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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 | 8300 | 36700 | 0.7746 | 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 | Bismarck State College | 12200 | 17500 | 0.3033 | 4,065 | 0 | 0.8666 | |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5679 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 8 | University of Richmond | 12500 | 87400 | 0.8574 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 11 | Western Washington University | 14000 | 31600 | 0.5574 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 12 | Radford University | 14400 | 21900 | 0.3425 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14400 | 41100 | 0.6502 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | University of Central Missouri | 14600 | 24600 | 0.4083 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 16 | University of Illinois Springfield | 14800 | 29800 | 0.502 | 2,342 | 1140 | 0.8437 | |
| 17 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 17 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.8324 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 17 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 23200 | 0.3489 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 20 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16500 | 30300 | 0.4537 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 21 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 16600 | 31300 | 0.4702 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16600 | 26800 | 0.3808 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 23 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 24 | Augusta University | 17000 | 30700 | 0.4463 | 5,684 | 1125 | 0.8931 | |
| 25 | Columbus State University | 17100 | 23200 | 0.2632 | 6,033 | 1020 | 0.9918 | |
| 25 | University of Maine at Presque Isle | 17100 | 31700 | 0.4604 | 2,152 | 925 | 0.9709 | |
| 27 | Illinois State University | 17700 | 29300 | 0.3982 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 27 | University of Mary | 17700 | 32600 | 0.4582 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 29 | Montana Technological University | 18200 | 27500 | 0.338 | 1,435 | 1125 | 0.899 | |
| 30 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | 18300 | 27900 | 0.3436 | 1,357 | 1078 | 0.9907 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 18700 | 36100 | 0.482 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 32 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.3944 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 32 | Mid-America Christian University | 19000 | 36800 | 0.4841 | 1,636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 19000 | 27600 | 0.3115 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 35 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 35 | Collin County Community College District | 19100 | 28200 | 0.3226 | 39,552 | 0 | 0.9836 | |
| 37 | University at Albany | 19400 | 30900 | 0.372 | 12,666 | 1245 | 0.6909 | |
| 38 | Lindenwood University | 19500 | 35800 | 0.4557 | 4,663 | 1170 | 0.5684 | |
| 39 | Morris College | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2915 | 421 | 0 | 0.9828 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 28600 | 0.2977 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 41 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 27600 | 0.2684 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 43 | Marshall University | 20500 | 36300 | 0.4356 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 43 | Western Michigan University | 20500 | 31200 | 0.3426 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 20700 | 28800 | 0.2815 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 21100 | 23500 | 0.1023 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 46 | 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 | Lewis University | 22900 | 57000 | 0.5984 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 57 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 57 | Michigan Technological University | 23100 | 34700 | 0.3345 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 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 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23400 | 48800 | 0.5206 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
| 61 | Saint Leo University | 23400 | 50000 | 0.5318 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 63 | William Woods University | 23800 | 60700 | 0.608 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 64 | Bentley University | 23900 | 84500 | 0.7169 | 4,526 | 1359 | 0.4505 | |
| 64 | Defiance College | 23900 | 45900 | 0.4796 | 464 | 1040 | 0.4243 | |
| 64 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23900 | 71600 | 0.6664 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 67 | Fontbonne University | 24000 | 50200 | 0.5221 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 68 | Freed-Hardeman University | 24300 | 35100 | 0.308 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
| 68 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 70 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 71 | McKendree University | 24600 | 55600 | 0.5573 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 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 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 75 | St Bonaventure University | 25300 | 61000 | 0.5849 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25700 | 35600 | 0.2785 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 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 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 25900 | 34600 | 0.2514 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 82 | Thomas College | 26200 | 51300 | 0.4901 | 1,581 | 905 | 0.9707 | |
| 83 | Roosevelt University | 26300 | 43300 | 0.3927 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 84 | Our Lady of the Lake University | 26700 | 48200 | 0.4462 | 1,147 | 990 | 0.7246 | |
| 85 | Ferrum College | 26800 | 44700 | 0.4002 | 747 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 26800 | 38200 | 0.2984 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 87 | Columbia College | 26900 | 41300 | 0.349 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 88 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 88 | Northern Kentucky University | 27000 | 31600 | 0.1454 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 88 | University of North Georgia | 27000 | 35500 | 0.2393 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 91 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 92 | Southern Utah University | 27400 | 35600 | 0.2301 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 92 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 27400 | 40900 | 0.3303 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 92 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 95 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 95 | University of North Texas | 27600 | 37400 | 0.2622 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 97 | University of Tulsa | 27700 | 62700 | 0.5585 | 2,852 | 1328 | 0.615 | |
| 98 | Mount St. Mary's University | 27800 | 61400 | 0.5468 | 1,833 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 98 | Touro University | 27800 | 60200 | 0.5381 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 100 | Randolph-Macon College | 27900 | 69200 | 0.5967 | 1,643 | 1140 | 0.8661 | |
