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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 | |
3 | Millikin University | 9200 | 43400 | 0.7886 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
4 | Arkansas Tech University | 9800 | 22900 | 0.5715 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
5 | Southern Utah University | 11000 | 21100 | 0.4779 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
6 | University of Richmond | 11200 | 87400 | 0.8723 | 3,053 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
7 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
8 | Brigham Young University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5755 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
9 | Northern Kentucky University | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5221 | 10,162 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
10 | Western Washington University | 13400 | 31600 | 0.5764 | 13,581 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
11 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
12 | University of Illinois Springfield | 13900 | 29800 | 0.5338 | 2,342 | 1140 | 0.8437 | |
13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,164 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
13 | University of Central Missouri | 14600 | 24600 | 0.4083 | 7,343 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
15 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8335 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
15 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 23200 | 0.3532 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
17 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 56,786 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
18 | Bismarck State College | 15200 | 21600 | 0.2962 | 4,065 | 0 | 0.8666 | |
19 | University of Akron Main Campus | 15400 | 25000 | 0.3837 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
20 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15700 | 23400 | 0.3295 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
21 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16000 | 30300 | 0.4729 | 7,923 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
22 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 31300 | 0.4862 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
23 | University of Maine at Presque Isle | 16400 | 31700 | 0.4825 | 2,152 | 925 | 0.9709 | |
24 | Ferris State University | 16600 | 31000 | 0.4652 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
25 | Augusta University | 16700 | 30700 | 0.4561 | 5,684 | 1125 | 0.8931 | |
26 | Illinois State University | 16800 | 29300 | 0.4269 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
27 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 16900 | 26000 | 0.3503 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
28 | University of Mary | 17000 | 32600 | 0.4798 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
29 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 17900 | 27900 | 0.3579 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
30 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,943 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
31 | Eastern Michigan University | 18100 | 36100 | 0.4971 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
32 | Collin County Community College District | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3297 | 50,685 | 0 | 0.9836 | |
33 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.395 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
34 | Lindenwood University | 19400 | 35800 | 0.4584 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
35 | Florida Memorial University | 19900 | 46100 | 0.5684 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
35 | Marshall University | 19900 | 36300 | 0.4521 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
37 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 31200 | 0.3586 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
38 | Morris College | 20100 | 28100 | 0.2844 | 421 | 0 | 0.9828 | |
38 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20100 | 26800 | 0.25 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
38 | Western Illinois University | 20100 | 31000 | 0.3509 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
41 | West Virginia University | 20300 | 28800 | 0.2954 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
42 | Murray State University | 20500 | 25100 | 0.1814 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
43 | Felician University | 20600 | 58700 | 0.6492 | 1,870 | 1005 | 0.9511 | |
44 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20700 | 88800 | 0.7674 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
44 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 20700 | 23500 | 0.1193 | 10,089 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
46 | Central Connecticut State University | 20800 | 34000 | 0.388 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
47 | Blackburn College | 21300 | 41800 | 0.4904 | 389 | 1020 | 0.8014 | |
47 | Guilford College | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6289 | 1,160 | 1025 | 0.8376 | |
49 | Aurora University | 21500 | 42100 | 0.4894 | 4,088 | 1045 | 0.8085 | |
49 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
49 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
52 | Freed-Hardeman University | 21600 | 35100 | 0.385 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
52 | Stetson University | 21600 | 79100 | 0.7273 | 2,288 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
54 | Defiance College | 21700 | 45900 | 0.5276 | 464 | 1040 | 0.4243 | |
55 | Bentley University | 22000 | 84500 | 0.7394 | 4,524 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
55 | Lewis University | 22000 | 57000 | 0.6142 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
57 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22600 | 48800 | 0.537 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
58 | Saint Ambrose University | 22700 | 54500 | 0.5836 | 1,937 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
59 | Saint Leo University | 22900 | 50000 | 0.5418 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
59 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
