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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 | Patrick Henry College | 5000 | 42000 | 0.8803 | 425 | 1345 | 0.7744 | |
2 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
3 | Francis Marion University | 9500 | 25400 | 0.6257 | 3,635 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
4 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
5 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
6 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
7 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5755 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
8 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12700 | 37100 | 0.6572 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
9 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,613 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
10 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 13300 | 38000 | 0.6505 | 16,946 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
11 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 24900 | 0.4611 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
11 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13400 | 19400 | 0.3093 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
13 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 13800 | 26500 | 0.4805 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
15 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13900 | 25600 | 0.4562 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
15 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 26400 | 0.4731 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
15 | University of North Texas | 13900 | 25400 | 0.4535 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
18 | West Virginia University | 14000 | 23300 | 0.3991 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,164 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
20 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15000 | 23200 | 0.3511 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
21 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15400 | 24900 | 0.381 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
22 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 85700 | 0.8196 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
23 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 24800 | 0.3704 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
24 | University of Arizona | 15700 | 30900 | 0.4927 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
24 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15700 | 23400 | 0.3295 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
26 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 15900 | 29300 | 0.4577 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
26 | Washburn University | 15900 | 25200 | 0.3686 | 5,051 | 1015 | 1 | |
28 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28000 | 0.4291 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
28 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2822 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
30 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16100 | 23200 | 0.3057 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
31 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 26600 | 0.3762 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
32 | University of Georgia | 16700 | 27100 | 0.3831 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
33 | Midwestern State University | 17000 | 29000 | 0.4134 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
34 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17100 | 33600 | 0.4907 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
35 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3464 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
36 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
37 | Virginia State University | 17600 | 29300 | 0.3999 | 4,829 | 935 | 0.891 | |
38 | Union College | 17700 | 91000 | 0.8055 | 2,063 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
39 | Angelo State University | 17800 | 23100 | 0.2305 | 9,778 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
40 | Greensboro College | 17900 | 37800 | 0.5264 | 896 | 1005 | 0.7014 | |
40 | Saint Cloud State University | 17900 | 24500 | 0.269 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
40 | University of Maine | 17900 | 29000 | 0.383 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
40 | University of Mississippi | 17900 | 45500 | 0.6071 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
44 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,943 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
45 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
46 | Eastern Michigan University | 18500 | 36100 | 0.486 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
47 | Georgia College & State University | 18600 | 21600 | 0.1387 | 6,006 | 1155 | 0.8779 | |
48 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
49 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
50 | University of Wyoming | 19300 | 26700 | 0.2779 | 8,045 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
51 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19400 | 71100 | 0.7275 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
51 | Western Kentucky University | 19400 | 26800 | 0.2736 | 14,017 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
53 | University of West Georgia | 19500 | 23600 | 0.1734 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
54 | South Carolina State University | 19800 | 30000 | 0.3395 | 2,950 | 865 | 0.8262 | |
55 | Allegheny College | 19900 | 75200 | 0.7351 | 1,168 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
55 | Marshall University | 19900 | 36300 | 0.4521 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
57 | Western Illinois University | 20100 | 31000 | 0.3509 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
58 | Niagara University | 20200 | 57400 | 0.6478 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
59 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20300 | 30000 | 0.3238 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
60 | Wheaton College | 20800 | 82000 | 0.7462 | 2,119 | 1351 | 0.8998 | |
61 | Cleveland State University | 21400 | 30900 | 0.3071 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
61 | Dillard University | 21400 | 50400 | 0.5757 | 1,117 | 1080 | 0.4051 | |
63 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
