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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 | 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 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8800 | 36700 | 0.761 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 4 | Millikin University | 9600 | 43400 | 0.7794 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 5 | Arkansas Tech University | 9900 | 22900 | 0.5671 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 6 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 7 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 12300 | 21600 | 0.431 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 8 | Northern Kentucky University | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5221 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 9 | Northern Illinois University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5679 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 9 | University of Richmond | 12500 | 87400 | 0.8574 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 11 | University of West Florida | 12600 | 21500 | 0.4134 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 24400 | 0.4677 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 27100 | 0.5158 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 14 | Kansas State University | 14300 | 26100 | 0.4526 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3862 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 16 | Radford University | 14400 | 21900 | 0.3425 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14400 | 41100 | 0.6502 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Springfield | 14800 | 29800 | 0.502 | 2,342 | 1140 | 0.8437 | |
| 20 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 20 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.8324 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 22 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15200 | 23200 | 0.3446 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15400 | 19300 | 0.2021 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 24 | Bismarck State College | 15500 | 21600 | 0.2823 | 4,065 | 0 | 0.8666 | |
| 25 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16500 | 30300 | 0.4537 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16500 | 26800 | 0.3845 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 27 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16600 | 31300 | 0.4702 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 28 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 29 | University of Maine at Presque Isle | 17100 | 31700 | 0.4604 | 2,152 | 925 | 0.9709 | |
| 30 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 31 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17300 | 26000 | 0.3349 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 32 | Central Connecticut State University | 17600 | 34000 | 0.4821 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 33 | Illinois State University | 17700 | 29300 | 0.3982 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 33 | University of Mary | 17700 | 32600 | 0.4582 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 18800 | 36100 | 0.4792 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 36 | Saint Cloud State University | 18900 | 24500 | 0.2318 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 37 | Mid-America Christian University | 19000 | 36800 | 0.4841 | 1,636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 38 | Collin County Community College District | 19100 | 28200 | 0.3226 | 39,552 | 0 | 0.9836 | |
| 38 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19100 | 27000 | 0.293 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 41 | The University of Montana | 19400 | 25200 | 0.2299 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 42 | Lindenwood University | 19500 | 35800 | 0.4557 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 43 | Morris College | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2915 | 421 | 0 | 0.9828 | |
| 44 | Western Michigan University | 20100 | 26500 | 0.2417 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 45 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 46 | Marshall University | 20500 | 36300 | 0.4356 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 47 | Western Illinois University | 21100 | 31000 | 0.3205 | 5,025 | 990 | 0.7496 | |
| 48 | Olivet Nazarene University | 21200 | 88800 | 0.7612 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 49 | Felician University | 21500 | 58700 | 0.6339 | 1,870 | 1005 | 0.9511 | |
| 50 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 51 | Blackburn College | 21800 | 41800 | 0.4784 | 389 | 1020 | 0.8014 | |
| 52 | Guilford College | 22100 | 57400 | 0.6149 | 1,160 | 1025 | 0.8376 | |
| 52 | Stetson University | 22100 | 79100 | 0.721 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 54 | Aurora University | 22200 | 42100 | 0.4727 | 4,107 | 1045 | 0.8085 | |
| 54 | Bradley University | 22200 | 48300 | 0.5396 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 56 | University of Central Missouri | 22300 | 33200 | 0.3284 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 57 | Lewis University | 22900 | 57000 | 0.5984 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 58 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 59 | Murray State University | 23200 | 27600 | 0.1591 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 59 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 54500 | 0.5744 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 61 | Michigan Technological University | 23300 | 34700 | 0.3287 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 62 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23400 | 48800 | 0.5206 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
| 62 | Saint Leo University | 23400 | 50000 | 0.5318 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 64 | William Woods University | 23800 | 60700 | 0.608 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 65 | Bentley University | 23900 | 84500 | 0.7169 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 65 | Defiance College | 23900 | 45900 | 0.4796 | 464 | 1040 | 0.4243 | |
| 65 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23900 | 71600 | 0.6664 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 68 | Fontbonne University | 24000 | 50200 | 0.5221 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 69 | Freed-Hardeman University | 24300 | 35100 | 0.308 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
| 70 | McKendree University | 24600 | 55600 | 0.5573 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 32900 | 0.2523 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 72 | Elmhurst University | 24800 | 67000 | 0.6301 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 72 | Friends University | 24800 | 59300 | 0.5818 | 1,549 | 1030 | 0.6046 | |
| 74 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 75 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 76 | St Bonaventure University | 25300 | 61000 | 0.5849 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 77 | Geneva College | 25900 | 48900 | 0.4694 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 77 | Neumann University | 25900 | 45000 | 0.4248 | 1,658 | 975 | 0.8128 | |
| 77 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 77 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 81 | Thomas College | 26200 | 51300 | 0.4901 | 1,581 | 905 | 0.9707 | |
| 82 | Roosevelt University | 26300 | 43300 | 0.3927 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 83 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26700 | 48200 | 0.4462 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 84 | Ferrum College | 26800 | 44700 | 0.4002 | 747 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 85 | Columbia College | 26900 | 41300 | 0.349 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 86 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | University of North Georgia | 27000 | 35500 | 0.2393 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 88 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 89 | Southern Utah University | 27400 | 35600 | 0.2301 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 89 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27400 | 40900 | 0.3303 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 89 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 92 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 92 | University of North Texas | 27600 | 37400 | 0.2622 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 94 | University of Tulsa | 27700 | 62700 | 0.5585 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 95 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5468 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 95 | Touro University | 27800 | 60200 | 0.5381 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 97 | Randolph-Macon College | 27900 | 69200 | 0.5967 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 97 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27900 | 41400 | 0.3262 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 99 | Shawnee State University | 28100 | 34400 | 0.1834 | 2,994 | 1085 | 0.8147 | |