61 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
62 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23200 | 71600 | 0.6762 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
62 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23200 | 39200 | 0.4083 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
64 | William Woods University | 23400 | 60700 | 0.6146 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
65 | Fontbonne University | 23700 | 50200 | 0.5281 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
65 | University of Central Arkansas | 23700 | 29500 | 0.1975 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
67 | Friends University | 24100 | 59300 | 0.5926 | 1,548 | 1030 | 0.6046 | |
68 | McKendree University | 24200 | 55600 | 0.5653 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
68 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24200 | 32900 | 0.2645 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
70 | Elmhurst University | 24300 | 67000 | 0.6376 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
71 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
72 | New Jersey City University | 24900 | 39800 | 0.3747 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
73 | Geneva College | 25000 | 48900 | 0.4887 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
74 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
74 | Neumann University | 25200 | 45000 | 0.4404 | 1,654 | 975 | 0.8128 | |
76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25300 | 38200 | 0.3376 | 2,339 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
77 | Thomas College | 25600 | 51300 | 0.5007 | 1,581 | 905 | 0.9707 | |
78 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0988 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
78 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
80 | Ferrum College | 25900 | 44700 | 0.4213 | 747 | 1035 | 1 | |
80 | Roosevelt University | 25900 | 43300 | 0.4025 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
82 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26300 | 48200 | 0.4545 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
83 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26500 | 83600 | 0.6833 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
84 | Columbia College | 26600 | 41300 | 0.3562 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
85 | University of North Georgia | 26800 | 35500 | 0.245 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
86 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
86 | University of North Texas | 27000 | 37400 | 0.2782 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
88 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27100 | 61400 | 0.5586 | 1,831 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
88 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27100 | 40900 | 0.3376 | 3,403 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
88 | The University of Tampa | 27100 | 56900 | 0.5233 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
88 | University of Tulsa | 27100 | 62700 | 0.5681 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
92 | Randolph-Macon College | 27300 | 69200 | 0.6054 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
92 | Touro University | 27300 | 60200 | 0.5464 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
92 | Troy University | 27300 | 32600 | 0.1625 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
95 | Grand Valley State University | 27500 | 35700 | 0.2297 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
96 | Shawnee State University | 27700 | 34400 | 0.195 | 2,994 | 1085 | 0.8147 | |
97 | Assumption University | 28000 | 74400 | 0.6241 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
98 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
99 | George Fox University | 28200 | 67100 | 0.5801 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
99 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,719 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
99 | Lipscomb University | 28200 | 57600 | 0.5104 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
99 | Mercy University | 28200 | 44500 | 0.3664 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
103 | Southern Adventist University | 28300 | 44900 | 0.3694 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
103 | University of Detroit Mercy | 28300 | 48100 | 0.4119 | 3,417 | 1154 | 0.7572 | |
103 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28300 | 39700 | 0.2873 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
106 | Radford University | 28400 | 32800 | 0.1342 | 6,143 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
106 | Regis University | 28400 | 67200 | 0.577 | 2,701 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
108 | Messiah University | 28900 | 54100 | 0.466 | 2,602 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
109 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 29000 | 37200 | 0.2201 | 11,927 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
109 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29000 | 36500 | 0.2056 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
111 | New England College | 29400 | 64600 | 0.5452 | 1,011 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
111 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29400 | 78100 | 0.6236 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
113 | College of Our Lady of the Elms | 29700 | 66300 | 0.5519 | 1,002 | 1235 | 0.8882 | |
114 | Columbus State University | 29800 | 43500 | 0.3146 | 6,033 | 1020 | 0.9918 | |
114 | Gannon University | 29800 | 45300 | 0.3422 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
114 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 29800 | 41800 | 0.2872 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
117 | St Bonaventure University | 30000 | 61000 | 0.5079 | 2,047 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
118 | Siena Heights University | 30400 | 46300 | 0.3422 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
119 | Point University | 30700 | 43800 | 0.2991 | 2,617 | 975 | 0.6751 | |
120 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
121 | Angelo State University | 31100 | 35400 | 0.1224 | 9,778 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