63 | Louisiana Christian University | 21500 | 26000 | 0.1733 | 803 | 1065 | 0.8379 | |
63 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
66 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21900 | 28000 | 0.2177 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
67 | Bentley University | 22000 | 84500 | 0.7394 | 4,524 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
67 | Lewis University | 22000 | 57000 | 0.6142 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
69 | University of Memphis | 22200 | 30000 | 0.2604 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
70 | Ave Maria University | 22300 | 44800 | 0.502 | 1,250 | 1193 | 0.4481 | |
71 | Grove City College | 22800 | 37200 | 0.3872 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
72 | Beloit College | 23000 | 75600 | 0.6961 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
73 | Tennessee Technological University | 23200 | 32600 | 0.2864 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
73 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23200 | 28300 | 0.1804 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
75 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23400 | 24500 | 0.0448 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
75 | Utica University | 23400 | 57900 | 0.5961 | 2,330 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
77 | Iowa State University | 24100 | 41400 | 0.4175 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
78 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 27200 | 0.1064 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
78 | South Dakota State University | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0396 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
80 | West Texas A & M University | 24800 | 27100 | 0.0848 | 6,930 | 1060 | 0.5863 | |
81 | Hope College | 25100 | 60100 | 0.5822 | 3,388 | 1245 | 0.7924 | |
82 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25200 | 31500 | 0.2001 | 6,817 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
83 | Saginaw Valley State University | 25300 | 38900 | 0.3507 | 6,130 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
84 | Mary Baldwin University | 25400 | 46100 | 0.4487 | 1,217 | 1099 | 1 | |
85 | Westminster University | 25600 | 59500 | 0.5694 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
86 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
87 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26000 | 35600 | 0.27 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
87 | Westmont College | 26000 | 96600 | 0.7311 | 1,311 | 1324 | 0.7704 | |
89 | Lamar University | 26100 | 37700 | 0.3074 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
89 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5958 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
91 | Cornell College | 26200 | 72200 | 0.637 | 1,037 | 1243 | 0.8066 | |
91 | John Brown University | 26200 | 47000 | 0.4429 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
93 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26700 | 0.015 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
93 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26300 | 68400 | 0.6155 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
93 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26300 | 48200 | 0.4545 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
93 | University of Arkansas | 26300 | 30800 | 0.144 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
97 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 1,970 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
98 | Aquinas College | 26600 | 53300 | 0.5011 | 1,019 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
99 | Tennessee State University | 26700 | 39300 | 0.3209 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
100 | Capital University | 26900 | 68600 | 0.608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
101 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
102 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 27100 | 53300 | 0.4914 | 2,803 | 1105 | 0.9576 | |
103 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27300 | 54800 | 0.5016 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
103 | Troy University | 27300 | 32600 | 0.1625 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
103 | Weber State University | 27300 | 33300 | 0.1802 | 31,625 | 1075 | 1 | |
106 | Missouri Valley College | 27400 | 38100 | 0.2808 | 1,558 | 985 | 0.5269 | |
107 | Grand Valley State University | 27500 | 35700 | 0.2297 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
107 | Villanova University | 27500 | 88800 | 0.6901 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
109 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 38400 | 0.2816 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
110 | The College of Wooster | 27700 | 79000 | 0.6497 | 1,736 | 1344 | 0.5953 | |
111 | George Fox University | 28200 | 67100 | 0.5801 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
112 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28300 | 39700 | 0.2873 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
113 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29000 | 36500 | 0.2056 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
114 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 29200 | 41000 | 0.2876 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
114 | University of North Dakota | 29200 | 32500 | 0.1023 | 11,023 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
116 | Gannon University | 29800 | 45300 | 0.3422 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
116 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 29800 | 41800 | 0.2872 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
118 | St Bonaventure University | 30000 | 61000 | 0.5079 | 2,047 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
119 | Wofford College | 30200 | 73200 | 0.5879 | 1,807 | 1305 | 0.5194 | |
120 | Carroll University | 30300 | 61400 | 0.5064 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
121 | Georgia State University | 30500 | 44400 | 0.3128 | 27,438 | 1089 | 0.5543 | |
122 | Azusa Pacific University | 30700 | 66000 | 0.5351 | 2,978 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
122 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
124 | University of Redlands | 30800 | 81400 | 0.6215 | 2,045 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
125 | Rider University | 30900 | 64300 | 0.5193 | 3,183 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
