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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 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3800 | 86800 | 0.9559 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
6 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
7 | University of Chicago | 5500 | 87200 | 0.9369 | 7,519 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
9 | Harvard University | 5900 | 86900 | 0.9325 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
9 | Johns Hopkins University | 5900 | 88600 | 0.9333 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
11 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,405 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
12 | Princeton University | 7200 | 81800 | 0.9118 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
13 | CUNY City College | 7400 | 31200 | 0.7629 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
14 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90300 | 0.9168 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
15 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
16 | Vanderbilt University | 8700 | 95000 | 0.9083 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
17 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 9200 | 30100 | 0.6936 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
18 | Cornell University | 9400 | 92000 | 0.8975 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
18 | University of Notre Dame | 9400 | 86100 | 0.8907 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
20 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
21 | University of Pennsylvania | 10000 | 93000 | 0.8926 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10100 | 34400 | 0.7055 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
23 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 37800 | 0.7293 | 31,082 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
24 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10300 | 27200 | 0.6221 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
25 | Lafayette College | 10700 | 85800 | 0.8758 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
26 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 34000 | 0.6642 | 34,808 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
27 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
28 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12100 | 29900 | 0.5952 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
29 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5755 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
29 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
29 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12300 | 37100 | 0.668 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
33 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12700 | 39000 | 0.6749 | 22,672 | 1354 | 0.3296 | |
34 | University of South Florida | 13100 | 17100 | 0.2337 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
35 | Bowdoin College | 13400 | 89900 | 0.8512 | 1,881 | 1505 | 0.0713 | |
35 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 24900 | 0.4611 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
35 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13400 | 17900 | 0.2521 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
38 | University of Houston | 13500 | 23600 | 0.4285 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
39 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 13600 | 29100 | 0.5334 | 1,448 | 1105 | 0.61 | |
40 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
41 | Case Western Reserve University | 13900 | 80400 | 0.8266 | 6,519 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
41 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 26400 | 0.4731 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
41 | West Virginia University | 13900 | 23300 | 0.4034 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
44 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14100 | 24900 | 0.433 | 5,376 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
44 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
44 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14100 | 27700 | 0.491 | 7,556 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
47 | Centre College | 14200 | 69900 | 0.7965 | 1,337 | 1330 | 0.5553 | |
47 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
49 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
50 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15000 | 87300 | 0.8279 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
50 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8335 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
50 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
53 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
53 | New York University | 15200 | 91800 | 0.8342 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
55 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4981 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
55 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 15400 | 24900 | 0.381 | 7,683 | 1120 | 0.9402 | |
55 | University of Florida | 15400 | 22300 | 0.3095 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
58 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 85700 | 0.8196 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
59 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 24800 | 0.3704 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
60 | Lamar University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.314 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
60 | Tufts University | 15700 | 92400 | 0.8305 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
60 | University of Arizona | 15700 | 30900 | 0.4927 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
63 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16000 | 78300 | 0.7958 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
64 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3616 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
65 | Bucknell University | 17800 | 88400 | 0.7984 | 3,915 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
66 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
66 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 25400 | 0.2953 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
68 | McNeese State University | 18600 | 29200 | 0.3635 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
69 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
70 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.395 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
70 | Youngstown State University | 19000 | 29300 | 0.3511 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
72 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
73 | Iowa State University | 19300 | 24200 | 0.2016 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
73 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3156 | 18,487 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
73 | University of Wyoming | 19300 | 26700 | 0.2779 | 8,045 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
76 | Brown University | 19400 | 93900 | 0.7932 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
76 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 31900 | 0.3913 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
78 | Cleveland State University | 19500 | 37300 | 0.4775 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
78 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 31000 | 0.3692 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
78 | Wayne State University | 19500 | 32300 | 0.3968 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19600 | 26300 | 0.2544 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
82 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 31200 | 0.3586 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
83 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20200 | 69400 | 0.7093 | 2,702 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
83 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
83 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20200 | 38100 | 0.4693 | 11,356 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
86 | Montana State University | 20800 | 27100 | 0.2322 | 14,913 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
87 | University of California-Irvine | 20900 | 35300 | 0.4084 | 29,799 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
88 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
89 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 21900 | 29800 | 0.263 | 8,362 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
90 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 22100 | 26900 | 0.1796 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
91 | Florida State University | 22200 | 25000 | 0.1122 | 32,709 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
92 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22400 | 30300 | 0.2605 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
93 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
93 | University of Rochester | 22900 | 93100 | 0.7542 | 6,554 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
93 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
96 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23200 | 71600 | 0.6762 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
97 | University of Kentucky | 23300 | 36000 | 0.3522 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