| 101 | York College of Pennsylvania | 28000 | 41400 | 0.3238 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 102 | Shawnee State University | 28100 | 34400 | 0.1834 | 2,994 | 1085 | 0.8147 | |
| 103 | Grand Valley State University | 28200 | 35700 | 0.2101 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 103 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 105 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 106 | Assumption University | 28500 | 74400 | 0.6173 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 106 | Lipscomb University | 28500 | 57600 | 0.5049 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 108 | Syracuse University | 28600 | 83100 | 0.6558 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 109 | George Fox University | 28700 | 67100 | 0.5727 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 109 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 112 | Regis University | 28800 | 67200 | 0.5711 | 2,704 | 1199 | 0.8639 | |
| 113 | Frostburg State University | 29200 | 43100 | 0.3226 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 114 | Messiah University | 29300 | 54100 | 0.4586 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 114 | Southern Adventist University | 29300 | 44900 | 0.3483 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 114 | University of Detroit Mercy | 29300 | 48100 | 0.3923 | 3,422 | 1154 | 0.7572 | |
| 117 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 36500 | 0.1919 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 118 | New England College | 29800 | 64600 | 0.539 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 119 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 29900 | 37200 | 0.1947 | 12,151 | 1154 | 0.5716 | |
| 120 | Gannon University | 30500 | 45300 | 0.3268 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 120 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30500 | 41800 | 0.2705 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 122 | College of Our Lady of the Elms | 30600 | 66300 | 0.5383 | 1,002 | 1235 | 0.8882 | |
| 123 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30900 | 78100 | 0.6044 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 124 | New Jersey City University | 31100 | 39800 | 0.2188 | 4,209 | 1015 | 0.8918 | |
| 124 | Point University | 31100 | 43800 | 0.29 | 2,617 | 975 | 0.6751 | |
| 126 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 31300 | 33200 | 0.0568 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 127 | Shenandoah University | 31400 | 53300 | 0.411 | 2,641 | 1127 | 0.7695 | |
| 127 | Siena Heights University | 31400 | 46300 | 0.3218 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 127 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 130 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 31500 | 43200 | 0.2707 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 131 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 132 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 133 | Sam Houston State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1955 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 134 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32400 | 47600 | 0.3192 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 135 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 135 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,594 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 137 | Saint Francis University | 33100 | 61500 | 0.4618 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 138 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 139 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 140 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4076 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 141 | St. John Fisher University | 34400 | 63700 | 0.4601 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 142 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 35100 | 0.0171 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 143 | Eastern Oregon University | 34600 | 40200 | 0.1395 | 2,502 | 1040 | 0.9831 | |
| 144 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 145 | DePaul University | 34900 | 56200 | 0.3791 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 145 | North Greenville University | 34900 | 44800 | 0.2205 | 2,020 | 1164 | 0.6667 | |
| 147 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 148 | University of West Florida | 35700 | 44600 | 0.1996 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 149 | Seton Hill University | 35800 | 63800 | 0.4386 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 150 | Roger Williams University | 36000 | 63700 | 0.435 | 4,050 | 1225 | 0.8778 | |
| 151 | Anderson University | 36100 | 46900 | 0.2319 | 1,095 | 1055 | 0.5342 | |
| 151 | Davenport University | 36100 | 44400 | 0.1869 | 4,991 | 0 | 0.9827 | |
| 151 | Mount Saint Mary College | 36100 | 68400 | 0.4723 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 154 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 155 | Farmingdale State College | 36500 | 37800 | 0.0344 | 10,007 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
| 155 | University of Central Arkansas | 36500 | 38400 | 0.0491 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 157 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 157 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 159 | Warner Pacific University | 36700 | 41600 | 0.1175 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 160 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 161 | Immaculata University | 37300 | 47800 | 0.2194 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 162 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 163 | University of New Haven | 38300 | 64900 | 0.4096 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 164 | Champlain College | 38500 | 70000 | 0.4503 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 165 | Saint Vincent College | 38800 | 60700 | 0.3605 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 166 | Montreat College | 39100 | 55000 | 0.2889 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 167 | The University of Montana | 39500 | 43700 | 0.0961 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 170 | Loyola University Chicago | 40600 | 67600 | 0.3996 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 171 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 172 | Campbell University | 41900 | 65100 | 0.3562 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 172 | New England Institute of Technology | 41900 | 61100 | 0.3145 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 174 | St. John's University-New York | 42100 | 80100 | 0.4742 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 175 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 52400 | 0.1926 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 176 | Marist College | 42600 | 90500 | 0.5295 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 176 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 55100 | 0.227 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 178 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 179 | Mercyhurst University | 43900 | 66400 | 0.339 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 180 | Wagner College | 47300 | 73400 | 0.3556 | 1,590 | 1230 | 0.8346 | |
| 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.