121 | Sam Houston State University | 31100 | 39900 | 0.2205 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
123 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31400 | 0.0032 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
123 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 31300 | 41600 | 0.2479 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
125 | Southern New Hampshire University | 31800 | 47600 | 0.3318 | 28,581 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
126 | Frostburg State University | 32100 | 43100 | 0.2553 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
127 | Saint Francis University | 32500 | 61500 | 0.4715 | 2,448 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
128 | Mount Saint Mary College | 32600 | 68400 | 0.5235 | 2,083 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
129 | Shenandoah University | 32700 | 53300 | 0.3866 | 2,616 | 1127 | 0.7695 | |
130 | Grambling State University | 32800 | 35300 | 0.0709 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
130 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 70,898 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
132 | Norwich University | 33400 | 70900 | 0.5291 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
133 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
134 | Anderson University | 33800 | 52400 | 0.3549 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
134 | Eastern Oregon University | 33800 | 40200 | 0.1594 | 2,447 | 1040 | 0.9831 | |
134 | Taylor University | 33800 | 57600 | 0.4136 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
137 | Davenport University | 34000 | 44400 | 0.2342 | 3,833 | 0 | 0 | |
137 | North Greenville University | 34000 | 44800 | 0.2416 | 2,020 | 1164 | 0.6667 | |
139 | St. John Fisher University | 34100 | 63700 | 0.4648 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
140 | DePaul University | 34600 | 56200 | 0.3845 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
141 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
142 | Anderson University | 35100 | 46900 | 0.252 | 1,095 | 1055 | 0.5342 | |
142 | Roger Williams University | 35100 | 63700 | 0.4499 | 4,050 | 1225 | 0.8778 | |
142 | University of West Florida | 35100 | 44600 | 0.2131 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
145 | Seton Hill University | 35300 | 63800 | 0.4464 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
145 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,087 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
147 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
148 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 35800 | 45500 | 0.2133 | 4,243 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
148 | Warner Pacific University | 35800 | 41600 | 0.1402 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
150 | Farmingdale State College | 36200 | 37800 | 0.0423 | 10,006 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
151 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
152 | Ashland University | 36500 | 52700 | 0.3072 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
153 | Immaculata University | 37000 | 47800 | 0.2257 | 1,628 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
154 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
155 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37700 | 38900 | 0.0309 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
156 | Saint Vincent College | 37900 | 60700 | 0.3761 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
156 | University of New Haven | 37900 | 64900 | 0.4158 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
158 | Montana Technological University | 38000 | 47000 | 0.1915 | 1,435 | 1125 | 0.899 | |
159 | Montreat College | 38100 | 55000 | 0.3061 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
160 | Champlain College | 38300 | 70000 | 0.4531 | 1,688 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
161 | The University of Montana | 39100 | 43700 | 0.1053 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
162 | Loyola University Chicago | 39800 | 67600 | 0.4114 | 12,529 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,854 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
165 | New England Institute of Technology | 40900 | 61100 | 0.3309 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
166 | Campbell University | 41000 | 65100 | 0.3707 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
167 | Hofstra University | 41400 | 74600 | 0.4449 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
167 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
169 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 55100 | 0.2415 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
170 | St. John's University-New York | 41900 | 80100 | 0.4767 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
171 | Marist College | 42300 | 90500 | 0.5328 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
172 | Old Dominion University | 42500 | 52400 | 0.1888 | 17,735 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
172 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 42500 | 46200 | 0.0807 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
174 | Mercyhurst University | 42800 | 66400 | 0.3556 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
175 | Wagner College | 43300 | 73400 | 0.4094 | 1,590 | 1230 | 0.8346 | |
176 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,512 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
177 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
177 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48100 | 56200 | 0.1441 | 3,963 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
179 | University at Albany | 48200 | 48700 | 0.0103 | 12,658 | 1245 | 0.6909 | |
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 | |
182 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
183 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 56100 | 0.0071 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
184 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58200 | 67000 | 0.1318 | 5,151 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
185 | 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.