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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 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 9200 | 23200 | 0.6044 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 2 | Western Kentucky University | 10300 | 30200 | 0.6594 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 4 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11400 | 31400 | 0.637 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 5 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12500 | 28100 | 0.5551 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 7 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 12600 | 23400 | 0.4624 | 946 | 1241 | 0.2997 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13400 | 55100 | 0.7569 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 10 | University of California-Riverside | 13500 | 118100 | 0.8854 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 13600 | 38400 | 0.6464 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 12 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 13700 | 28400 | 0.5181 | 877 | 895 | 0.9747 | |
| 13 | Bridgewater State University | 14000 | 28800 | 0.5152 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 13 | Clayton State University | 14000 | 21700 | 0.3543 | 5,551 | 965 | 0.6845 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4927 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15200 | 25700 | 0.4085 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 16 | Northern Michigan University | 15200 | 35600 | 0.5731 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 18 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 42900 | 0.638 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 19 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7052 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 20 | Maharishi International University | 16900 | 32800 | 0.4848 | 925 | 1089 | 0.957 | |
| 21 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17200 | 23200 | 0.2587 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 22 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 23 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 35700 | 0.5071 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 23 | Keene State College | 17600 | 31100 | 0.4347 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 25 | University of South Alabama | 17700 | 40600 | 0.5635 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 26 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 27 | Husson University | 19100 | 48100 | 0.6023 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 27 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 75200 | 0.7456 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 29 | Lindenwood University | 19300 | 36000 | 0.4645 | 4,422 | 1193 | 0.5996 | |
| 30 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 19500 | 53200 | 0.6339 | 1,825 | 1085 | 0.8311 | |
| 31 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19600 | 26900 | 0.2714 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 32 | SUNY at Purchase College | 19700 | 28000 | 0.2959 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 33 | Piedmont University | 19800 | 47400 | 0.5826 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 33 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 35 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 76200 | 0.7388 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 36 | University of Rhode Island | 20000 | 81200 | 0.7536 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 37 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20200 | 57300 | 0.6479 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 38 | Southern Oregon University | 20300 | 73600 | 0.7244 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 39 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2597 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 40 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 84200 | 0.7553 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 41 | University of Mobile | 21500 | 67100 | 0.6792 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 42 | New Mexico Highlands University | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2057 | 1,603 | 945 | 1 | |
| 43 | Grand Canyon University | 21800 | 48300 | 0.5487 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 44 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22200 | 33600 | 0.339 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 45 | Nelson University | 22300 | 55500 | 0.5982 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 46 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 46 | Oklahoma City University | 22400 | 74300 | 0.6985 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 48 | Augsburg University | 23100 | 56200 | 0.5893 | 2,706 | 1065 | 0.95 | |
| 48 | Loyola University New Orleans | 23100 | 74600 | 0.6901 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 50 | Bob Jones University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4384 | 2,312 | 1149 | 1 | |
| 50 | Point Park University | 23300 | 70900 | 0.6715 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 52 | Weber State University | 23700 | 31500 | 0.2479 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 53 | Oral Roberts University | 24200 | 78200 | 0.6901 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 54 | Columbia College Chicago | 24400 | 63200 | 0.6143 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 55 | Montana State University | 24600 | 73500 | 0.6655 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 56 | Temple University | 24800 | 36100 | 0.3132 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 57 | Messiah University | 25000 | 89600 | 0.7211 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 58 | Webster University | 25500 | 54700 | 0.5341 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 59 | Millikin University | 25600 | 43700 | 0.4136 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 59 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5047 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 61 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 61 | Missouri Western State University | 25700 | 39300 | 0.3472 | 3,550 | 1015 | 0.9981 | |
| 63 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 64 | George Fox University | 26400 | 95400 | 0.7235 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 65 | Oakland University | 26700 | 39300 | 0.3203 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 66 | Rider University | 26800 | 60200 | 0.5551 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 67 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2959 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 68 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 27500 | 85500 | 0.6786 | 720 | 1211 | 0.4848 | |
