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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 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 2 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10100 | 41500 | 0.7567 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 3 | Western Kentucky University | 10300 | 27500 | 0.6258 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 51400 | 0.7957 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 5 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 10700 | 23200 | 0.5396 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11100 | 28100 | 0.6048 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 7 | Fitchburg State University | 12000 | 33800 | 0.6445 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 12600 | 23400 | 0.4624 | 946 | 1241 | 0.2997 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13300 | 38300 | 0.6521 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32100 | 0.5856 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 12 | Clayton State University | 13600 | 49000 | 0.723 | 5,551 | 965 | 0.6845 | |
| 13 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 13900 | 28600 | 0.5131 | 877 | 895 | 0.9747 | |
| 14 | Bridgewater State University | 14500 | 37300 | 0.612 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 14 | Goshen College | 14500 | 56000 | 0.7411 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 16 | University of California-Riverside | 14700 | 66000 | 0.7777 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 17 | Northern Michigan University | 15200 | 33100 | 0.5408 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 17 | University of Mississippi | 15200 | 27000 | 0.4369 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 19 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5938 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 20 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 15800 | 79400 | 0.8005 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 21 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28200 | 0.4329 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 22 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16100 | 37900 | 0.5745 | 1,603 | 945 | 1 | |
| 23 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51400 | 0.6835 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 24 | Maharishi International University | 16800 | 33300 | 0.4953 | 925 | 1089 | 0.957 | |
| 25 | Montclair State University | 17100 | 36000 | 0.5256 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 25 | Weber State University | 17100 | 20300 | 0.1579 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 27 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17200 | 29000 | 0.4071 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 29 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 30700 | 0.4265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 30 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 31 | Husson University | 19100 | 48100 | 0.6023 | 2,865 | 1174 | 0.8143 | |
| 32 | Lindenwood University | 19300 | 36000 | 0.4645 | 4,422 | 1193 | 0.5996 | |
| 33 | SUNY at Purchase College | 19700 | 28000 | 0.2959 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 34 | Piedmont University | 19800 | 47400 | 0.5826 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19800 | 40200 | 0.5076 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 36 | University of Rhode Island | 20000 | 47400 | 0.5782 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 36 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 76400 | 0.7387 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 38 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 39 | Southern Oregon University | 20300 | 73600 | 0.7244 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 39 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 41 | La Sierra University | 20900 | 51200 | 0.5923 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 42 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 21500 | 77500 | 0.7223 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 42 | Missouri Western State University | 21500 | 28800 | 0.2526 | 3,550 | 1015 | 0.9981 | |
| 42 | Nelson University | 21500 | 64000 | 0.664 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 42 | University of Mobile | 21500 | 46000 | 0.5327 | 1,313 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 46 | Grand Canyon University | 21700 | 34000 | 0.3613 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 47 | Bob Jones University | 21900 | 42700 | 0.4877 | 2,312 | 1149 | 1 | |
| 48 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 49 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 26000 | 0.1421 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 50 | Oklahoma City University | 22400 | 74100 | 0.6979 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22400 | 42500 | 0.4729 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 52 | Columbia College Chicago | 22500 | 63200 | 0.6443 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 52 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 52 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 53400 | 0.5791 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 55 | Augsburg University | 23100 | 56200 | 0.5893 | 2,706 | 1065 | 0.95 | |
| 55 | Millikin University | 23100 | 43700 | 0.4709 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 57 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 23300 | 89100 | 0.7384 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9631 | |
| 57 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 59 | Oral Roberts University | 24200 | 52700 | 0.5403 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 60 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 61 | Messiah University | 25000 | 54700 | 0.543 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 62 | Webster University | 25200 | 66600 | 0.6218 | 1,898 | 1120 | 0.8618 | |
| 63 | Walla Walla University | 25500 | 51700 | 0.5077 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 64 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 64 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 66 | George Fox University | 26400 | 92800 | 0.7157 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 40600 | 0.3497 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 68 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 69 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 27300 | 69300 | 0.6057 | 720 | 1211 | 0.4848 | |
| 70 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 27700 | 90300 | 0.6931 | 885 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 71 | John Brown University | 27800 | 48300 | 0.4255 | 2,091 | 1187 | 0.6802 | |
