 0.9721 | |
| 14 | University of West Florida | 12900 | 21500 | 0.3995 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 15 | Missouri Southern State University | 13000 | 20100 | 0.3541 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
| 15 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5467 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 17 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5435 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 18 | Peru State College | 13900 | 22100 | 0.3722 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
| 19 | Union College | 14100 | 92400 | 0.8473 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 19 | Washburn University | 14100 | 24000 | 0.412 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 21 | University of North Florida | 14200 | 22400 | 0.3665 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14300 | 28900 | 0.5059 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14500 | 50800 | 0.7152 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
| 25 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 26 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14900 | 36300 | 0.5897 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 14900 | 20500 | 0.2735 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 28 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 29 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 30 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 30300 | 0.4716 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 31 | University of South Alabama | 16200 | 22400 | 0.2773 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 32 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 33 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.63 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 34 | Morehead State University | 17300 | 28000 | 0.3819 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 35 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 17600 | 57300 | 0.6927 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
| 36 | North Park University | 17700 | 53200 | 0.6672 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 48000 | 0.6287 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 39 | Salem State University | 18200 | 28500 | 0.3614 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 40 | North Carolina Central University | 18600 | 27600 | 0.3259 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18800 | 43800 | 0.5703 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 42 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19000 | 34400 | 0.4471 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 43 | La Sierra University | 19400 | 70200 | 0.7235 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 44 | Texas Southern University | 19500 | 42500 | 0.5415 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 44 | Western Michigan University | 19500 | 31200 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 46 | Daemen University | 20000 | 55100 | 0.6371 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 47 | Bradley University | 20100 | 48500 | 0.5849 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 47 | The College of Idaho | 20100 | 70400 | 0.7145 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20600 | 30700 | 0.3274 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 49 | Thomas University | 20600 | 32000 | 0.356 | 882 | 1050 | 0.4316 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20600 | 42500 | 0.5159 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 52 | McDaniel College | 20800 | 63900 | 0.6741 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 53 | University of Northern Iowa | 20900 | 24000 | 0.1305 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 54 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 55 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 56 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 57 | King's College | 21600 | 63100 | 0.658 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 58 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21800 | 56900 | 0.6171 | 533 | 1266 | 0.5269 | |
| 58 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 60 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.6004 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 61 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 62 | Guilford College | 22300 | 57400 | 0.6114 | 1,160 | 1118 | 0.8376 | |
| 62 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.5868 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
| 64 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 65 | St Lawrence University | 22600 | 87800 | 0.7424 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 66 | Ouachita Baptist University | 22900 | 65200 | 0.6485 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 67 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 67 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 69 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 23200 | 72100 | 0.6784 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 69 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4199 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 72 | Houghton University | 23900 | 61900 | 0.6142 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 72 | University of South Dakota | 23900 | 26000 | 0.0821 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 74 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4484 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 75 | Huntingdon College | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5634 | 880 | 1105 | 0.6793 | |
| 76 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5408 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 77 | Franklin College | 25000 | 61800 | 0.5947 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
| 77 | Marquette University | 25000 | 63100 | 0.6034 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 79 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25500 | 34300 | 0.2576 | 1,049 | 945 | 0.8635 | |
| 79 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25500 | 75700 | 0.6635 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 81 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 25700 | 26900 | 0.0445 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 82 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 83 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5959 | 1,742 | 1174 | 0.7813 | |
| 84 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 84 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 84 | Seattle Pacific University | 26200 | 77000 | 0.6601 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 87 | Oklahoma City University | 26500 | 62200 | 0.5738 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 88 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39700 | 0.325 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 89 | Springfield College | 27100 | 65600 | 0.5867 | 1,764 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31800 | 0.1459 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27300 | 47900 | 0.4298 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 92 | Wilmington College | 27600 | 48200 | 0.4281 | 924 | 1035 | 0.846 | |
| 93 | George Fox University | 27700 | 76800 | 0.6393 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 94 | Mississippi College | 27900 | 45100 | 0.3802 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 95 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 96 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 97 | Edgewood College | 29600 | 51900 | 0.4297 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
| 98 | New England College | 29700 | 65800 | 0.5487 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 99 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3634 | 2,827 | 1112 | 0.6661 | |
| 100 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30100 | 53800 | 0.4396 | 938 | 1035 | 0.951 | |
| 101 | Beloit College | 30400 | 97600 | 0.6884 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 102 | Scripps College | 30500 | 94900 | 0.6789 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 104 | Russell Sage College | 30600 | 71000 | 0.569 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 104 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30600 | 62800 | 0.5124 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 106 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 106 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 108 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4731 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 109 | St. Andrews University | 31600 | 44700 | 0.2937 | 806 | 985 | 0.1229 | |
| 110 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 111 | St. John's University-New York | 32500 | 78000 | 0.583 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 112 | Alverno College | 33400 | 55500 | 0.3989 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
| 113 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 114 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 115 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 33800 | 84100 | 0.5979 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 116 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 116 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 118 | Siena College | 34700 | 65100 | 0.4671 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 118 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 120 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 121 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 122 | Alvernia University | 35300 | 69400 | 0.4912 | 2,050 | 1165 | 0.6232 | |
| 123 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5753 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 124 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 125 | University of New England | 36200 | 67900 | 0.4666 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 126 | Loyola University Maryland | 36300 | 78800 | 0.5394 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 127 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37300 | 57000 | 0.3454 | 1,044 | 1163 | 0.7209 | |
| 128 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 128 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 130 | Nazareth University | 37800 | 63300 | 0.4034 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 131 | Union Adventist University | 37900 | 51200 | 0.2597 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
| 132 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38000 | 65000 | 0.4151 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 133 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.296 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 134 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 135 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2935 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 136 | Cumberland University | 39300 | 47500 | 0.1714 | 2,652 | 1125 | 0.67 | |
| 137 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 138 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 139 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40200 | 92400 | 0.5648 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 140 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 141 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 141 | Marist University | 41400 | 102800 | 0.5973 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 143 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42200 | 69900 | 0.3963 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 144 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 145 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 146 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57700 | 0.2615 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 147 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 148 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 148 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 150 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 151 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 152 | Biola University | 45100 | 71200 | 0.3667 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 153 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 154 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 155 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 156 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 157 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 159 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 160 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 59900 | 63500 | 0.0567 | 275 | 1179 | 0.7515 | |
| 161 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 162 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 163 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82000 | 82000 | 0 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.