| 69 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 27700 | 90300 | 0.6934 | 885 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 69 | Kansas City Art Institute | 27700 | 78900 | 0.6486 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 71 | John Brown University | 28000 | 48300 | 0.4198 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 72 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 28100 | 69000 | 0.5926 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 72 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64000 | 0.5608 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 72 | Wayne State University | 28100 | 46800 | 0.3998 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 75 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 76 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2867 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 77 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44400 | 0.3398 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 78 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 79 | California Lutheran University | 29600 | 109800 | 0.7307 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 80 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 80 | Southern Methodist University | 29700 | 88100 | 0.6632 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 82 | Southern Utah University | 29900 | 40800 | 0.2673 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 83 | University of West Georgia | 30100 | 46800 | 0.3568 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 84 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78200 | 0.6122 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 85 | Ithaca College | 30400 | 72600 | 0.581 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 86 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 31000 | 75900 | 0.592 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 87 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 88 | DeSales University | 31500 | 100800 | 0.6874 | 2,172 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31700 | 39200 | 0.1899 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 90 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32000 | 54400 | 0.4117 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 91 | Azusa Pacific University | 32300 | 84000 | 0.6157 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 92 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 93 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1866 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 94 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 95 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 96 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 96 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 98 | College for Creative Studies | 33800 | 108300 | 0.6876 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 99 | Lee University | 34200 | 37800 | 0.0952 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 100 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34500 | 41000 | 0.1586 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 101 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,154 | 1100 | 0.8006 | |
| 102 | Anderson University | 35700 | 46900 | 0.2405 | 1,096 | 1035 | 0.7934 | |
| 103 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 104 | Xavier University | 37500 | 107200 | 0.6501 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 105 | DePaul University | 37700 | 66400 | 0.432 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 106 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 107 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38400 | 62000 | 0.3809 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 108 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 109 | Pacific University | 38800 | 74900 | 0.4817 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 110 | Long Island University | 38900 | 60400 | 0.3562 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 111 | Drexel University | 39600 | 107600 | 0.6318 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 112 | University of Mississippi | 40100 | 60300 | 0.3349 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 113 | University of Central Florida | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 114 | Pace University | 40500 | 75500 | 0.4636 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 114 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40500 | 102500 | 0.6051 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 116 | Pacific Union College | 40800 | 52800 | 0.2273 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 117 | Biola University | 41900 | 71200 | 0.4116 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 118 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 47000 | 0.1065 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 119 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 120 | California Institute of the Arts | 43500 | 91300 | 0.5234 | 870 | 0 | 0.3234 | |
| 121 | High Point University | 45300 | 72900 | 0.3785 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 122 | The University of Tampa | 45600 | 58500 | 0.2204 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 123 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 124 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 125 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 67900 | 0.2814 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 125 | Marquette University | 48800 | 75900 | 0.3572 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 127 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49200 | 71300 | 0.31 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 128 | Moore College of Art and Design | 49800 | 114300 | 0.5643 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 129 | Quinnipiac University | 50200 | 118300 | 0.5755 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 130 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50400 | 59900 | 0.1587 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 131 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 50600 | 94000 | 0.4616 | 1,535 | 0 | 0.6794 | |
| 132 | Lynn University | 51800 | 71600 | 0.2765 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 133 | Chapman University | 52500 | 115100 | 0.5437 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 134 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 52700 | 67000 | 0.2136 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 135 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61400 | 0.1255 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 136 | Emerson College | 58200 | 105500 | 0.4485 | 3,908 | 1359 | 0.5131 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63500 | 0.0819 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 138 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 139 | Hofstra University | 59000 | 83400 | 0.2925 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 140 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60200 | 64800 | 0.0709 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 61300 | 113100 | 0.4582 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Loyola Marymount University | 63800 | 118300 | 0.4608 | 7,187 | 1347 | 0.4821 | |
| 144 | Pratt Institute-Main | 68500 | 89500 | 0.2346 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.