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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 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 0 | 36100 | 1 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 2 | CUNY City College | 7500 | 31200 | 0.7597 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 4 | Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus | 10400 | 20700 | 0.4966 | 4,250 | 970 | 0.9166 | |
| 5 | Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development | 12700 | 32200 | 0.6052 | 755 | 895 | 1 | |
| 5 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 7 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5434 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 9 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13400 | 23200 | 0.4223 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 10 | University of California-Riverside | 14200 | 66000 | 0.7853 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4911 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 12 | Clayton State University | 15000 | 21700 | 0.3083 | 5,301 | 980 | 0.7056 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5985 | 5,474 | 1138 | 0.9198 | |
| 14 | Fitchburg State University | 15600 | 30100 | 0.481 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 14 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 16 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16000 | 31500 | 0.4918 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 16 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28200 | 0.4329 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 16 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 19 | Keene State College | 16200 | 51200 | 0.684 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 20 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7055 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 20 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.3896 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 20 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 46200 | 0.643 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 23 | California State University-Sacramento | 16700 | 27600 | 0.3952 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 24 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16900 | 33600 | 0.4966 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 25 | Cleveland State University | 17000 | 30900 | 0.4493 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 26 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 35200 | 0.5059 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 26 | Weber State University | 17400 | 41300 | 0.5782 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 28 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3514 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 29 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 30 | Husson University | 17800 | 48100 | 0.6293 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 30 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 32 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 33 | Pacific Union College | 18400 | 52800 | 0.651 | 910 | 1090 | 0.4248 | |
| 34 | Lee University | 18500 | 37400 | 0.5057 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 35 | Northern Michigan University | 18700 | 33100 | 0.4351 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 36 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19000 | 67900 | 0.7197 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 37 | University of West Georgia | 19100 | 48000 | 0.6024 | 9,157 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 38 | Lindenwood University | 19200 | 35800 | 0.464 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 39 | La Sierra University | 19300 | 70200 | 0.7249 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 40 | The University of Montana | 19400 | 25200 | 0.2299 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 40 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 42 | Southwestern Assemblies of God University | 19900 | 53900 | 0.6313 | 1,413 | 1045 | 0.8423 | |
| 43 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 44 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20400 | 40200 | 0.4927 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 45 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20700 | 72100 | 0.7127 | 3,032 | 1145 | 0.9305 | |
| 46 | Southern Oregon University | 21200 | 62000 | 0.6582 | 4,964 | 1125 | 0.9007 | |
| 46 | SUNY at Purchase College | 21200 | 28000 | 0.2424 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 48 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21300 | 42500 | 0.4994 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 51 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 52 | Augsburg University | 21700 | 56400 | 0.6157 | 2,527 | 1065 | 0.8198 | |
| 53 | New York University | 21900 | 91800 | 0.7612 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 54 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 55 | Maharishi International University | 22600 | 38500 | 0.4131 | 777 | 1089 | 0.969 | |
| 56 | Bob Jones University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4374 | 2,477 | 1149 | 0.8729 | |
| 57 | Columbia College Chicago | 23500 | 63200 | 0.6285 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 58 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 59 | Oral Roberts University | 23900 | 65400 | 0.6349 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 60 | Point Park University | 24000 | 57000 | 0.5793 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 61 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 24300 | 69500 | 0.6506 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 61 | St Bonaventure University | 24300 | 61200 | 0.6029 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 61 | University of Central Arkansas | 24300 | 29500 | 0.1763 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 64 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 65 | Temple University | 24900 | 36400 | 0.3162 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 67 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 25700 | 27000 | 0.0482 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 68 | Missouri Western State University | 25800 | 39300 | 0.345 | 3,494 | 1015 | 0.9996 | |
| 69 | Lipscomb University | 26100 | 57800 | 0.5487 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 70 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26300 | 79400 | 0.6689 | 1,997 | 1160 | 0.9526 | |
| 71 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27300 | 45800 | 0.4043 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 72 | Kansas City Art Institute | 27600 | 76000 | 0.6371 | 813 | 1056 | 0.5476 | |
| 73 | George Fox University | 27700 | 76800 | 0.6393 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 73 | Marquette University | 27700 | 66200 | 0.5813 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 75 | Long Island University | 27800 | 59800 | 0.5356 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 76 | John Brown University | 28100 | 48300 | 0.418 | 1,882 | 1226 | 0.6764 | |
| 77 | Messiah University | 28400 | 54200 | 0.4762 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 78 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2846 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 79 | Oklahoma City University | 29500 | 62200 | 0.5256 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 79 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 82 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3297 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 82 | Southern Methodist University | 29700 | 107300 | 0.7232 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 84 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 85 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 86 | Southeastern University | 30400 | 60500 | 0.4972 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 87 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 88 | Azusa Pacific University | 30800 | 66600 | 0.5372 | 2,996 | 1138 | 0.7959 | |
| 89 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 39200 | 0.1878 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 91 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 31900 | 86800 | 0.6328 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 92 | DePaul University | 32000 | 67100 | 0.5231 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 92 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 92 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 92 | Rider University | 32000 | 60600 | 0.472 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 96 | Vermont State University | 32400 | 38700 | 0.1627 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 97 | College for Creative Studies | 32800 | 89100 | 0.6322 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 97 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 32800 | 41200 | 0.2037 | 1,871 | 1085 | 0.7627 | |
| 99 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 33800 | 84100 | 0.5979 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 100 | Taylor University | 34000 | 57600 | 0.4097 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 101 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 102 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 102 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 104 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 105 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.3741 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 106 | Anderson University | 35700 | 46900 | 0.2387 | 1,095 | 1055 | 0.5342 | |
| 107 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 108 | California Institute of the Arts | 37100 | 84600 | 0.5616 | 918 | 0 | 0.2595 | |
| 109 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 110 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 111 | California Lutheran University | 38700 | 72800 | 0.4686 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 112 | Pacific University | 38900 | 74900 | 0.4806 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 113 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 114 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 115 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts | 41700 | 42900 | 0.028 | 902 | 1245 | 0.3308 | |
| 116 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 117 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42100 | 69900 | 0.3977 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 118 | California College of the Arts | 42500 | 87600 | 0.5147 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 119 | Biola University | 45000 | 71200 | 0.3681 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 119 | University of the Arts | 45000 | 88000 | 0.4885 | 1,072 | 1050 | 0.782 | |
| 121 | High Point University | 45700 | 72900 | 0.373 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
| 122 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.36 | 1,590 | 1230 | 0.8346 | |
| 123 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 47300 | 65600 | 0.2791 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 124 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 125 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design | 50500 | 66500 | 0.2407 | 714 | 1271 | 0.4836 | |
| 125 | Woodbury University | 50500 | 69500 | 0.2733 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 127 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 128 | Chapman University | 51300 | 94000 | 0.4544 | 7,713 | 1357 | 0.6543 | |
| 129 | Lynn University | 51400 | 66000 | 0.2212 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 130 | Ringling College of Art and Design | 51700 | 91600 | 0.4358 | 1,689 | 0 | 0.6965 | |
| 131 | George Mason University | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1213 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 132 | Emerson College | 55800 | 82600 | 0.3245 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 133 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57400 | 83800 | 0.3151 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 134 | Cornish College of the Arts | 59800 | 76100 | 0.2143 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 135 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 136 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 137 | Loyola Marymount University | 74700 | 95600 | 0.2187 | 7,273 | 1353 | 0.4508 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.