| 71 | Kansas City Art Institute | 27800 | 97200 | 0.714 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 73 | St Bonaventure University | 28100 | 64100 | 0.5617 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 73 | Wayne State University | 28100 | 46800 | 0.3998 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 75 | Cornerstone University | 28900 | 40800 | 0.291 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 76 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 76 | New York University | 29000 | 92100 | 0.6851 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 78 | William Penn University | 29200 | 48000 | 0.3928 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 79 | Long Island University | 29400 | 60500 | 0.5143 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 79 | Southern Methodist University | 29400 | 96900 | 0.6963 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 81 | California Lutheran University | 29600 | 71700 | 0.5874 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 82 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30100 | 78300 | 0.6157 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 82 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 84 | Ithaca College | 30300 | 72600 | 0.5823 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 85 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 30700 | 101400 | 0.6971 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 85 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 87 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 88 | Marquette University | 31400 | 75900 | 0.5862 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 89 | DeSales University | 31500 | 100800 | 0.6874 | 2,172 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31500 | 39200 | 0.197 | 10,594 | 1193 | 0.6493 | |
| 91 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 92 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32000 | 54400 | 0.4117 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 93 | Azusa Pacific University | 32100 | 66600 | 0.5177 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8842 | |
| 94 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 94 | Rider University | 32500 | 60200 | 0.4601 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 96 | University of Illinois Chicago | 32700 | 51300 | 0.3625 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 97 | Belmont University | 33200 | 72300 | 0.5412 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 97 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 99 | Baylor University | 33500 | 70400 | 0.5244 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 100 | College for Creative Studies | 33800 | 108300 | 0.6876 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 100 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 102 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34000 | 34100 | 0.0029 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 103 | DePaul University | 34100 | 69400 | 0.5083 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 104 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 105 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,154 | 1100 | 0.8006 | |
| 106 | Anderson University | 35400 | 46900 | 0.2464 | 1,096 | 1035 | 0.7934 | |
| 107 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 108 | University of South Alabama | 36100 | 40200 | 0.1021 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 109 | Loyola University New Orleans | 36900 | 74600 | 0.5052 | 2,871 | 1150 | 0.9058 | |
| 110 | University of West Georgia | 37100 | 47300 | 0.2155 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 111 | Xavier University | 37600 | 68100 | 0.4481 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 112 | Crown College | 38400 | 53200 | 0.2786 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 113 | Pacific University | 38600 | 74900 | 0.4854 | 1,465 | 1019 | 0.8986 | |
| 114 | Drexel University | 39700 | 86400 | 0.5408 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 115 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 116 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40300 | 83400 | 0.5171 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 117 | Pacific Union College | 41600 | 55700 | 0.2529 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 118 | Biola University | 41800 | 71100 | 0.4121 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 119 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 120 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42800 | 80700 | 0.4701 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 121 | California Institute of the Arts | 43600 | 119100 | 0.634 | 870 | 0 | 0.3234 | |
| 122 | George Mason University | 43700 | 61400 | 0.2884 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 123 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 124 | High Point University | 45100 | 72900 | 0.3812 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 125 | The University of Tampa | 45600 | 58500 | 0.2204 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 126 | Wagner College | 46600 | 73400 | 0.3649 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 127 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 128 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3023 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 129 | Quinnipiac University | 49000 | 79700 | 0.3854 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 130 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49100 | 74900 | 0.3446 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 131 | Moore College of Art and Design | 49800 | 114300 | 0.5643 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 132 | Chapman University | 49900 | 94000 | 0.4693 | 7,630 | 1336 | 0.7206 | |
| 133 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 134 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 51900 | 67500 | 0.2312 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 135 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 52200 | 121500 | 0.5702 | 1,535 | 0 | 0.6794 | |
| 136 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 55400 | 69100 | 0.1984 | 1,825 | 1085 | 0.8311 | |
| 137 | Emerson College | 57900 | 82600 | 0.2989 | 3,908 | 1359 | 0.5131 | |
| 138 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 139 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58800 | 62100 | 0.0531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 140 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 143 | California College of the Arts | 61200 | 87600 | 0.3013 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 144 | Loyola Marymount University | 63600 | 100200 | 0.3653 | 7,187 | 1347 | 0.4821 | |
| 145 | Pratt Institute-Main | 70300 | 91800 | 0.2342 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.