| 100 | Grand Valley State University | 28200 | 35700 | 0.2101 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 100 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 102 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 103 | Assumption University | 28500 | 74400 | 0.6173 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 103 | Lipscomb University | 28500 | 57600 | 0.5051 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 105 | George Fox University | 28600 | 67100 | 0.5742 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 105 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 107 | Regis University | 28800 | 67200 | 0.5711 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 108 | Frostburg State University | 29200 | 43100 | 0.3226 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 109 | Messiah University | 29300 | 54100 | 0.4586 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 109 | Southern Adventist University | 29300 | 44900 | 0.3483 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 109 | University of Detroit Mercy | 29300 | 48100 | 0.3923 | 3,422 | 1154 | 0.7572 | |
| 112 | New England College | 29800 | 64600 | 0.539 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 113 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 29900 | 37200 | 0.1947 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 114 | Columbus State University | 30300 | 43500 | 0.3031 | 6,033 | 1020 | 0.9918 | |
| 115 | Gannon University | 30400 | 45300 | 0.329 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 115 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 117 | College of Our Lady of the Elms | 30600 | 66300 | 0.5383 | 1,002 | 1235 | 0.8882 | |
| 118 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 119 | New Jersey City University | 31100 | 39800 | 0.2188 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 120 | Point University | 31200 | 43800 | 0.2877 | 2,617 | 975 | 0.6751 | |
| 121 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 31300 | 33200 | 0.0568 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 122 | Shenandoah University | 31400 | 53300 | 0.411 | 2,641 | 1127 | 0.7695 | |
| 122 | Siena Heights University | 31400 | 46300 | 0.3218 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 122 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 125 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 31500 | 43200 | 0.2707 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 126 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 127 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 127 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32000 | 41600 | 0.231 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 129 | Sam Houston State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1955 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 130 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32400 | 47600 | 0.3192 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 131 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 132 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 133 | Saint Francis University | 33100 | 61500 | 0.4618 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 134 | Grambling State University | 33200 | 35300 | 0.0595 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 135 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 137 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4076 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 137 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 35100 | 0.0285 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 139 | St. John Fisher University | 34400 | 63700 | 0.4601 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 140 | Eastern Oregon University | 34600 | 40200 | 0.1395 | 2,502 | 1040 | 0.9831 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 142 | DePaul University | 34900 | 56200 | 0.3791 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | North Greenville University | 34900 | 44800 | 0.2205 | 2,020 | 1164 | 0.6667 | |
| 144 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 145 | Seton Hill University | 35800 | 63800 | 0.4386 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 146 | Roger Williams University | 36000 | 63700 | 0.435 | 4,050 | 1225 | 0.8778 | |
| 147 | Anderson University | 36100 | 46900 | 0.2319 | 1,095 | 1055 | 0.5342 | |
| 147 | Davenport University | 36100 | 44400 | 0.1869 | 4,991 | 0 | 0.9827 | |
| 147 | Mount Saint Mary College | 36100 | 68400 | 0.4723 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 150 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 150 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 36400 | 45500 | 0.2001 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 152 | Farmingdale State College | 36500 | 37800 | 0.0344 | 10,007 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
| 152 | University of Central Arkansas | 36500 | 38400 | 0.0491 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 154 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 156 | Warner Pacific University | 36700 | 41600 | 0.1175 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 157 | Augusta University | 37000 | 50500 | 0.2673 | 5,684 | 1125 | 0.8931 | |
| 158 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 159 | Immaculata University | 37300 | 47800 | 0.2194 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 160 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 161 | Montana Technological University | 38100 | 47000 | 0.1893 | 1,435 | 1125 | 0.899 | |
| 162 | University of New Haven | 38300 | 64900 | 0.4096 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 163 | Champlain College | 38500 | 70000 | 0.4503 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 164 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 165 | Montreat College | 39100 | 55000 | 0.2889 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 168 | Loyola University Chicago | 40600 | 67600 | 0.3996 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 41400 | 45200 | 0.0841 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 170 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 171 | Campbell University | 41900 | 65100 | 0.3562 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 171 | New England Institute of Technology | 41900 | 61100 | 0.3145 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 173 | St. John's University-New York | 42100 | 80100 | 0.4742 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 174 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 52400 | 0.1926 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 175 | Marist College | 42600 | 90500 | 0.5295 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 175 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 55100 | 0.227 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 177 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 178 | Western Washington University | 44900 | 50900 | 0.1178 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 179 | Wagner College | 47300 | 73400 | 0.3556 | 1,590 | 1230 | 0.8346 | |
| 180 | University at Albany | 48100 | 48700 | 0.0123 | 12,666 | 1245 | 0.6909 | |
| 181 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 182 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 50000 | 85800 | 0.4172 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 183 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50500 | 56200 | 0.1014 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 185 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 56100 | 0.0036 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 186 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 59100 | 67000 | 0.1177 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.