98 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23400 | 24500 | 0.0448 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
99 | Hendrix College | 23800 | 51900 | 0.5416 | 1,101 | 1319 | 0.5563 | |
100 | Tuskegee University | 24000 | 42100 | 0.4304 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
101 | University of North Dakota | 24300 | 27700 | 0.1204 | 11,023 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
102 | Dordt University | 24800 | 52300 | 0.5256 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
103 | University of Kansas | 25000 | 37600 | 0.3347 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
105 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
106 | Trine University | 26200 | 56100 | 0.5321 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
107 | University of Arkansas | 26300 | 30800 | 0.144 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
108 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26500 | 83600 | 0.6833 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
109 | Rowan University | 26900 | 40500 | 0.3357 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
110 | Christian Brothers University | 27100 | 54600 | 0.5032 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
110 | University of Louisville | 27100 | 42200 | 0.3576 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
110 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27100 | 40300 | 0.3274 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
110 | University of Tulsa | 27100 | 62700 | 0.5681 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41900 | 0.3484 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
115 | Villanova University | 27500 | 88800 | 0.6901 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
117 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 38400 | 0.2816 | 36,021 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
118 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
119 | University of Iowa | 28300 | 31100 | 0.091 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
120 | University of Toledo | 28800 | 32600 | 0.1175 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
121 | Colorado School of Mines | 28900 | 38100 | 0.2418 | 5,852 | 1396 | 0.596 | |
122 | University of South Alabama | 29300 | 35000 | 0.1629 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
123 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
124 | Mississippi College | 29500 | 45400 | 0.349 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
125 | Lincoln Memorial University | 29600 | 44900 | 0.3404 | 1,662 | 1085 | 0.626 | |
126 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 29800 | 41800 | 0.2872 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
127 | San Jose State University | 29900 | 41000 | 0.2705 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
128 | University of Rhode Island | 30600 | 46700 | 0.3447 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
129 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30800 | 41100 | 0.2508 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
130 | Rider University | 30900 | 64300 | 0.5193 | 3,183 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
131 | Hampton University | 31800 | 47000 | 0.3235 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
132 | California State University Maritime Academy | 32000 | 53000 | 0.3962 | 761 | 1069 | 0.9873 | |
133 | Widener University | 32200 | 75300 | 0.5721 | 2,806 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
134 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
134 | University of Dayton | 32400 | 64100 | 0.4945 | 7,737 | 1284 | 0.6566 | |
136 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 32700 | 54600 | 0.4009 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
137 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 33000 | 45200 | 0.27 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
138 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 33400 | 51300 | 0.3492 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
139 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 35100 | 0.0455 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
140 | Tennessee Technological University | 34300 | 37100 | 0.0762 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
141 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
141 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
143 | California Baptist University | 34600 | 65200 | 0.4693 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
143 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34600 | 74600 | 0.5365 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
143 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34600 | 49600 | 0.3022 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
146 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35400 | 43500 | 0.1863 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
147 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
147 | University of Maine | 35600 | 45100 | 0.2107 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
149 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
150 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36700 | 62000 | 0.4081 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
151 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36800 | 41600 | 0.116 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
152 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 41800 | 0.1125 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
153 | Benedictine College | 37900 | 50800 | 0.254 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
153 | University of New Haven | 37900 | 64900 | 0.4158 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
155 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
156 | Kettering University | 38300 | 66900 | 0.4275 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
157 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
158 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
159 | Stony Brook University | 39200 | 53000 | 0.2609 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
160 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39500 | 53100 | 0.2561 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
161 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 40000 | 40000 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
162 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
163 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 40600 | 59200 | 0.3138 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
164 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
165 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 52100 | 0.2073 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
166 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42100 | 52900 | 0.2042 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
167 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
168 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 42500 | 46200 | 0.0807 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
168 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
170 | University of California-Riverside | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3539 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
171 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43200 | 50300 | 0.1412 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 66400 | 0.344 | 3,663 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
173 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
174 | University of Delaware | 47000 | 53200 | 0.117 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
175 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,943 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
176 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
177 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47700 | 85700 | 0.4432 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
178 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
178 | Oregon State University | 48100 | 58900 | 0.1838 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
180 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48800 | 85800 | 0.4312 | 4,219 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
180 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
180 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 48800 | 57200 | 0.1473 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
183 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49300 | 56400 | 0.1258 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
184 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49700 | 52300 | 0.0497 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
185 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 49900 | 81000 | 0.3837 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
186 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
187 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50900 | 56300 | 0.0958 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
187 | University of Utah | 50900 | 53700 | 0.0527 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
189 | Howard University | 53300 | 61600 | 0.1348 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
190 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
191 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58100 | 60900 | 0.0465 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
192 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
193 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.