126 | Sam Houston State University | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2205 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
127 | University of North Florida | 31200 | 37900 | 0.1768 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
128 | Samford University | 31300 | 65200 | 0.5199 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
129 | Hampton University | 31800 | 47000 | 0.3235 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
130 | Widener University | 32200 | 75300 | 0.5721 | 2,806 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
131 | University of Dayton | 32400 | 64100 | 0.4945 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
132 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
133 | Berry College | 32600 | 60800 | 0.4637 | 2,241 | 1219 | 0.64 | |
134 | Appalachian State University | 33000 | 35800 | 0.0782 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
134 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33000 | 42800 | 0.229 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
136 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
137 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 33400 | 51300 | 0.3492 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
138 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
139 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34000 | 37800 | 0.1013 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
140 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 34200 | 73700 | 0.5357 | 1,521 | 1241 | 0.556 | |
141 | Cedarville University | 34300 | 55100 | 0.3777 | 4,916 | 1247 | 0.6488 | |
142 | Goldey-Beacom College | 34400 | 38100 | 0.0966 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
143 | Coastal Carolina University | 34600 | 44700 | 0.2258 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
143 | DePaul University | 34600 | 56200 | 0.3845 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
145 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 34700 | 42200 | 0.1776 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
146 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70800 | 0.5082 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
147 | Boise State University | 35100 | 48800 | 0.2807 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
147 | University of West Florida | 35100 | 44600 | 0.2131 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
149 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
150 | Salisbury University | 35900 | 40900 | 0.1224 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
151 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36100 | 38900 | 0.0727 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
152 | Clark Atlanta University | 36300 | 49800 | 0.2714 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
152 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
154 | Seattle University | 36900 | 69800 | 0.4711 | 4,103 | 1256 | 0.7703 | |
154 | University of Central Florida | 36900 | 39600 | 0.0682 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
156 | Wichita State University | 37100 | 39600 | 0.0631 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
157 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 37300 | 51000 | 0.2692 | 824 | 1060 | 0.7703 | |
158 | Saint Vincent College | 37900 | 60700 | 0.3761 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
159 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
160 | Belmont University | 38100 | 67800 | 0.4383 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
161 | Alvernia University | 38300 | 68700 | 0.4426 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
162 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
163 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,152 | 1070 | 0.8814 | |
164 | Loyola University Chicago | 39800 | 67600 | 0.4114 | 12,529 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
164 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4093 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
166 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40300 | 68600 | 0.4122 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
167 | SUNY Oneonta | 40400 | 45300 | 0.1081 | 4,671 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
168 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41200 | 42500 | 0.0306 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
169 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 52100 | 0.2073 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 41300 | 41300 | 0 | 3,196 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
171 | Hofstra University | 41400 | 74600 | 0.4449 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
172 | Loyola University Maryland | 41800 | 78800 | 0.4696 | 3,843 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
173 | Arkansas State University | 42000 | 45100 | 0.0698 | 9,984 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
174 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
175 | Old Dominion University | 42500 | 52400 | 0.1888 | 17,735 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
176 | Mercyhurst University | 42800 | 66400 | 0.3556 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
177 | Merrimack College | 43200 | 78800 | 0.4522 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
178 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,060 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
179 | Marquette University | 45100 | 75100 | 0.3996 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
180 | Saint Louis University | 45700 | 74500 | 0.3867 | 10,390 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
181 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,045 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
182 | Chapman University | 46800 | 87300 | 0.464 | 7,707 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
183 | Presbyterian College | 46900 | 62700 | 0.2518 | 853 | 1105 | 0.6837 | |
184 | Suffolk University | 48100 | 73600 | 0.3466 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
185 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,235 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
186 | University of Kentucky | 49700 | 56000 | 0.1112 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
187 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
188 | University of California-Irvine | 54500 | 64800 | 0.1589 | 29,799 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
189 | Santa Clara University | 55600 | 84800 | 0.3445 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.